 Jonathan Martin of the Politico has this out today. When Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer telephoned a senior official with President Biden's campaign on Friday night, she wanted to convey a clear message. She hated the way her name was being floated as a replacement for Biden, and she was not behind the chatter. Whitmer's conversation with the official, campaign chair Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, was cordial but awkward by its very nature. In the aftermath of the president's disastrous debate performance last Thursday, no would-be replacement has been the recipient of more wish-casting among Democrats than the second-term Michigan governor.