Interestingly, Nancy Pelosi held a meeting with the California House delegation on July 10th, nine days ago, to strategize how to exit Biden without a "Coronation of Kamala Harris." Details of the meeting are only coming out now.
The discussion in that meeting of the California delegation, which includes 40 members, took place in the Capitol on July 10, at least partly focused on the complicated next steps for the Democratic Party if Biden left the ticket.
The concern wasn't about Harris' strengths as a candidate - and in fact, several people made clear Harris needed to be the party's next pick - but instead centered on worries that party bosses were choosing the president, rather than the party's base.
The list of democrats who are calling for Biden to make an exit announcement now includes members of the congressional black caucus.
Hours later, four more House Democrats, including two who hail from the congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus - groups that have strongly backed Biden - released a joint statement calling on Biden to step aside.
It's a signal that the party has run out of patience and believes a decisive moment is at hand - and the latest indication that Biden has failed to staunch the flood of Democrats urging him to step aside since his disastrous debate performance on June 27.
Hakeem Jeffries is also reportedly telling any members who wish for Biden to step aside that their timeline to make that announcement is now.
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