With about four months to go until the US presidential election, pressure from Democrats on Joe Biden to step down is mounting. But no one knows exactly what the process will be to select a new candidate if he eventually resigns. But many Democrats say any process is more likely than ever to end much more quickly if Vice President Kamala Harris runs.

Informal discussions of how the race to replace Biden would play out have been raging behind the scenes for weeks. But the uncertainty about the process is so unclear that many Democrats — even those who are seriously worried about Biden — are gradually stopping their opposition to his candidacy, given that what comes next could be even more confusing.

Internal polls show that Kamala could somewhat boost the Democrats’ enthusiasm. Arguments that she would be quicker to organize a campaign are gaining a firmer footing, and her daydreams that she can attack Trump forcefully are starting to become more realistic.

Many are deliberately avoiding talking about what could happen in a hypothetical scenario of Biden withdrawing from the presidential race after he said next week that he plans to return to the campaign trail once he recovers from Covid-19. But if that suddenly changes, top Democratic politicians and officials told CNN, then they can safely say the end has come for Biden.

Some are pushing for a quick and closed process before the Democratic convention. However, some don’t think it’s such a good idea since nobody really knows how this would work just 100 days before the election and much less than the Democratic convention in Chicago. However, Kamala Harris supporters believe that with a difficulty no one will accept in Biden’s position.

“I think it should be the vice president. He is campaigning vigorously under the mantle and is the natural successor. It will be important in the scenario that the president is not the candidate that we rally around right away,” said a Democratic member of the House who asked not to be identified so as not to appear to belittle the president.

Several Democratic members of Congress who have called for Biden to go, however, declined last Friday to say whether they would want Harris as their running mate when asked by CNN.

Pressure will be high for unification after infighting within the party and whoever takes biden’s place is certainly risking his reputation to run for 2028 if he ultimately loses in them.

“I think the Democrats on the front lines know better than anybody the power of stability. When there’s chaos, they’re the ones who suffer the consequences,” an aide to a Democrat in one of the swing states told CNN.

Democratic politicians and senior aides across national politics fear that freeing up an open convention process would cause chaos, prolonging the drama in the party. Even some members of the party who look set to be re-elected in key districts also see little upside in the party trying a new face to go head-to-head with Trump in the election. In fact, even if there was someone who would want to mess with Kamala Harris, he risks his own political future if he doesn’t manage to get elected.

“The internal struggle is killing us. There is not one person who can put Kamala aside,” one Democratic insider told CNN on condition of anonymity.

However, there are still those within the party who continue to dislike Kamala Harris. Texas Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, who is running again, told CNN he was surprised by how quickly the conversation has moved from people who were saying just a few months ago that Kamala Harris would be cool and that Biden should rethink that. and replace it.

“I just don’t understand how we go from that to the idea that she should be in charge,” Gonzalez said. “I have nothing against her, but facts are just facts. Not everything has changed, right? How did we get from this to this?’