While the debate over Joe Biden’s future has raised many questions, it has made one thing much clearer. It is time for Americans to get used to the idea of President Kamala Harris.

For Democrats who are advocates that their party stay the course with Biden as candidate, one of the leading arguments you will see or hear made these days is that should anything make it impossible for him to continue with the campaign or as president, Harris is fully ready to assume the reins of power. It is a point made with increasing frequency by Biden-Harris supporters on social and other media platforms these days.

A widely-circulated Google document, entitled “Unburdened by What Has Been: The Case for Kamala,” has caused quite the stir among Democrats and on social media. The buzz around the VP may only increase given the distinctly lukewarm-to-negative response to Biden’s ABC News interview Friday night, which, far from reassuring his supporters, has done little to silence calls for him to withdraw from the race.

For her part, Harris has loyally reinforced the image of the strengths of the team by offering strong support for the president and appearing by his side publicly and internally as on last week’s White House staff call to ease fears and solidify a common message concerning the current controversy.

For those who think it is time to move on from Biden, once again, Harris is the leading answer. A recent CNN poll that showed a substantial majority of Americans believe Democrats would have a better chance to beat Trump were they to move on from Biden to another standard bearer, Harris performed slightly better than even Biden in a hypothetical match up with Trump. Other polls have shown similar results.

What is more Harris has many other notable advantages over other candidates. These include, in addition to the fact that she is already Vice President and offers continuity with the current administration, that it would be easiest for her to maintain access to funds raised in the name of the Biden-Harris campaign,........

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