THE MOVE: Make it easy to participate in the process. (They’ve started doing this!)

By listening to growing concerns about Biden from all quarters, Democratic leadership proved they are responsive. By persuading an incumbent to step down (in July of an election year, no less!), they proved they are iterative — willing to change their assumptions and update their ways of working.

This is exciting — and it’s this responsiveness, more than anything, that animated so much of yesterday’s outpouring of excitement and energy, and sense of optimism and relief