It is a good thing they got to use the money. That worked out really well. Great choice.dimitrig said:BearGoggles said:Obama and the rest of the Dem politburo called the shots. They could have picked anyone or simply called for a primary/convention vote. They wanted Kamala and she was/is as far left as they come. The dems had a chance to go a different direction and didn't.dimitrig said:BearGoggles said:Nope.wifeisafurd said:She had very little time to campaign. She did well considering, and if she had more time, I suspect she wins. When they do a post-mortem, I suspect the take away ends-up being covering-up Biden's health issues sunk the election for the Dems.Oakbear said:
I Have been following politics since 1952 when my dad bought a tv so we could watch the conventios, up late at night
Before harris i thought mccain was the weakest candidate but harris is much worse, a shame as i am not a big trump fan
She was deeply unpopular as VP. She ran a terrible campaign, dodging media and the press, with no real message other than "Trump is bad." She didn't distance herself from Biden (and her own) bad policies. She never explained her massive changes in position and in fact lied about that in many cases. She was a bad retail politician. And then she was anointed by the dem oligarchs - the same people who hid Biden's condition - without any type of primary.
She, like Biden before her, thought hiding and "not being Trump" would be enough. It was not.
Had the dems run a better candidate - Manchin, Newsome, Shapiro, or others - they likely would have won. I would have voted for Manchin and likely Shapiro. Instead they ran the deeply unpopular, not bright, and farthest left candidate they could find.
I don't think "farthest left" was what they were looking for. They wanted a black woman in 2020. That got her the job.
After that she got it because she was the VP and being on the ticket had access to the donations. It also made it more palatable to say "Well, you voted for Biden AND Harris" so she did get your vote. Biden is old so it could have happened organically anyway.
There is nothing about today's Dem party that is embracing the farthest left at all. They are very centrist. She wouldn't have been the pick if not for being the VP already.
Obama wanted Kamala because, like Biden, he would be able to control her (Susan Rice and her crew have been running the country).
And your take that the dem/Kamala platform is "centrist" is as out of step as many of your other California bubble takes.
They were worried about being able to use the donations.
Give me a break. Obama and Fidel Castro. Two peas in a pod, amirite?
And they raised far more money after Biden resigned than what was held before. That money would have been raised for any other candidate (donors were withholding to pressure Biden to abdicate).
Obama and his crew (likely including Pelosi) wanted Kamala. That is the beginning and end of it.