RE: 2024 Election - Thread #1
07-25-2024, 01:20 PM (This post was last modified: 07-25-2024, 01:21 PM by GethN7.)
07-25-2024, 01:20 PM (This post was last modified: 07-25-2024, 01:21 PM by GethN7.)
Bear in mind I'm trying to not prejudice either side here, and I'm not inclined to vote for either option, but from where I'm sitting, the Democrats despite the bluster look like they lost the plot to me.
The Republicans have a candidate they are sticking with, generally have their act together, and while I don't want to have to vote for them because I really wish they had someone other than Trump if I absolutely had to make a choice, they at least have a candidate and plans to follow through with them.
The Democrats, well, they just chucked Biden, who had actual groundwork laid, and effectively sidelined him only a few months before election and are shilling Kamala Harris to the moon despite her having no groundwork laid and basically having to start from scratch while Biden at least had the advantage of being an incumbent with a war chest, which the FEC told Harris she cannot legally touch due to election laws governing the financing.
She's only got a few months to convince people she's got a shot, and considering how 2020 ended ignominiously for her and she's basically a late-game player switch, she's going to have an uphill battle if you ask me.
The Democrats have practically never won doing stuff like this. Lincoln won in 1860 because the Democrats were horrifically fractured, ditto Nixon in 1968. From a historical standpoint, I'm doubtful Harris can break the precedent.
The Republicans have a candidate they are sticking with, generally have their act together, and while I don't want to have to vote for them because I really wish they had someone other than Trump if I absolutely had to make a choice, they at least have a candidate and plans to follow through with them.
The Democrats, well, they just chucked Biden, who had actual groundwork laid, and effectively sidelined him only a few months before election and are shilling Kamala Harris to the moon despite her having no groundwork laid and basically having to start from scratch while Biden at least had the advantage of being an incumbent with a war chest, which the FEC told Harris she cannot legally touch due to election laws governing the financing.
She's only got a few months to convince people she's got a shot, and considering how 2020 ended ignominiously for her and she's basically a late-game player switch, she's going to have an uphill battle if you ask me.
The Democrats have practically never won doing stuff like this. Lincoln won in 1860 because the Democrats were horrifically fractured, ditto Nixon in 1968. From a historical standpoint, I'm doubtful Harris can break the precedent.