America's democracy is not guaranteed. It is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it. It's notes from America. I'm Kai Wright. Welcome to the show. Well, President Joe Biden has

relented to three weeks of pressure from inside his own party. He has announced that he is no longer running for

re-election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the top of the ticket. There are certainly

more questions than answers at this point.

This is yet another historic and new space for our national politics.

So we're going to do our best to understand the ramifications here on day one of the all new 2024 election and maybe most importantly

we're going to carve out space for you to react and ask questions. We want to

hear particularly from people who consider themselves

Democrats or who have been supporters of President Biden's campaign.

This was your candidate, so what's your reaction to this news? And how are you feeling about Vice President Harris as the party's very likely new standard bearer?

Phones are open with priority for people who consider themselves Democrats or who have been supporters of President Biden's re-election campaign to this point.

And I am joined by two people who have spent years watching the Democratic Party politics and who have closely watched

Kamala Harris as well for that matter. Joan Walsh is the National Affairs

correspondent for the Nation magazine. Christina Greer is a political scientist at Fordham University, author of two books

about black politics and host of the podcast, The Blackest Questions from the Grio.

Joan and Chrissy, welcome back to Notes from America.

Always great to notes from America.

Always great to be so happy.

Yes, and I should say Joan and Chrissy are also friends.

Let's start with both of your top line reactions

to President Biden's decision itself.

So Joan, did you see this coming?

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