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Kamala Harris has launched her campaign for the White House, after President Joe Biden stepped aside Sunday under pressure from party leaders.

The vice president has Biden’s endorsement, and is unchallenged as yet for the Democratic nomination, which will be formally decided at the Aug. 19 convention in Chicago.

“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” Harris said in a statement. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda. We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win.”

In her statement, the vice president paid tribute to Biden’s “extraordinary leadership,” saying he had achieved more in one term than many presidents do in two.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

She doesn't have to worry about people turned off by Biden in general to win the nomination. She doesn't need to care about voters at all to win the nomination, she just has to appeal to a handful of DNC operatives because the primary is over.

Assuming the Biden can't simply reassign his delegates to Harris that is - in which case she's essentially already won the nomination before she even started running.

Now the election on the other hand...the election also isn't particularly about what she has to offer. The election is all about Trump. People are either voting for Trump or not-Trump, and the vast majority of not-Trump voters aren't all that concerned with what form not-Trump takes so long as it isn't Trump. It's entirely a matter of turnout.

I'm more curious whether she'll go for a milquetoast generic moderate Democrat or a progressive well to her left - if nothing else it will say something about what she sees as her bigger weakness. I'd put odds on a white guy either way to appease the lesser racists (aka the same reason Biden was Obama's VP).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I do think she still needs to be careful on Israel for the General, people were serious about the Uncommitted vote.

I am willing to vote for her (and I would not vote Biden under any circumstance), but I will never put it past Democrats to fumble even under the best conditions, let alone in this clusterfuck.

People are ready to compromise, hopefully she doesn't swallow her own tongue or tie her own shoelaces together or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So were you not going to vote at all or were you going to vote for Trump?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I was planning on voting Uncommitted on the presidential if Biden stayed in (and voting down ballot, obviously).

The only way I wouldn't vote for Harris at this point is if in the next four months she comes out as some insane zionist as bad as Biden, which I really doubt she will.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago

So she offers nothing to the Uncommitted movement. She is likely to lose Michigan at least and she’ll deserve it.