President Biden’s historic but not-so-shocking choice to end his re-election campaign has upended the presidential race. Whether it helps the Democrats depends entirely on what they do now.
Biden’s decision to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him may forestall the open convention many hope for. Technically Biden’s decision frees his delegates to vote their consciences. In practice, every delegate who had been pledged to Biden was vetted or selected by his campaign.