Democratic National Committee (DNC) member James Zogby outlined a potential process Tuesday on CNN for replacing President Joe Biden on his party’s 2024 ticket.

On Thursday, during the heavily criticized Democratic debate, Biden was noticeably stumbling and spoke with a raspy voice. Since then, the Biden campaign has been in damage control as discussions about the president stepping down have increased among voters, the media, and Democratic officials.

Zogby suggested to CNN’s Erica Hill a “controlled process” for selecting a new Democratic nominee for the 2024 election, which he discussed with the DNC chair. He believes there is sufficient time for what he calls a “mini primary process,” explaining that in politics, “weeks can become a lifetime.”

“I laid out a plan. I sent it to the party chair, and I’ve circulated it with many other DNC members,” Zogby said. “It’s a plan to create a controlled process whereby DNC members would be authorized to endorse candidates, they would be certified by the party secretary and then the process would begin with town halls that would be televised that the party would sponsor. And then we come to the convention.”

“We’d have a limited field because if — as I call for 40 or so required delegates or DNC members to endorse — we would only get a field of maybe four or five candidates. And I think we all know who they are,” he continued.

Zogby described the proposed process for selecting a new Democratic nominee to the CNN anchor as “respectful” and “exciting.” He highlighted that the media would likely cover the event extensively, providing “wall-to-wall” coverage. He compared his idea to the election process that brought President John F. Kennedy to the White House.

Zogby highlighted that the sooner Biden steps down, the more beneficial it would be for Vice President Kamala Harris. He suggested that if Democrats were to adopt his proposed process, it would provide Harris with “an opportunity to show her stuff.”

“I think she would win, but it would be a process where people would come out of it energized and excited about the outcome,” Zogby said. “Not simply a coronation, which I think would not be helpful to her or helpful to the party. Or to the county.”

“The call ultimately has to come from Joe Biden. He has to decide whether he’s gonna leave,” Zogby said. “But here’s the point: If the holdup is that he’s afraid of handing it off to Kamala Harris and she may not be able to win, this solves that problem. If there’s a fear that if he withdrawals there will be chaos, this solves that problem. If there’s a fear that if he withdrawals, that Donald Trump will win, this solves that problem.”

“I think it would create such energy, such excitement. And it would result in a candidate who is viewed as the consensus candidate of all Democrats coming out of that convention. They’d have their wind in their sails, and they would be able, I think, to do very well moving on to November,” Zogby said.