Folks, I don't know if Kamala Harris will be successful. Don't get me wrong. I think she can win. No, no. She I can't win. But Democrats can do it.
I think it can be done if the Democratic Party, with the support of controlled institutions such as the media, academia, Wall Street, the medical industry, local and state governments, and schools, comes together and launches a full-court press like they did in 2020. I strongly believe that Regardless of history, it will carry Harris to the finish line. but intention What about them? That's a more complicated question.
Is Kamala really going to inspire enough Democrats to fight for the Constitution? Number 2 Who will be the first female presidential candidate in this decade? It feels a little old.
What will it be for them?
This time, even if Democrats unite, it may not be enough to defeat Donald Trump. Opinion polls suggest that That Harris needs more than just support and votes. she will need special support and “special votes” to ensure decisive victories in swing states. It will take an army of skilled operatives to organize door-to-door collection, ballot preservation, and a ferocious effort to get Democratic voters and ballots to the polls.
What will these operatives gain if Harris wins?
The Democratic Party is a coalition of factions, each operating based on its own interests and loosely unified by a common desire for federal funding and the ability to avoid policy consequences. For many of the leading players in these camps, a Harris victory would mean eight more years in the cold. But if Trump wins, he will only have to wait four times.
Republicans argue that Biden and Harris represent the shadow government. According to this view, their abilities are unimportant because they are merely stand-ins for the person who is truly pulling the strings. So if it is, conservatives argue, it is irrelevant. Kamala Harris' struggle to maintain staff, or lacks magnetism of federation builders. She is still useful and useful to those who actually make decisions.
Therefore, we are doomed.
This argument misses an important truth about politics and power. For the past decade, many on the right have viewed the Democratic Party as an unstoppable juggernaut. Its size and ideological coherence seem so overwhelming that leadership appears almost irrelevant. Alternatively, some argue that the deep state's corruption and financial security prevent internal power struggles from threatening its control. The House always wins, except for one low-profile failure in 2016. Right-wing conventional wisdom now holds that the people and history stand no chance against a fully alert and zealous Democratic Party machine.
Let's take a look.
This does not guarantee Kamala Harris will cross the finish line. Biden's victory in 2020 was different. The current ruling faction of the Democratic Party, led by veterans of Barack Obama and his administration, could look forward to an uninterrupted administration with Biden at the helm. As the party transitions from Chicago superstar to successor after Hillary Clinton's defeat, Obama's allies can rest assured that the party's former vice president will not disrupt the status quo. Ta. But is Ms. Harris giving the same assurance to the remnants of the Obama and Clinton campaigns?
That's hard to imagine. Harris represents a California political force with ties to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Gov. Gavin Newsom. Even if she serves as Biden's vice president, her White House won't necessarily continue Obama's legacy. Nor will she reignite the Democratic base in New York or Pennsylvania.
Will all these state Democratic organizations go full steam ahead in November knowing that they could be at the top of the California Democratic Party for the next eight or even 16 years? And voters who are already aware of Democratic trends are more wary. Pranks before and after the electionwould operatives in places like Arizona and Georgia risk everything for California Kamala?
Democrats selected Biden as their compromise candidate for the 2020 election after securing key endorsements including; Jim Clyburn of South Carolina. This process was crucial in determining which faction would lead in the post-Obama era. In 2015, it was clear that it would be Hillary Clinton's turn, but after Trump's victory in 2016, the party struggled to decide on a new leader.
Biden's selection signaled a refusal to hand over the party to progressives who support Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Instead, he represented a continuation of Obama's legacy: an alternative that could attract disaffected white voters. It was widely understood that Mr. Biden would likely serve only one term, giving other ambitious members of his party room to vie for leadership in the next cycle.
The problem is that Ms. Harris never won a primary in 2020, and it is highly doubtful that she would rise to the top of the election without full coalition consultation. Party heavyweights will support her, but it remains unclear whether they will put in the same effort to push her across the finish line.
History (with a capital H) doesn't seem to be on Kamala's side. Certainly, things like “first female president” and so on. But I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling like we were already checking and crossing that box all at the same time when Hillary ran for 20 years in a row a few years ago. Everyone thought Clinton should be the first female president, but guess what? — we couldn't get around it.
Is Kamala really going to inspire enough Democrats to fight for the Constitution? Number 2 Who will be the first female presidential candidate in this decade? It feels a little old.
When factions of the Democratic Party fail to recognize the same thing. first black president The enthusiasm I felt in 2008 or first female president energy 2016 or Please stop with the bad Orange Man. In 2020, Kamala Harris named herself Number 2 The first female president to be rejected by Donald Trump.
