I don’t think people quite realize that since Sunday the backbone of the Black and Asian/Indian middle classes in this country have pulled out their checkbooks and signed up for Harris. That could look very different from 2020 and even 2008.
My social media is full of Divine Nine members taking about their energetic support for Harris; the whacking great numbers of dollars raised in the last 48 hours; the Divine Nine are the four natl Black sororities and the five natl Black fraternities. I live in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC. If you live here long enough, you absorb how much the Divine Nine have contributed to the growth and success of the Black middle class; and they are all in for Harris. If you live or work anywhere around South Asians, you notice how well-to-do much of the community are, and how excited the Aunties are about Kamala. That is how I know this.
OK. Didn't know about them and their role in the Black middle class. I was hoping for some kind of credible reporting, but I'll take your word for it since you live where you do, meaning close to the political power center.
Re: credible reporting, I think this is a story that’s being missed by media. They may eventually catch up, but at the moment they’re too distracted by the vast sums of money and the D cohesion to ask where the money and the cohesion is coming from, and why.
FEC.gov is open for all, but the money is still rolling in. Like I said, this is — what’s the media term? — an evolving story. Eventually they’ll get around to asking why this happened so quickly.
Of course they did, Colleen because that's how power is given in a liberal democracy. And she had to get it from them again two more times till her party dumped her.
I agree. Sellers has lost all credibility with me. As of just a day ago, after Biden had withdrawn, he was still attacking people who had called on Biden to step down. Before Biden stepped down, he said it would NEVER happen. Wrong and wrong.
They handed their power to BLACK WOMEN? That wasn’t in my AP US history textbook, or yours.
I don’t think people quite realize that since Sunday the backbone of the Black and Asian/Indian middle classes in this country have pulled out their checkbooks and signed up for Harris. That could look very different from 2020 and even 2008.
How do you know this?
My social media is full of Divine Nine members taking about their energetic support for Harris; the whacking great numbers of dollars raised in the last 48 hours; the Divine Nine are the four natl Black sororities and the five natl Black fraternities. I live in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC. If you live here long enough, you absorb how much the Divine Nine have contributed to the growth and success of the Black middle class; and they are all in for Harris. If you live or work anywhere around South Asians, you notice how well-to-do much of the community are, and how excited the Aunties are about Kamala. That is how I know this.
OK. Didn't know about them and their role in the Black middle class. I was hoping for some kind of credible reporting, but I'll take your word for it since you live where you do, meaning close to the political power center.
Re: credible reporting, I think this is a story that’s being missed by media. They may eventually catch up, but at the moment they’re too distracted by the vast sums of money and the D cohesion to ask where the money and the cohesion is coming from, and why.
As to credible reporting, I meant not cable news bliviators, but reporters who cite FEC reports.
FEC.gov is open for all, but the money is still rolling in. Like I said, this is — what’s the media term? — an evolving story. Eventually they’ll get around to asking why this happened so quickly.
Presidential PAC reports for July are due 8/20. We’ll know then. Long time to wait!
My history classes didn't have any examples of white men handing over political power to any women of any color.
I don't recall Margaret Thatcher becoming Prime Minister following a coup.
The voters essentially gave it to her.
Exactly my point. Thatcher made her case. There was an election. Votes were cast. Rules were followed. Thatcher succeeded the prior Prime Minister.
It wasn't a direct handover in the sense Biden has with Kamala.
Biden has NOT directly given Kamala power. She still has to get the nod from the voters.
Of course they did, Colleen because that's how power is given in a liberal democracy. And she had to get it from them again two more times till her party dumped her.
A Black woman being handed political power is what Sellers is talking about. Not a President relinquishing it, which is still rare enough.
If that's what Sellers meant, it's not what he said. He made the comment before Biden dropped out of the race.
I agree. Sellers has lost all credibility with me. As of just a day ago, after Biden had withdrawn, he was still attacking people who had called on Biden to step down. Before Biden stepped down, he said it would NEVER happen. Wrong and wrong.
Yep.
A difference without a distinction. Sellers was wrong. He just was.
She wasn't handed power. Only the voters can give her that power.