So, Kamala or not?

[GPV]

177 votes, 5 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes, I voted for a package deal.
	159 (90%)
	Yes, if she gets it at the convention. The process matters.
	11 (6%)
	No, looking for someone else.
	7 (4%)
	5 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[CentralMass]

1. It's clearly a done deal. No use wasting calories over it.

[GPV]

4. No Bernie, Schumer, Pelosi, or Obama endorsement that I know of.

[Sugarcoated]

16. They will but

I'm pretty sure they were working behind the scenes to get Joe to step down. They'll endorse in the very near future.

[GPV]

24. I hope so

[claudette]

2. I pass

Our opinions on her are not allowed here.

[Polybius]

8. Yes they are

EarlG just made it clear earlier that we are free to support any Democrat.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1013&pid=14398

[claudette]

10. Well

No, they aren't. It's support her - or else. I will vote for her - or ANY Democrat as President. I have never voted for a Republican. But, I think we should be allowed to express our opinions or speculation.

[Polybius]

11. Well, I've been expressing mine all day

So far, so good.

[claudette]

14. Good for you

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I feel constrained and I think I'll be leaving here to find a more welcome place.

[Polybius]

22. I always welcome your posts

[claudette]

23. Thanks

😊

[GoneOffShore]

25. And what would be a 'more welcome place'?

[claudette]

28. A place

that didn’t punish a poster for expressing a simple benign opinion about a Democrat. That would be Any place but here.

[GoneOffShore]

35. Thanks for your concern.

[Renew Deal]

13. You are permitted to express your opinins

As long as it doesn't appear to be right wing talking points. Once she's nominated, you have to be more careful.

[claudette]

15. I don't post right-wing talking points

I post my own opinions.

[Elessar Zappa]

32. I've seen a lot of posters expressing their opinion on the matter.

I don’t see them getting attacked too much. And if they do, alert on them and if they’re too rude the comment will be deleted. Now, once we have a nominee, we all have to support them against Trump.

[claudette]

36. I'm not referring to

other posters. My innocent post was removed but it’s futile to contest it

[Elessar Zappa]

38. Earl G can review the post and overturn the hide if it was unjustified.

So I’d contact him.

[claudette]

39. Thanks

But it’s not worth the trouble to me

[cilla4progress]

3. She was my first choice before dropping out in favor of Joe

in 2019.

[GPV]

5. Same

[A Brand New World]

18. Mine too!

[brewens]

6. Yeah, but if I hear "it's time for a woman in the White House" one freakin' time or better yet, "It's going

to be Madam President, deal with it" I may have to reconsider.

[Frasier Balzov]

7. And Whitmer please.

Girls team vs. the boys.

Oh we're ready for it, yes we are.

[ForgedCrank]

9. My vote

doesn't count anymore. It wouldn't matter what I think.

[meow2u3]

12. I chose both Biden AND Harris on the ticket

Harris will wipe up the floor with Trump to such an extent not even his Russian handlers can save him.

[helpisontheway]

33. I thought Hillary was gonna wipe the floor with him and we see what happened

I just don’t know if she can overcome being black and female. Some voters are racist and others don’t want to vote for a female. We will see…If she is the nominee I will definitely contribute to her campaign. I will also volunteer. I don’t even want to think about the damage that Trump could do in a second term.

[roscoeroscoe]

17. KH!

Dark Brandon has laid it out

[oasis]

19. Joe knows. I'm on board with Kamala.

[mvd]

20. Yes

I feel good about Kamala and like the reaction of the party to her so far.

[tritsofme]

21. I'm resigned to her inevitability, but remain very concerned about her ability to win.

[samnsara]

26. shes a mama bear and we know how they are when danger comes near her cubs!

..watch out donald......

[Vinca]

27. If Joe's all in for Kamala, so am I. I think she's the very best representative to defend

women's rights and, in my mind, that's what will get people to vote for Democrats in November. Women don't want the likes of Ted Cruz and JD Vance deciding whether or not we bear children, bleed out in hospital parking lots or suddenly lose access to abortion pills, contraception and IVF.

[JohnSJ]

29. Yes. President Biden has endorsed her, and that is good enough for me. It also prevents starting the funding from

scratch since she can use the donations from the Biden/Harris campaign, and I view VP Harris with the same incumbent advantage as President Biden had.

The selection of our candidate's VP will be more critical than ever in this environment.

[Elessar Zappa]

30. Yes, for sure.

She’s been endorsed by Joe and I take that seriously. And I think a contested convention will hurt us.

[Emile]

31. It has to be Kamala. 1968 Johnson stepped aside

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in March and the Democrats had an open convention in CHICAGO. President Nixon was the result.

I pray history doesn't repeat itself.

We can't have an open convention.

[Buckeyeblue]

41. Also the presumptive nominee was killed

Bobby Kennedy had all the momentum going into the convention. He would have likely secured the nomination. Who knows what would have happened after that.

[BlueTsunami2018]

34. It doesn't matter much to me, anyone but Piss Wig.

I wanted Joe to stay, he did not.

I’ll vote for a dead dog or the proverbial ham sandwich over the racist, rapist fascist asshole.

[Trueblue1968]

37. I love her

[meadowlander]

40. I like Kamala a lot (she and Elizabeth Warren were my top picks in the 2020 primaries). Logistically she's the easiest.

But I worry given all the bad blood about Biden stepping aside post-primary that anything that's seen as the DNC just picking a ticket might not be seen as a legitimate enough process to unify the party.

So ideally we would run some kind of contestable process, no one serious challenges her - which seems likely at this point given who has been endorsing her, ultimately Kamala emerges as the victor, picks a VP (cough Shapiro) and then we all move on to kicking Trump's ass.