 The nominee would ultimately be chosen by the delegates using ranked-choice voting before the start of the Chicago Convention on August 19. It would be announced with plenty of fanfare on the third day of the gathering. The memo imagines the nominee unveiled on stage with Biden, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton. According to its authors, the country would be captivated, donations would pour in, and Biden would be celebrated as a modern-day George Washington, according to the Blitz primary theory.