• @[email protected]
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    135 months ago

    All of this should have been done a couple years ago for presidential hopefuls to gather resources and prepare for the elections. The assumption that Biden was seeking a second term stalled a lot of minor steps needed to build a campaign. Biden stepping down a month before the DNC is gonna be a shit show. Who’s gonna run for becoming a candidate? How are they gonna fundraise quickly enough to get the word out? This is a clusterfuck of poorly timed decisions and I only hope the new candidate can gather enough support to win the presidential election. Given the Democratic party’s penchant of favoring people from their inner circle, I doubt they’ll be well received by the general public to begin with.

    • @Traejen
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      65 months ago

      Non-issue. Kamala Harris is the heir apparent.

      • @thejoker954
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        05 months ago

        Who is a black woman. Which means that unfortunately she has a pretty steep uphill battle to win the presidency.

        In fact I think it would drive more of the non voting republicans to the polls.

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          5 months ago

          Honest question, are there that many non voting Republicans? They tend to be pretty rabid.

          • @thejoker954
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            25 months ago

            Honestly I don’t know, but I assume just like with democrats there is a large poor population that normally cant make it to voting.

            And with a black women running for president i just see the racists and sexists organizing more to help bring those voters in.

        • @whoreticulture
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          35 months ago

          Obama won pretty hard though despite the racism, there were more people excited to see a black president than there were racists (although obviously there as a lot of vocal racism as well).

          If Kamala tells a convincing story, I could see it working well.

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      55 months ago

      Kamala can have access to Biden’s fundraising, and now all the GOP talking points are mute. I think it’s actually quite effective if they run Kamala. Also, she will eviscerate Trump in a debate, unlike Biden.

    • Cyborganism
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      25 months ago

      True.

      You know who would’ve been a good candidate in my opinion?

      Pete Buttigieg.