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Well, it looks like Newsom has already endorsed Harris: Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom Tough. Fearless. Tenacious. With our democracy at stake and our future on the line, no one is better to prosecute the case against Donald Trump's dark vision and guide our country in a healthier direction than America’s Vice President, @KamalaHarris . 4:34 PM · Jul 21, 2024 · 788K Views That was a wise decision.

Well, at least you don't have to worry about your country being on the brink of autocracy.

Then you might as well have said that with Obama in 2012 when he ran for re-election practically unopposed in the 2012 Dem primaries. Btw, why the hell has he been staying so quiet this whole time? We desperately need him to rally the real majority of Americans against Trump and MAGA. He was supposed to be our champion fighter.

If Trump wins, then I will never forgive the Democratic leadership and those out touch wealthy elite donors for what they've done. Honestly, I am not even 100% sure right now what to do about voting in this election and I am having a very difficult time seeing the light at the end of the tunnel when we have now gotten even closer than ever before to a Trump dictatorship. How will any of us survive a nightmarish Trump presidency?

Any of the Democratic governors, Democratic US Senators, or any other Democratic leaders out there could have challenged Biden for the nomination if they wanted to. Dean Phillips and Mariam Williamson tried fair and square.

Ron Klain, a long-time adviser to Biden and former chief of staff of Biden's administration, really wanted him to stay in the race. These advisors, pollster, pundits, and hucksters out there who wanted Biden out are the same fools who thought that Mondale could beat Reagan in 1984, thought that Dukakis could beat HW Bush in 1988, who thought that John Kerry could beat George W Bush, who thought that Hillary Clinton could beat Trump in 2016. All of those Democratic nominees lost each of those presidential elections. It's because those advisors, pollster, pundits, and hucksters out there never understood the true key fundamentals to winning presidential elections.

He won the Democratic primaries legitimately with over 87% of the vote. This is very undemocratic. The donors and so called moderate Democrats are the true selfish cowards.

Do you have a successful track record of prediction elections? Are you even a top expert in politics or history or hard science?

We would've had a great chance had Biden decided to resign to let Harris take over as president. I really hope that I am wrong.

John Maynard Keynes wasn't a charlatan. He gave FDR brilliant ideas to help save the US economy and the rest of the global economy from the Great Depression. The Federal Reserve has always used economists. Hell, every big bank in the world has used their expertise as well. What other experts are we supposed to listen to or learn from?

Right-wing economists, like Milton Friedman have been horrible for our country. So, are centrist economists or center-left economists the best and most effective for the country?

I am already disgusted with those politicians and donors who stabbed Biden in the back. If Trump wins because of this, they I hope that all those vultures will come to sorely regret it and pay a massive price for it!

She has to message herself as representing a new generation of leaders who will fight poverty and fight for liberty and social justice for all. Then, she can implement specific proposals in her message such as: - Codifying Roe vs. Wade into law - Fight for raising the federal minimum. The current Poor People's Campaign, which since 2018 has been a revival of the late 1960s Poor People's, has been lead by black activists leaders in many parts of the country. - Continue with promoting the revival of the boom in the labor movement. Sentiment for labor unions is still at an all-time, especially after what Biden has done for unions, working class, and middle class folk in America. - Fight systemic racism in the criminal justice system. She has immense experience in that area as a top state attorney general of CA, former US Senator of CA, and VP who has worked alongside Biden and the DOJ. - Pass a Code of Ethics law that would have enough real teeth to hold SCOTUS accountable. - Cancel more student debt to help the younger generations of folk succeed in life. - Build more housing to significantly accessibility and affordability of housing for people. - Lower costs of more prescription drugs - Continue fighting corporate greed and excessive corporate power - And much more Her slogan should be called either "The Great Reconstruction era" or "The New Democracy" or "The New Democratic Republic" or "New Liberty and Justice"

If you say that a bold progressive vision would turn off too many voters, then are you saying that she needs to promote a bold centrist vision or a bold center-left vision?

Yeah, but hopefully many more voters will hate Trump more than her.

No one Democratic hero the sky is going to save us. Even Newsom still has made it clear that he’s not running this time around. The reality is that the only possible real chance we have of winning, if we even have any real shot left, is for all of us throughout the whole country to unite together as one extremely powerful coalition that would crush Trump and MAGA like we did in 2020. We have to make this a major referendum against Trump and his party, run on Biden and his party historic progressive accomplishments which are still perceived to be center-left, sell a bold liberal vision for the country going forward the way that Democrats in the mid 1900s did, have all of the left leaning media outlets out there destroy Trump and the GOP with their words and mobilize the solid majority of the country to support and vote for ALL Democrats up and down the ballot, have every major grassroots movement all over the country mobilize the solid majority majority of people in this to vote for all Dems up and down the ballot like never before. That’s it.

Most people do! You have it backwards. It would be spineless for Democrats to not stay united under Harris. Party unity matters much more for winning presidential elections than does having some flashy questionable candidate out there who could turn out to be an even greater disappointment than her as candidate. Bill Clinton, for all of his talents during the 90s never even won the popular vote in either the 1992 or 1996 presidential elections. Even those polls, for whatever they are worth show that they prefer any Democrat to be president for the next for years by a lot! Most experts Biden has achieved the greatest domestic accomplishments to compared to any other presidents since LBJ if not since FDR! He also saved our economy and lead it virtually a soft landing, which was supposed to be impossible according to most economists, bankers, investors, business leaders, and many on the Federal Reserve had said before! Btw, if the fact that Democrats have kept over performing in every big election since 2022 to such an historic and extraordinary degree is not proof that most Americans want Democrats much more so than Republicans to be in charge of the country then what is? every political scientist, historian, and even everyone of those schmuck pundits have acknowledged that Biden has presided over a far more successful build up of his party’s coalition than either Bill Clinton or Barack Obama did during their presidencies. Even though, I think Biden should’ve either stayed in the race or resign to let Harris be president, I will say that Democrats overall have been ravenous vengeful beasts for political power.

No, we can’t! The voters will less likely to vote for the Dem nominee because it will cause them to question the governance of the party in power! She was already picked in the 2024 primaries as the backup option. We have to move on and unite under her now!

Actually, if there is any consolation, the VP has the greatest name recognition compared to every other politician holding an office throughout the whole country, second only to the POTUS.

Well, he now said that we should united Harris even though we lost the incumbency advantage to at least save the no contest key for the party. We now cannot afford to have a blood miserable chaotic open convention for the Dem nomination. If that happens then we will 100% lose like the Dems did in 1968, 1980, and 2016! I really hope you’re right, Leo.

US History has shown that VP candidates have never made any real difference in the electability the of the ticket. A good VP candidate only matters for improving the party’s chances for winning the following presidential election by having a strong heir apparent or consensus nominee for the next presidential election. A great sitting VP only matters if the sitting president dies in office or is forced to resign. In that case, that VP immediately would take over as a truly transformational president like how Teddy Roosevelt took over as president in 1901 after President McKinley was assassinated during that time. A second example was when Truman took over as president after FDR died in office in 1945 and became one of the ten greatest presidents in US History. A third example was LBJ taking over as president and become such a progressive transformational leader for the country after JFK was assassinated in 1963.

They all got what they wanted.

The Devil has won, Trump, Putin, and Orban, have won… We must all brace ourselves for the looming apocalypse.

Allan Litchtman said on Twitter: "Biden has dropped out. But the Democrats could still salvage the contest key if they unite behind Harris!"

An open convention would divide and weaken Harris and the Democrats, which will cause them to lose to Trump and MAGA in 2024! Look what happened in 1968, 1980, and 2016!