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Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 4, 2023

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

Culture war topics are accepted, and proposals for a better intro post are appreciated.

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Incumbent presidents generally don't face a meaningful party challenge, but when they do it's been a Kennedy in the only instance in the last 40 years, so I wouldn't write him off until at least New Hampshire.

Even coming from a place of asking "what's the deal with this guy" and expecting a 101, you-could-have-just-googled-that answer, I am extremely confident in completely writing off his chances of primarying Biden just based on the most basic vibes that lead me to ask this question. Not even the most brain-melted boomer (at least of the subtype that votes in the Democratic primary) is going to meaningfully see this guy as "a Kennedy!"

He would have a better chance in the Republican primary, probably.