A New Beginning

With talk of replacing incumbent Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee increasing daily, author, activist and former 2024 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson is calling for an open convention for the Democratic Party. In anticipation of such a convention, Williamson has restarted her campaign.

Neil Vigdor, who covers politics for The New York Times, notes that “[a] shift to an open or brokered convention would be highly unusual at this stage of an election cycle. It has been more than 40 years since a major party went into its convention without a clear indication of who would lead its ticket.”

Regardless, Williamson is calling on the party to reopen the competition during its August convention in Chicago.

“The nominating process for the Democratic Party needs to begin again,” says Williamson. “We need to recalibrate, and we need to do so quickly.” She also says that it is “imperative that the new process not be manipulated by party and media elites. The search for a new candidate must be not directed by behind-the-scenes players, but rather must be a genuinely democratic process.”





Related Off-site Links:
Marianne Williamson Calls for Open Convention to Decide Democratic Nomination – Neil Vigdor (The New York Times, July 2, 2024).
Marianne Williamson Calls for Biden to Step Down – and an Open Convention to Replace Him – Lee DeVito (The Detroit Metro Times, July 2, 2024).
Marianne Williamson Calls to Replace Biden: “Today I Throw My Hat in the Ring” – Sarah Fortinsky (The Hill, July 2, 2024).
Marianne Williamson: “The System is Bleeding Voters” – Urja Sinha (NewsNation, May 19, 2024).
Love, Democracy, and Gangster Politics – Marianne Williamson (Transform, May 5, 2024).
Marianne Williamson on Why She’s Fighting for Gen Z in This Election – Julia Merola (Her Campus, May 3, 2024).
One Season Passes and Another Begins – Marianne Williamson (Transform, April 11, 2024).
Why I Keep Going – Marianne Williamson (Transform, March 16, 2024).
In Hopes of a Future Harvest – Marianne Williamson (Transform, March 13, 2024).
How Marianne Williamson’s Name Became the Placeholder for “Uncommitted” Protesters in Arizona – Alex Tabet (NBC News, March 19, 2024).
Primary Purpose and Power – Marianne Williamson (Transform, March 12, 2024).
Biden and Other Centrist Democrats Keep Bragging About the Economy. But Here’s the Problem – Perry Bacon Jr. (The Washington Post, February 20, 2024).

UPDATES: Marianne Williamson Throws Her Hat Back in the Ring After Biden Debate Disaster – Marco Margaritoff (The Huffington Post, July 3, 2024).
How to Replace Biden and Beat Trump: Longtime DNC Member Jim Zogby Proposes Process to Pick New Nominee – Democracy Now! (July 3, 2024).
Risk of Trump Win “Too Great”: First House Democrat Calls On Biden to Step Aside – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, July 3, 2024).
Here’s How It Would Work to Replace Biden Before or During the Democratic Convention – Miles Mogulescu (Common Dreams, July 3, 2024).



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For The Wild Reed’s coverage of Marianne Williamson’s 2024 presidential campaign, see the following chronologically-ordered posts:
• Marianne 2024
• Marianne Williamson Launches 2024 Presidential Campaign
• Progressive Perspectives on Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Run
• More Progressive Perspectives on Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Run
• Ben Burgis: Quote of the Day – March 10, 2023
• Despite the Undemocratic Antics of the DNC, Marianne Williamson Plans on “Winning the Nomination”
• The Biblical Roots of “From Each According to Ability; To Each According to Need”
• Marianne Williamson on The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton – 05/30/23
• Marianne Williamson’s Economic Bill of Rights
• Three Progressive Voices on the War in Ukraine
• Marianne Williamson: Quote of the Day – June 27, 2023
• Marianne Williamson on The Issue Is with Elex Michaelson – 07/20/23
• Voters, Not the DNC, Should Choose the Nominee
• Marianne Williamson in New Hampshire
• Marianne Williamson: “Repairing Our Hearts Is Essential to Repairing Our Country”
• Marianne Williamson on Trump’s Day in Court
• Marianne Williamson on NewsNation – 08/25/23
• Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson Joins NYC’s March to End Fossil Fuels
• Marianne Williamson on Your World – 10/6/23
• Marianne Williamson’s “Radical Idea” of Putting People First
• Marianne Williamson: “We Need to Disrupt the Corrupt”
• “We Are Surging”
• “Let the People Decide”: Marianne Williamson on the DNC’s Efforts to Deny and Suppress the Democratic Process
• Democratic Presidential Debate: Marianne Williamson and Dean Phillips – 1/8/24
• The Democrats Challenging Biden
• Bannering for Marianne
• Campaigning for Marianne Williamson in New Hampshire – Day 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
• Marianne Williamson: “I Have Decided to Continue”
• Marianne Williamson in Nevada – 2/4/24
• Forever Grateful
• What Marianne Williamson Learned from Running for President
• Marianne Williamson: Playing It Big
• Minnesotans Launch Super Tuesday Push for “Suspended But Not Ended” Candidate Marianne Williamson
• A Welcome Return
• This Super Tuesday, Don’t Be “Uncommitted” . . .
• Super Tuesday in Minnesota
• Marianne Williamson, the Cassandra of U.S. Politics, on the “True State of the Union”
• Marianne Williamson in Arizona – 3/17/24
• “This Is the Moment”
• Marianne Williamson on Washington Journal (4/2/24) and The Letterhack (4/4/24)
• For Marianne Williamson, One Season Passes and Another Begins
• Cylvia Hayes: “Why I’m Voting for Marianne Williamson”
• Marianne Williamson on NewsNation – 5/19/24
• “What I Want to Remember Are the Moments of Love”

See also:
• Marianne Williamson: “We Must Challenge the Entire System”
• Marianne Williamson on the Current Condition of the U.S.
• Marianne Williamson’s Politics of Love: The Rich Roll Interview
• Now Here’s a Voice I’d Like to Hear Regularly on the Sunday Morning Talk Shows
• A Deeper Perspective on What’s Really Attacking American Democracy
• Marianne Williamson on the Tenth Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
• Marianne Williamson on How Centrist Democrats Abuse Voters with False Promises
• “Two of the Most Dedicated and Enlightened Heroes of Present Day America”
• Deep Gratitude
• “A Beautiful Message, So Full of Greatness”
• Marianne Williamson: “Anything That Will Help People Thrive, I’m Interested In”
• Caitlin Johnstone: “Status Quo Politicians Are Infinitely ‘Weirder’ Than Marianne Williamson”

Image: Marianne Williamson at the SiriusXM Studios on September 19, 2023. (Photo: Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images)