I'm just a layman at this and am very interesting in what
@Gehenna makes of this.
My theory is that their thinking is that you don't switch horses in the middle of a race. They had to get through the actual crisis and get our military off the ground before they threw him under the bus.
Well, we went wheels up yesterday, left Americans and our allies behind and then Biden had his little victory dance this afternoon.
I'm envisioning that scene from the Hunger Games (I have kids, I don't get to pick what I watch anymore) where Katniss and that blonde asshole buck the system slightly on their propaganda tour, get called on the carpet by President Snow for upsetting the apple cart and spend the rest of their tour doing damage control. At the end, President Snow said it wasn't enough and sent them into a second Hunger Games to die. I think that's what we just watched in real life.
The powers that be watched this, saw that it went bad and then decided that Biden isn't going to be able to staunch the bleeding. I think they've decided to cut him loose and are going to try their hand with Kamala. This isn't some random Goldstar family calling into an AM Radio Station or a news camera picking up something inopportune. This is the transcript from a phone call with the President of the United States. This doesn't just fall into your lap accidentally. This is a political hit.