President Joe Biden has had a rough few months, and he’s got about 27 days and 27 nights to go. Here’s how he can improve his legacy.

He should resign, which will make Vice President Kamala Harris the 47th president of the United States.

In case you need a reminder, that would make Harris the first female president.

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Why should Biden do this? 

As the Democrats sift through the radioactive wreckage of Election Night 2024, a few things stood out in the postmortems: Harris is a woman and a person of color, and they may well have been contributing factors to her loss, in addition to economic stratification.

Maybe the country just needs to have a female president for a couple of weeks. You know, try it out. Test-drive it. Kick the presidential limo tires. 

Get President Harris at the lectern with the presidential seal. Sit her behind the Resolute desk. Have her wave as she takes off in Marine One. Small optics, to be sure, but for Biden to step down in favor of Harris demonstrates a far more important thing:

The Democratic Party is actually serious about the role of women and, more specifically, Black women and other women of color — upon whom they’ve relied for decades for their victory margins. 

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In some ways,  Democrats have very much followed through on their commitments to make the........

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