Quote Originally Posted by slack_pie View Post
In the long run, this may be the kick up the arse the Dems (and the left in general) need to bring them back from the brink of madness. A wake up call of sorts. The sheer arrogance to think they could just choose a black woman as their candidate and that would be enough, regardless of her ability or credibility. That they could just pay rotten A-list celebrities to talk at her rallies and that would be enough. That people would vote for more of the same managed decline of a once great country - and calling the opposition Hitler would be enough.

Again, I'm not a fan of Trump by any means, but the Dems are rotten to the core.
I do hope it's a wake up call for them on several fronts, but none of the top democrat people I've heard or read speaking about her selection said anything like the above.

As I mentioned the day they nominated her, she does have 21 years relevant experience, which is 21 years more than Trump had when he was elected and 17 more than he has now. Any criticism of her qualifications or experience from the right is pure hypocrisy, as was their criticism of Biden's age or mental capacity, given they've elected Donald "THEY'RE EATING THE DORGS" Trump, and as predicted, never once mentioned age again after Biden's withdrawal.

A big factor Harris's nomination, unfortunately, was the lack of time. There wasn't time to do a primary properly, or time to build a campaign apparatus or start raising money from scratch. And given that Harris was already on Biden's ticket, all of his campaign finance and organisation could be transferred over to her - and no other candidate, legally - immediately.

I think if Biden had stepped back from running again at all, and they'd run a legit primary, they'd have had more of a chance. Still pushing it uphill because of the prevailing economic conditions, which are bad for incumbents everywhere.