The DNC Euphoria Wave Strategy

A new candidate to replace the doddering Biden will create an emotional wave that could score the Ds a big win in November.

Underthrow readers know I’m not fond of politics. Representative democracy is an absurd system. I have dedicated this publication to underthrowing that system and the sociopaths who perpetuate it. Otherwise, I could write a thick volume called
Why Our System of Government is Effing Absurd.

Elections are people thronging to do something irrational. It’s like playing Lotto: odds are your vote doesn’t affect the outcome. At least if your scratch ticket wins, you can afford a house in Palm Beach. Yet when elections are close, the winner-takes-all outcome is not for the tie-breaking voter. Anyway, most people enter the electoral prayer booth for the feels—not because they possess critical knowledge, an informed opinion, or good reasons to expect hope and change.

It’s not just that the outcome is determined by an absurd process, namely how many sheep on team Red or Blue can be herded to the polls on a Tuesday. It’s also that—assuming a normal IQ distribution among voters—half are less intelligent than the mean. But even the so-called intelligent voters rationalize their emotional decisions post hoc. So be honest: No matter who wins, this ritual is set up to let millions of people you wouldn’t trust to feed your cat decide who rules you. Almost no one considers their decisions beforehand, but those who do are eventually disappointed no matter the outcome.

Now, let’s talk about emotion.

Euphoria Waves

The following represents a basic pattern of positive emotional experiences through time. Elections turn on this pattern.

Call it a “euphoria wave.”

If the Democrats are smart, they will—in essence—use the foregoing to throw a Hail Mary pass to win in the game's final minutes. And the Democrats are smart. They are also willing to be underhanded.

Exitus acta probat.

The Democratic Convention might have been a good time for Biden to announce that he is stepping down due to x—whatever lets him save face and play the role of statesman sage. But after the assassination attempt, calls for Biden to step down are swelling again to a fever pitch. Why? The media know that a euphoria wave was building for Donald Trump, and they are eager for the emotional valence around the failed assassination attempt to peter out. In other words, they’re not waiting for the Deplorables to settle down. They want to interrupt surfacing evidence and deepening questions around the rally shooter(s).

They need Biden out.

Knives Out

So, the Democrats’ soft coup resumes. The DNC doesn’t want too much of its dirty laundry aired, but Biden is frail now, apparently down with COVID. Recently, though Biden might only have been at half of his former cognitive capacity, he seemed at 99 percent ego and self-delusion. But the extended Democratic power structure hates Trump and loves power. That was enough to bring the knives out against a doddering Caesar whose Democratic primary win was a fraud anyway. The Party is firmly in control.

(Ask RFK, Jr., Marianne Williamson, and Bernie Sanders how this works.)

Euphoria Candidate

If the Democrats use the Euphoria Wave strategy, they will have to announce a candidate likely to put Team Blue into a frenzy. Think about the doe-eyed zombies who voted for Hope and Change in 2008. Barack Obama, whatever his shortcomings, still bathes in that residue. And so does his beloved wife, Michelle. On the other hand, putting forth a euphoria candidate like Michelle Obama or Oprah Winfrey would require reneging on a deal to make Kamala Harris Joe Biden’s successor. Rep. Jim Clyborne (SC) is “Ridin’ with Biden” for now, but he is still drumming his fingers, waiting for that promised torch-passing.

But neither Harris nor Biden is a euphoria candidate.

Dark Irony

There is a dark irony here. If Biden’s continued justifications for staying in the race prevent the DNC from installing their euphoria candidate, there will be just as many Ds praying for Biden’s demise as have been praying for Trump’s. But if they can dislodge doddering Joe by the convention, the coronation could cause a euphoria tsunami that would crash sometime after November 5th, washing away the many reasons the Democrats deserve to lose this time.

As details of the assassination attempt continue to emerge, investigation obsession is unlikely to abate. This changes the nature and duration of the euphoria wave around Trump, which will clash with any big reveal the Democrats have in store a month from today. The latest Washington gossip says Biden could step down this weekend.