I'm excited by the excitement around Kamala Harris. And I'm even 3x more excited that the Dems seem to be pulling this off (knock wood!) without blowing themselves up. And I'm encouraged by how the Rs seem to be panicking.
You don't have to whiplash between hope and fear; any sensible person would have both, most of the time. But for a fe…
I'm excited by the excitement around Kamala Harris. And I'm even 3x more excited that the Dems seem to be pulling this off (knock wood!) without blowing themselves up. And I'm encouraged by how the Rs seem to be panicking.
You don't have to whiplash between hope and fear; any sensible person would have both, most of the time. But for a fearful situation, this is a xit ton of hope.
This already seems like quite an accomplishment regardless of what comes next. These sorts of things are what you build on.
Dems need to do it with discipline. I truly think the short campaign helps Kamala. She was trying to be all things for all people in 2019. Now she just needs to prosecute the hell out of Trump’s crimes and promise a few sensible things the center of the electorate wants.
The #1 thing she wasn't doing was being the law and order Dem as she was known. That was then, this is now. This is a very different political moment. I fully expect her to prosecute Trump (her speech yesterday did just that) and appeal to what the swing voters in MI, WI and PA want, since they will decide the election.
Excellent point about the Dems pulling this off without blowing themselves up. So far, so good. The biggest concern about Biden stepping down was that the Dems would, as you put it quite well, blow themselves up. Certainly the party leaders were concerned about this.
I suspect their endorsing her quickly was based on preventing a party meltdown with an open convention.
There was also concern that if there wasn't a competitive race, Kamala would be seen as not legitimate. Her first statement out of the gate was that she would earn the nomination. So she recognizes that concern. I take her at her word, that she will earn the nomination.
As to the whiplash between hope and fear, I'm surprised Bill didn't quote F. Scott Fitzgerald: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” Bill said he was worried and also encouraged. To ignore the worrisome things and focus only on the positive is not what you do in a political campaign. To do so would be political malpractice.
I'm excited by the excitement around Kamala Harris. And I'm even 3x more excited that the Dems seem to be pulling this off (knock wood!) without blowing themselves up. And I'm encouraged by how the Rs seem to be panicking.
You don't have to whiplash between hope and fear; any sensible person would have both, most of the time. But for a fearful situation, this is a xit ton of hope.
This already seems like quite an accomplishment regardless of what comes next. These sorts of things are what you build on.
Dems need to do it with discipline. I truly think the short campaign helps Kamala. She was trying to be all things for all people in 2019. Now she just needs to prosecute the hell out of Trump’s crimes and promise a few sensible things the center of the electorate wants.
The #1 thing she wasn't doing was being the law and order Dem as she was known. That was then, this is now. This is a very different political moment. I fully expect her to prosecute Trump (her speech yesterday did just that) and appeal to what the swing voters in MI, WI and PA want, since they will decide the election.
Exactly!
Excellent point about the Dems pulling this off without blowing themselves up. So far, so good. The biggest concern about Biden stepping down was that the Dems would, as you put it quite well, blow themselves up. Certainly the party leaders were concerned about this.
I suspect their endorsing her quickly was based on preventing a party meltdown with an open convention.
There was also concern that if there wasn't a competitive race, Kamala would be seen as not legitimate. Her first statement out of the gate was that she would earn the nomination. So she recognizes that concern. I take her at her word, that she will earn the nomination.
As to the whiplash between hope and fear, I'm surprised Bill didn't quote F. Scott Fitzgerald: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” Bill said he was worried and also encouraged. To ignore the worrisome things and focus only on the positive is not what you do in a political campaign. To do so would be political malpractice.
She showed shrewd political judgement, getting on the phone immediately and dialing for delegates. That's how an assassin does it.. respect.