What will it take for Democrats to win this election? We seem to be in a much better place today than we were Sunday.

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2024/07/what-its-going-to-take-for-democrats-to.html

This post was originally written on Sunday evening, July 21, 2024 and published on July 22, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. The original post can be found here. What you are now reading here includes revisions which update the situation as it has transpired, as Democrats have coalesced rapidly around Vice President Kamala Harris, and as she immediately and effectively hit the campaign trail with a measure of enthusiasm that has already changed the circumstances existing when the piece was originally written.

Sometimes, politics can be painfully slow. But there are times when things can also move at the speed of light, inexplicably. President Biden's campaign had most of the "keys" that it needed, according to experts in presidential politics, to win, in addition to running against a candidate who, by every professional evaluation, was the worst President in American History. He had the record of achievement and a roaring economy, he is a man of integrity who can be trusted, he has incredible political experience and even in this most politically polarized and contentious time, could get things done.

But it seemed that an unseen weight was pressing him down, holding back his campaign. His opponents, along with the media, kept pushing his advanced age as his biggest handicap. And ironically, while anything which happened to disable him from serving would have led to his replacement by his Vice-President, Kamala Harris, as long as he was President, and nominee, it seemed that nothing was moving.

But when President Biden selflessly and out of consideration for absolutely nothing else but the good of the country, an act which contrasted sharply with the temperament and attitude of his opponent, who does nothing for anyone but himself and publicly displayed complete bafflement at this selfless act of sheer patriotism, and then endorsed Vice-President Harris almost immediately, the chaos and confusion of the past three weeks literally vanished within hours. So, this piece has been revised, with the original left posted as a demonstration of transparency and honesty. We were caught by surprise And that's OK.

[Desert grandma]

1. Joe Biden

The best and most effective President in my lifetime. I think we would have won with him at the top, and yet the enthusiasm generated by VP Kamala Harris bodes very well for a win in November with her as the nominee. She will have my vote as well as the vote of all in my family. My 18 year old granddaughter and her friends are very excited to vote for Kamala in this Presidential election. I was gut punched by the way this was handled by the media and the politicos that publicly humiliated a decent, effective President when they could have coalesced around him like the R's did when the Access Hollywood tape surfaced. I will vote for Heinrich because I do not want the Senate seat to go to a Republican, but I will not forget his betrayal. I hope he will be primaried next go round by a great Democratic candidate. We are a Blue state, but what he and Gabe Vasques did by publicly calling for Joe to step aside will leave a bad taste in my mouth as well as many other NM Democrats that I know. We will still vote Blue, because that is what we do, and we will remain a reliable blue state.

[roscoeroscoe]

2. Greetings from ABQ

Desert Grandma, I hope the outpouring of enthusiasm in the last few days shows that President Biden did the right thing. He timed it right, he passed the torch. I hope we can support him in the decision he made. I think it was right. Harris can smack trump in the face in a way President Biden couldn't.

New Mexico strong!