It should have been such a blowout that rigging would be impossible. A real leftist candidate could easilly beat out a 3 million voter deficit. Just look at Mamdani’s win in NYC, and he’s just a social democrat.
Given the circumstances- she was the best candidate. She did a stellar job cleaning up a campaign that was mired and bogged down in a flaming rubbish pile.
And yes it does seem like there was hellalotta cheating going on.
Ultimately she had 90 days or so to go against a douche who’s been campaigning and retconning his image for the four years prior.
The loss is not her fault. I place that entirely at Biden fucking shit up and holding on far too long.
All of that said- she absolutely shouldn’t be the ‘28 candidate. I’m pissed that she conceded before it was even official, and when there was clearly some question. They didn’t even look into it. (Smoke doesn’t always mean fire, but you’re an idiot if you don’t check.)
Then she disappeared as the US turned to shit and comes out with a book deal?!
Sorry. Nope. I respect what she did, but that doesn’t mean she’s the best option next time.
Without a primary and any opponents, how did you determine she was the best candidate? If you’re referring to her being the VP, it was widely reported the Biden cabinet was upset with her handling of the interview on the border crisis. After that they gave her the cold shoulder and barely handed her any meaningful projects. She was not prepared because she refused to listen to her aides and then afterwards blamed them for not properly prepping her.
She was as much of a disappointment as Biden was. Would have been a better move to break clean from both of them.
By the time that Biden stepped down, there was no time for a primary. (And let’s be honest, that farce ran before wasn’t a true primary.)
She was the only person that could, at the time, get everyone into lockstep with her. She was also competent, experienced and skilled.
Aside from Israel/Palestine, her political positions weren’t particularly offensive either. (She should have thrown Biden under that bus, but I get why she didn’t. Hell. Biden should have dove under for her.)
I would have much preferred another; though they would never have manage as well as Harris did… particularly as Biden gave grudging support for her.
In the context of that moment in time, she was the only person with a chance at beating Trump, and that’s what made her “best”.
taking the fall in a fixed match is not the same as outright losing
It should have been such a blowout that rigging would be impossible. A real leftist candidate could easilly beat out a 3 million voter deficit. Just look at Mamdani’s win in NYC, and he’s just a social democrat.
Given the circumstances- she was the best candidate. She did a stellar job cleaning up a campaign that was mired and bogged down in a flaming rubbish pile.
And yes it does seem like there was hellalotta cheating going on.
Ultimately she had 90 days or so to go against a douche who’s been campaigning and retconning his image for the four years prior.
The loss is not her fault. I place that entirely at Biden fucking shit up and holding on far too long.
All of that said- she absolutely shouldn’t be the ‘28 candidate. I’m pissed that she conceded before it was even official, and when there was clearly some question. They didn’t even look into it. (Smoke doesn’t always mean fire, but you’re an idiot if you don’t check.)
Then she disappeared as the US turned to shit and comes out with a book deal?!
Sorry. Nope. I respect what she did, but that doesn’t mean she’s the best option next time.
Without a primary and any opponents, how did you determine she was the best candidate? If you’re referring to her being the VP, it was widely reported the Biden cabinet was upset with her handling of the interview on the border crisis. After that they gave her the cold shoulder and barely handed her any meaningful projects. She was not prepared because she refused to listen to her aides and then afterwards blamed them for not properly prepping her.
She was as much of a disappointment as Biden was. Would have been a better move to break clean from both of them.
By the time that Biden stepped down, there was no time for a primary. (And let’s be honest, that farce ran before wasn’t a true primary.)
She was the only person that could, at the time, get everyone into lockstep with her. She was also competent, experienced and skilled.
Aside from Israel/Palestine, her political positions weren’t particularly offensive either. (She should have thrown Biden under that bus, but I get why she didn’t. Hell. Biden should have dove under for her.)
I would have much preferred another; though they would never have manage as well as Harris did… particularly as Biden gave grudging support for her.
In the context of that moment in time, she was the only person with a chance at beating Trump, and that’s what made her “best”.
Did you not read the portion in my post where I said she was deemed incompetent by Biden (and many others)?
Does this speak “competence”? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXCN0xYJDuo