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 me…
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.
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.