Biden Stands Down

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Cristiano]

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

When Clinton lost, it was all too easy to believe that the U.S. simply wouldn't elect a woman president. I'm as guilty of that thought as anyone, but... there really was more to it than that. Clinton carried DECADES of baggage and animosity with her; it doesn't matter whether it was deserved or not, it was there. That history complicated people's reactions to her.

I'm hoping that the problem was Clinton herself, rather than her gender, that tipped the scales. Which is not to say that misogyny doesn't play a part in U.S. politics, but maybe, just maybe, it's not an automatic death knell for a candidate.

One advantage for Harris is that she's been low-profile enough that large numbers of people don't hate her specifically. There may be lots of people who don't like her gender or her race(s), but she's largely free of the very personal animosity that was aimed at Clinton. General prejudice weighed against Trump's odiousness.... It's not that predictable an outcome.

I agree. Sexism played a part in Clinton's loss, but +20 years of accumulated right wing propaganda against her was at least as important. I think Hillary was also very hurt by the perception her Presidency was "inevitable" rather than the exciting, new candidate she should have been. Hillary's policies were also aimed at the center right and not very exciting to her base. This gamble maybe didn't pay off since the center right people all went for Trump and honestly believed Hillary was a socialist, which was comical... Even with all this going on, she did win the popular vote.

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Newsom does have some baggage, and two California politicians on the same ticket might not play well. An all female ticket with Whitmer would be interesting, she was an incredibly popular governor of a swing state.

Two people from the same state would be unconstitutional. President and Vice President must be from different states.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

https://x.com/Pinko69420/status/1815358396251439452

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Anyhow, can we all just agree that Joe Manchin needs to be dropped in the middle of the Atlantic with only a small row boat?

Why waste a perfectly good boat?

 

[Free]

Why waste a perfectly good boat?

 

[Aeon Jiminy]

If Kamala Harris is the nominee, she is going to lose. All of the wishing, hoping, praying, and voter shaming is not going to change that. Her numbers are lower than Biden's. Like Hillary, her approval tends to drop the more visible she becomes. She's horribly unpopular.

I'm not and never have been a Trump supporter. When I told you Biden needed to go, you laughed me out of the forum.

It just doesn't pay to live in fantasyland. You're already spinning something that will end in disappointment. You already know this.

Tulsi Gabbard ended Kamala's presidential bid in one swift smackdown. She is even more vulnerable. Absolutely nothing has changed.

Get real.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

I tried to watch this on Youtube and was hit with a local Kansas MAGA-ite candidate commercial before I could watch.

They're everywhere

 

[Cindy Claveau]

I'm not and never have been a Trump supporter. When I told you Biden needed to go, you laughed me out of the forum.

And yet you're still here cluttering the airwaves.

Get real.

Go away.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

 

[Free]

Hey Aeon, is this you?

If you don't want change, then a vote for Biden is a vote for what you have right now.

Sorry if I have to pull the cord on your prophesy skills.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Why Kamala Harris’s Shocking Fundraising Numbers Should Terrify Trump

In the less than 24 hours since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Vice President Kamala Harris has already begun bringing in the big bucks for the Democratic Party.

Biden announced Sunday that he would be withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race, after weeks of mounting concerns over his age and mental acuity from his fellow Democrats. Moments after he withdrew, he endorsed Harris to be the new Democratic nominee. And it appears that the prospect of a new nominee may have led people to open their wallets.

By the end of the day Sunday, ActBlue, a popular fundraising site for Democratic candidates and causes, posted a surprising update.
“As of 9pm ET, grassroots supporters have raised $46.7 million through ActBlue following Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign launch,” the post read. “This has been the biggest fundraising day of the 2024 cycle. Small-dollar donors are fired up and ready to take on this election.”
By the end of the day, ActBlue had raised more than $50 million dollars, according to an estimate from The New York Times, the third-biggest day for online fundraising in the site’s history.

That's right. 50 million in 1 day.

Suck it, Trump!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

If Kamala Harris is the nominee, she is going to lose. All of the wishing, hoping, praying, and voter shaming is not going to change that. Her numbers are lower than Biden's. Like Hillary, her approval tends to drop the more visible she becomes. She's horribly unpopular.

I'm not and never have been a Trump supporter. When I told you Biden needed to go, you laughed me out of the forum.

It just doesn't pay to live in fantasyland. You're already spinning something that will end in disappointment. You already know this.

Tulsi Gabbard ended Kamala's presidential bid in one swift smackdown. She is even more vulnerable. Absolutely nothing has changed.

Get real.

Who would you recommend the Democrats choose as a candidate?

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Trying to come up with a few witty-but-not-offensive Italian/Venezuelan jokes. This will require multiple scans.

BRB.

 

[Free]

Ooh, Cris is a Veni.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

All Biden did is say I’m not running for a second term and Republicans want to challenge?

House Speaker Mike Johnson reiterated Sunday that any attempt by Democrats to sub in a new candidate in place of President Joe Biden is likely to be met by legal challenges.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Johnson said, “Every state has its own system, and in some of these, it’s not possible to simply just switch out a candidate.”

Johnson’s assertion, which echoed remarks he made during the Republican National Convention, suggests a strategy Republicans could be looking toward should Biden decides to withdraw from the presidential election. “I think in states where it can be contested, I expect that it will be, and they’ll have an interesting battle on their hands,” the Louisiana Republican said Thursday of a possible switch.

Technically, Biden has not yet been formally nominated to be the Democratic presidential candidate and won’t be until a vote of the delegates selected to the Democratic National Convention. Still, Johnson said there might be grounds for a challenge, given that Biden was the overwhelming winner of the party’s primaries.

“I think they would run into some legal impediments in at least a few of these jurisdictions,” he told host Martha Raddatz. “We’ll see how it plays out.”

Translation: We're so scared we're wetting ourselves. The nerve of Joe to name a black woman in July, before their convention! We whined about Biden's age but that script flipped, now what do we do?!

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Free]

All they have is *legal* challenges. Not like they can challenge based on their policies.