?????? v Trump (and one or two others) The US Presidential election 2024. Read OP before posting

The article was overall positive about Harris running for president in 2020… Trump has only turned out to be a far worse since then. So you've effectively gone against your own point with your sources.

But my question is:

Are all of the operatives, veterans and various officials of the Democrat party, those who reached the conclusion that a white guy was the best shot. Are they somehow racist and bad?

Ah but I am for reaching the same conclusion today, as multiple Democratic party officials did in 2019.

Apology accepted.

Lol. Some gymnastics here.

The most high of the democrat party can suggest in 2019 that a white male might be their best bet.

Not racist meanies.

I suggest the same 5 years later. .... racist meanie.

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Theres no difference.

Both parties run candidates who are partly selected on the basis of gender and race.

Because right or wrong thats what some people vote for.

Just the way it is.

And you have to factor it in if you want to win.

Like it or not.

the foreign policy stuff you mention, NATO etc. but also electing more justices to the bench and pushing for Project 2025 stuff, like going for an outright federal ban on reproductive healthcare. I don’t know what the situation is in Texas but in some states there is already no exceptions for rape, ergo rapists get to choose the mother of their children. Nevermind the risk to any pregnant woman anywhere of an ectopic pregnancy. And that’s all without consideration to the onerous corruption what with national secrets and the money flowing in from foreign nationals, that doesn’t fit your descriptor of things that would directly affect the ordinary person.

Last time he was in office my work was affected by his Tarrif war and my academia was affected by his ban on visas for many foreign exchange students, what work did and who I interacted with or not was dramatically impacted as a result of his policies. Without any consideration to how he mismanaged the national covid response and played around with all that.

I still think Trump is in the ascendancy in the election for now. She has to hit the ground running.

https://www.mediaite.com/election-2024/kamala-harris-rakes-in-50m-in-grassroots-donations-less-than-24-hours-after-announcing-candidacy/

https://www.mediaite.com/news/team-kamala-harris-drops-massive-slate-of-endorsements-hours-after-biden-nod/

She has.

that’s not a reason to not care about the election, presidency/leader of given party or the party’s political mandate.

I wonder why didn't Biden step aside & make Harris Pres now,
Surely it would give her the upper hand on Donald ?

I think that's a very naive and blinkered view, given the clearly stated goals for a 2nd Trump administration. Putting aside the possibility that there might not be another fair election if he wins, the dismantling of the Federal Administrative state would be devastating. A corrupt Supreme Court giving top cover to an out of control Executive, with probably 1 House of Congress to boot.

How well will society function without the IRS, the FDA, the Departments of Justice, Education, Energy et al, let alone the EPA.

Sure. Without revealing too much, I have a friend with a teenage trans son. His medical treatment may stop as Trump and Vanc have said no medical treatment for teenage trans individuals.

I have another friend who works in an administration role. One that Project 2025 want to replace with Trump sycophants.

That's two specific cases. I have other friends that could get pregnant and not being able to choose to abort if they had to make that choice as JD Vance has said that he wants a "national standard" on abortion.

Lastly, I have one set of gay friends that are married to each other. They have told me that they're scared that their relationship is no longer guaranteed with the current Christian majority make up of the supreme court, and if Trump gets in again, there's a much higher chance that gay marriage may be banned (or more likely, "left up to states to decide"). They live in a pretty rural state so chances would be high that it would be banned there.

So yeah, I hear you about republican presidents affecting businesses more. However, Trump is not your typical president, and Project 2025 is a terrifying read as a manual to make America a fundamental Christian Nation.

I think Kelly or Cooper would be the likely options. Whitmer would be ideal, as a presidential candidate, think she would be wasted as VP. Shapiro is very new and has some sex related scandals to boot iirc.

The Democrats have to be careful, the VP pick cannot outshine the Presidential candidate. They also need to Swing States, I don't think a California politician is going to cut it, they also need the black male vote, Harris will more than likely alienate even more black men than Biden did…is there any record that she is a good campaigner, because she'll have to run an impeccable campaign because of the time they've lost…she's a lot of States to get to and ad spends on tv don't move the dial so much anymore!!!! That's before we get into her record as a prosecuter and the manner with which she finds herself as the candidate…

We are living in extraordinary times, The Democratrs have just been forced into a hail mary!!!

Thats a difficult assignment a VP that wont outshine Harris ;-)