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Andrew… the reason why people say who Harris isn’t because of what you mentioned… she’s not unpopular because of poor Rhetorical skills… it’s because she has either chosen or been coached to be wooden as possible as to not offend white American voters… especially lots of men who don’t care for smart and tough women… women of color who act this way are called. Uppity… this is uncomfortable for white peoples to say and admit but we have hundreds of years in this country that shows it’s the case… the entire notion of doing a pivot on a campaign 4 months from voting is just crazy and spreadsheet type stuff… only people who have spent their entire lives in politics, who can see eliminating say social security or Medicare as a number on a spreadsheet are the only people who can’t see how regular voters would be harmed by such a move. To think you would have an open primary type thing at the convention and then everyone would pull up their big boy/girl pants and get on board with some nominee is just fantasy stuff… you would be asking all the potential candidates and their supporters to then have the voting habits of…. Black folks who have held their noses and voted for people they didn’t like and or knew didn’t give a rip about them and their situations for all but 2 or 3 cycles… I know black folks could do it… I’m skeptical that other groups could…

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