 Biden were to be 25th Amendmented, Kamala Harris would then become the president and say Pete Buttigieg would not have a shot at the presidency anymore. So none of the incentive structures work there either. All of which is why the effort to get rid of Joe Biden at the top of the ticket is now pretty much stalled out. According to The Wall Street Journal, an effort by some Democrats to seek an alternative to President Biden as the party's nominee faced new uncertainty Tuesday with frustrated lawmakers struggling to find a path forward after the president said he was dead set against stepping aside.