Professors discuss Biden’s decision to drop out, endorse Harris [Video]

WXII 12.COM. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TIME TO BE STUDYING POLITICS OR TEACHING IT. YOU SAID IT. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS SPOKE WITH A PAIR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSORS THIS AFTERNOON. JOSHUA, WHAT DO THEY MAKE OF ALL THIS? KARA KENNY THEY TELL ME. WE’RE HEADING INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY. PROFESSOR JOHN DYNAN OF WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SAYS EVER SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST DEBATE, IT WAS LIKELY HE WAS GOING TO BE ASKED TO STEP ASIDE. DYNAN THINKS DEMOCRATS WERE AFRAID BIDEN WOULDN’T JUST LOSE THE RACE, BUT MAY EVEN DRAG DOWN DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AND OTHER RACES. THE PROFESSOR KNEW THIS DECISION WOULD BE MADE, BUT DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE MADE SO QUICKLY. YOU SAW A DRUMBEAT OF LEADING DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS MAKING IT KNOWN THAT THEY HAD ASKED THE PRESIDENT TO STEP ASIDE. IT’S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT UNTIL THE VERY LAST MOMENT, YOU PUT …