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      4 months ago

      And who realistically is a better choice at this point? I can’t think of a single other Democrat with the recognition to pull a presidential campaign together in 3 months.

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        4 months ago

        The only person I have heard that even remotely has a chance of being the pick instead of Harris is Gavin Newsom and he both doesn’t seem to want it and also polls really badly against Trump.

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          4 months ago

          Yeah, he’s widely known outside of California, but largely because he’s a massive punching bag for conservatives. Not a good pick for a presidential race.

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            I think Gavin Newsom will be a very strong candidate if he had time to prime the pump. Which is I imagine what he was planning to do in 2028. A shorter, if we can call four months short good Lord, campaign is not in his favor.

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      She performed poorly on the national stage last time she was on it. She has a decent voting record but doesn’t have a lot of sponsored legislation. She has a deep flaw from being a former prosecutor. I’m not aware of her having a passion to fix any particular problems.

      I think we can do better and choose someone who can excite the voterbase to get folks to turn up. We need to fight voter apathy.

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          They have? She’s now popular enough to excite the base and win a sweeping victory at the convention?

          (Also, I don’t know how her being a former prosecutor has changed - and I’m quite doubtful most of my other concerns have shifted either).

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        She performed poorly on the national stage last time she was on it.

        So like Joe Biden in 2020 who got elected anyway.

        She has a decent voting record but doesn’t have a lot of sponsored legislation.

        Who gives a shit?

        She has a deep flaw from being a former prosecutor.

        That is in no way a flaw, let alone a deep one.

        On top of that, 13 presidents have been lawyers, including Clinton and Obama.

        I’m not aware of her having a passion to fix any particular problems.

        Just because you’re not aware of something doesn’t mean it isn’t the case.

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          I’m not aware of her having a passion to fix any particular problems.

          Just because you’re not aware of something doesn’t mean it isn’t the case.

          Let’s see if she can deliver a passionate platform, it’s kinda her entire job as a politician and if I, a hyperaware political person, am not familiar with it, then most people have no fucking clue.

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            Most people have no fucking clue because she’s been in the shadows for four years as VP and I think it was pretty obvious that Obama’s former VP was going to get the nomination in 2020.

            She still has a lot of time for voters to get to know her and your claim of hyperawareness didn’t apparently extend to the fact that a whole lot of presidents have been lawyers.