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Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, according to CNN’s delegate estimate.
While endorsements from delegates continue to come in, the vice president has now been backed by well more than the 1,976 pledged delegates she’ll need to win the nomination on the first ballot.
Harris crossed the threshold amid a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening.
You said earlier you thought a reasonable bar for entering a debate was sound. Now you seem to be complaining about there being no debates even though the only challengers could not meet a reasonable bar. Bit dishonest?
Whatever significant candidates wish to run should be given some floor time. Let me know when one stands up.
No, who is/is not a serious candidate is dictated by the strength of the campaigner and voters. A strong campaigner is able to fundraise from like-minded supporters, as Obama famously did with small-dollar donors that enabled him to match Hilary’s formidable fundraising prowess and obvious establishment support. This establishment/media conspiracy you seem to like is in your head.
Oh, and Williamson never broke 5% vs only 2 other people. In 2020 there were almost two dozen participants.
There were challengers that got the required signatures in 49-50 states. That’s not a reasonable bar for a single debate? The key is that word “reasonable”. The bar we have now is that the establishment media grants them that label, and that’s not reasonable. The press is supposed to be adversarial to power, but today’s mainstream media literally represents power and the status quo.
It’s not exactly a conspiracy, at least not in the mode of a secret cabal of powerful shadowy figures pulling the strings. However, it is absolutely real and understanding it is critical to media literacy. What kind of salary do you think a talking-head makes on MS-NBC? Right out of the gate, how do you think that impacts their perspective on the status quo? I know you see it clearly at Fox “News”, but you don’t think it exists at CNN?
What about local news, that’s pretty independent? The context of this video was part of the reaction that mainstream media had when their cultural hegemony started slipping due to the explosion of independent media. They have largely solved the “problem” now, since strong-arming social media to favor “trustworthy” news sources. The definition of “trustworthy” includes Fox BTW, but excludes all independent news. This was achieved by dragging social media CEOs in front of congress and threatening a massive regulation regime.
Better than Harris with the exception of a two day bump she got by calling out Biden for bad racial policy. Also, 5% with two dozen participants puts her over the average.
The press is supposed to report fact as it exists, not be adversarial to power. Sometimes this will be in support of power, other times, as the NYT ripping into Biden post-debate was, will be adversarial. The signatures are easy to get, that’s just a petition campaign. The bar should be some modest amount of popularity, I think 5% support nationally is where I would personally set it. Again, this is to avoid fame-seeking behavior and the abuse of running for president for personal gain, which we already sometimes see, frankly.
The corporate media is certainly corrupted by their business interests, no question. It’s not about what one individual anchor or personality makes, but what the shareholders demand in terms of increasing their subscriber base and advertiser revenue in search of greater profits. Fortunately the corporate media does not wield nearly the power it has in years past, they’re slowly dying in the digital age due to huge amounts of competition.
I am aware of Sinclair, I think most mainstream dems are at this point, after John Oliver did a whole episode on them years ago. Your position here breaks down when you say they’ve “solved” their problem though. They have not. Independent media is still widely prevalent all over social media, as is even outright misinformation. Corporate media revenues are still decreasing in almost all cases, they are still dying.
I said she didn’t break 5%, not that she got 5%. She got far, far less. Her support even in her own state was less than 5%. Regarding Harris, she’s simply moving up on the same ticket now that Biden is finishing out his term and retiring. I agree she did not have significant primary support and was never directly selected by voters. The time to challenge her for the nomination, if anyone wanted to, would be right now. But when even Manchin, a moderate independent now, declines to, I find that unlikely. Harris is an excellent chance to beat Trump, and that’s what democratic voters want. Not a strong progressive or fresh faced challenger offering “real change”.