HAS to go through a legitimate primary season. This is one reason we failed in 2024. I like Harris, I really do, but she needed to go through a primary against other competent Democratic opponents. To win a primary you have to win a cross section of a lot of people in a lot of areas. Just handing it to Harris (and I realize there was no real time for a primary) was really blind faith.
Do NOT get me wrong, I truly think Kamala Harris was awesome and would have been an amazing President, but that's me, that's not everyone. A primary likely exposes her vulnerabilities with certain elements of the electorate (and no, i WILL NOT argue against racism and misogyny playing a part as there is no doubt in my mind it did).
Thing is...we needed to know that. Sad as hell as it is, a primary likely eliminates her. There were other difficult issues with the Harris campaign they didn't effectively navigate. I still don't understand why Biden didn't run in 2016. He'd have been perfect at that time. Biden, when he was on his game, was as good as it gets as a debater and a campaigner. An absolute stud. Which made his demise all the more heart breaking.
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