jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoBiden decision on future expected in coming days, and Harris is considered heir apparentthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkBiden decision on future expected in coming days, and Harris is considered heir apparentthehill.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months ago My concern is that Harris can’t I think she’ll get a huge bump when/if she’s the named candidate. Progressives are pretty experienced at holding our noses, especially if there’s plausible deniability about the candidate. I’m a lot more confident in her chances than Joe’s, and I think she’s the only other option the DNC will give us.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThe youth don’t traditionally vote for “Not Trump” - we need to actually excite the voters.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoWhat happened in 2020? Harris will be enough, just like Joe was last time. Because it’s easier to ignore potential disappointment than ignore an ongoing disappointment
minus-squareParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWhat happened with Clinton?
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoBill? He was young, charismatic, and pretended to be very progressive when campaigning… Worked.out great. Then we doubled down with Obama after that. Then for some reason after that we’ve just been running elderly unpopular candidates that are more conservative than Dem voters…
I think she’ll get a huge bump when/if she’s the named candidate.
Progressives are pretty experienced at holding our noses, especially if there’s plausible deniability about the candidate.
I’m a lot more confident in her chances than Joe’s, and I think she’s the only other option the DNC will give us.
The youth don’t traditionally vote for “Not Trump” - we need to actually excite the voters.
What happened in 2020?
Harris will be enough, just like Joe was last time.
Because it’s easier to ignore potential disappointment than ignore an ongoing disappointment
What happened with Clinton?
Bill?
He was young, charismatic, and pretended to be very progressive when campaigning…
Worked.out great. Then we doubled down with Obama after that.
Then for some reason after that we’ve just been running elderly unpopular candidates that are more conservative than Dem voters…