We’re entering the last two weeks of Joe Biden’s ’24 presidential campaign, and two weeks may be a stretch. The Republican Convention will be over, and the vice-presidential candidate set. Picking one of the names bandied about today, Marco Rubio, Doug Burgum, J.D. Vance, Tom Cotton, Tim Scott, Elise Stefanik, and Dr. Ben Carson add nothing to Trump’s electability. Only Burgum and Carson have government executive experience. The rest are legislators.

Setting the Republican ticket in stone will bring forth Democrat’s actual choices. No Joe or Kamala, but one with a woman in the top spot. Nikki Haley sounded the warning by saying, “They are going to be smart about it: they’re going to bring somebody younger, they’re going to bring somebody vibrant, they’re going to bring somebody tested,” she said. “This is a time for Republicans to prepare and get ready for what’s to come because there is no way that there will be a surviving Democratic Party if they allow Joe Biden to continue to be the candidate.”

Anyone following this blog knows I have long predicted what is now unfolding. Anytime after Trump announces his vice-presidential choice, Biden will announce his withdrawal and release his delegates. This action during the Republican convention will dominate the news and deprive the GOP of media attention during their big show. All the attention will be on who the Democrats nominate.

Who will finally be on the Democratic ticket? It will be a woman at the top simply because a chance to elect the first woman president will add votes. Only two make sense, Michelle Obama and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. My money has been on Michelle. As I’ve divined, the first poll testing her against Trump under present circumstances shows her handily beating him. Whitmer’s numbers are similar to Biden’s. The point is winning.

Why am I passing over the vice president? Choosing Kamala is jumping from the frying pan to the fire. Her very short presidential run is only remembered for her making the case that Biden was a racist. Given numerous assignments, she failed at all of them except pushing for unlimited abortion. As an integral part of the Biden administration, she’s tarred with his horrible policies both here and abroad.

Just as unpopular as Joe Biden, she is part of his decline coverup. Obviously a liar. An unlikeable person with a cackle for a laugh is the person Donald Trump would love to run against. Already, he’s named her “Laughin’ Kamala Harris,” which immediately makes you think of her awful and untimely laugh. She does nothing to improve Democrats’ chances.

Only if I’ve been wrong all along and Michelle Obama really doesn’t want to be president does Whitmer make sense. She doesn’t have Michelle’s favorability and name recognition. Being a little-known governor may mean a slow start in a two-month campaign, but the left-leaning media will do everything to make her a saint. Of course, Michelle, too many, is already one.

The new ticket will change the campaign dynamics. Now, Trump is the old one in the race. With Biden’s decline, voters are now keenly aware of the ravages of time. Trump is approaching 80, and his vice presidential choice will come under increasing scrutiny. Unfortunately, bad things are more likely to happen as you get older. Only little-known Doug Burgum inspires confidence he can step in if Trump falters. Anyone else in the above group may hurt the ticket as not presidential.

With either Michelle or Gretecen at the top of the ticket, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is a no-brainer for the second spot. His state is necessary for a Democratic win. However, with a much younger person at the top of the ticket, the vice president is less likely to be seen as a possible presidential replacement on the Democratic side.

With this sea change approaching, the big question is whether Trump is taking steps to master it. The one base-expanding action he could take is offering the vice presidency slot to Nikki Haley. More people wanted her when running for President than Donald or Joe. They see her as competent and ready. With an old guy as president, this is a significant plus.

While it is less robust a move than bringing Haley on board, Virginia Governor Glen Youngin brings the same plus as Burgum while showing a move to the center. Unlike the other sycophants, Youngin distanced himself from Trump in his governor’s race. Virginia might now be in play, and having the popular governor on the ticket widens the map.

In any case, what Trump does now will indicate if he’s grown or is still the same old narcissist who had a lucky win and has lost ever since.

It’s telling that I predicted how all this would play out a year ago. No one is happy when they see a train wreck coming, and no one listens. If I could plot the course of the race over a year in advance, is it a plan? If so, who authored it?

I assure you I have no crystal ball or inside information; I have just information available to everyone. How it all fell in place, as predicted from bogus lawsuits against Trump, rallying the Republican base to him while smothering his competition to secure the weakest opposition to the timetable moving Joe out by the convention, sure looks like a plan. Getting Biden to agree to an early debate was the masterstroke. Everyone knew Joe was failing; it was just a matter of managing his public exposure.

Suppose the plan is to overcome a disastrous presidency and retain control as it appears. In that case, it is undoubtedly a work of genius. I want to know who the scripters are. If Michelle Obama becomes madame president, we may have a clue.