Okay, I took a day to be pissed off. I'm past it.

[Qutzupalotl]

13. For me, it helped to see the party come together so quickly.

Not all of us, but state party chairs and delegations. There is an energy and excitement that wasn't there these last few weeks. We will have the first female candidate running in a post-Roe world … with no phony email scandal or decades of baggage. She can run on continuing the success of Biden's term, while combatting the failures Trump caused.

I did not like the process. I thought it got ugly and disrespectful. As an older guy myself, I hate to see good, capable people cast aside. But look at what is happening after the announcement: suddenly the floodgates are open, there is hope again after a rough three weeks, and most importantly, we are avoiding a contested convention and chaos.

There was a chance we would have lost with Biden; I don't believe we would, but it was there. Now, there is a clear difference to the public between the candidates. One is sharp and gorgeous, the other … just crazy. Prosecutor or felon. I think we can not merely squeak by, but win big across the country, hold the Senate, and take the House. Then we can look at real reforms.

The aura of inevitability Trump was trying to run on — that is gone. They realize they are fucked. Trump can't pull the same move — Trump's running to stay out of prison, so he is stuck. Biden is free to focus on the presidency. Kamala's coming to kick some ass. How quickly the tables have turned! All it took was humility and decency, something alien to the other team. Their squealing tells me this was a good move.

I was all in for Joe, mostly because I thought the alternative was chaos and defeat. I was wrong. So I'm just going to enjoy watching Trump lose everything. That brings a kind of solace.