• surfrock66
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    304 months ago

    It would be the most Democratic Party move ever to push Joe out and announce Hillary again.

  • @IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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    214 months ago

    There needs to be some sort of mini primary, not a Harris coronation. having said that, the chances of the DNC managing to organize something like that and not fuck it up are minimal.

  • @Etterra@lemmy.world
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    64 months ago

    Do a mini primary. I personally don’t think Harris is a best fit. I mean I’m going to vote for whatever nitwit they put into the slot, because fuck Trump with razor wire, but I’d like to at least have a chance to vote for which nitwit we get.

    • @curiousaur@reddthat.com
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      -44 months ago

      Boo, Kamala is less electable than Hillary and we saw how that went. Trump didn’t even win an election, Hillary just lost one. We’d see the same thing happen again.

  • tiredofsametab
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    14 months ago

    Any kind of primary still basically leaves a lot of overseas voters without representation since the time to (a) find out about it (b) get the material to the voters © have the voters be able to print, fill, and sign the forms, and (d) have them be postmarked in time is not going to happen.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    04 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    At the event, which organizers said raised $2 million and was attended by 1,000 guests, Harris did not mention the calls for Biden to leave the race or for her to replace him, instead repeating one of her regular campaign lines: “We’re going to win this election,” she said.

    Officials from the highest ranks, including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, prefer an open process, some believing it would strengthen any Democratic nominee to confront Republican Donald Trump.

    “If you think that there is consensus among the people who want Joe Biden to leave… that they will support Kamala, Vice President Harris, you would be mistaken,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said this week on a widely discussed social media post.

    Very few of the Democratic lawmakers who are agitating for Biden to leave have mentioned Harris in their statements, and some have said they favor an open nominating process that would throw the party’s endorsement behind a new candidate.

    The standoff over Biden’s political future has become increasingly untenable for the party and its leaders, a month from the Democratic National Convention that should be a unifying moment to nominate their incumbent president to confront Trump.

    Biden, who sent a defiant letter to Democrats in Congress vowing to stay in the race, has yet to visit Capitol Hill to shore up support, an absence noticed by senators and representatives.


    The original article contains 1,117 words, the summary contains 226 words. Saved 80%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

      • @curiousaur@reddthat.com
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        -94 months ago

        Trump didn’t win, Hillary lost. Just like Kamala will lose. She’s unelectable. We have two choices, Trump or Bernie. Putting in anyone but Bernie is choosing Trump.

        • @jumjummy@lemmy.world
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          34 months ago

          You are so out of touch. While I think Bernie would have done a great job, there’s NO way he would be the candidate. Get out of the micro bubble that is Lemmy and see what the rest of the country supports. Unfortunately Bernie is too far left for most people, which is unfortunate.

  • @CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    -94 months ago

    Please gawd, don’t make it look like they are just anointing a Chosen One, who is due “her turn”. No more diversity box-checking…have a primary. If she wins, then fantastic. Otherwise, it will just be constant division and resentment, and you can count on the bothsiderist media will hit that nerve over and over again to contrast with donnie being so old and in obvious mental decline.

  • @Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    -164 months ago

    Launch a mini primary. No one would win against Trump this late in the race now that they betrayed Biden but anyone else would be better than Harris. At least most other candidates would not have founded their entire career on keeping innocent people in prison

    • I’m not personally enthused about the idea of having a former cop for a president, it certainly seems like a good way to snag the votes of disgruntled Republicans.

  • @cabron_offsets@lemmy.world
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    -174 months ago

    Primary.

    Ideally, Biden and Harris would both voluntarily fuck off, placing the needs of the country ahead of personal ambition (well, hubris, really).

    Guys, we are completely fucked right now. A jolt to the system is necessary if we wish to maintain even a hope of preserving America.

    • @dragontamer@lemmy.world
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      164 months ago

      The fuck??

      Harris is the only one meeting with the Democrat’s base for the past year (with Biden), offering assurances to Unions and other groups. You know, the only one actively campaigning aside from Biden.

      Its like yall think that this shit doesn’t matter or something.

      • @cabron_offsets@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        And a whole lot of fucking good that’s done. What’s necessary is a fresh start, a vigorous process, and, frankly, someone unconnected to Biden’s foreign policy as it applies to israel.

        Any assclown can do what you seem to imagine is exclusively in Harris’ wheelhouse.

        Edit: I’m voting D no matter what.

        • @dragontamer@lemmy.world
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          84 months ago

          No other candidate can inherit Bidens will like Harris can. Specifically with regards to the donations already pledged to Biden.

  • TunaCowboy
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    -274 months ago

    If your master plan is to run Harris, just keep Biden. Harris is less likeable than a corpse and hrc. Selecting her as VP was a huge mistake, but mistakes are apparently the DNC’s specialty.