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In reply to the discussion: The DNC blew it. Here's how and why. [View all]
bucolic_frolic
(49,339 posts)1. I truly believe that leaders at the top of everything
need a left hand man. By that I mean someone who questions everything they do, to make the counter-arguments, to look for what can go wrong, to ferret out unseen possibilities, consequences.
Because all of what you say makes sense. In the aftermath.
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The problem is that not nominating Harris would have completely split the party apart
underpants
Nov 2024
#2
This right here. Biden *should have* decided a year in advance and have had an open democratic primary
dsp3000
Nov 2024
#4
Not to me, because I never expected him to run for re-election to begin with
In It to Win It
Nov 2024
#51
☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾THIS !!!☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 MAGA Voted for OJ Simpson the White version and some are still demanding DNC change
uponit7771
Nov 2024
#28
Agree..the DNC is NOT to blame here. The job of the DNC chair is to raise money..and boy did he!
PortTack
Nov 2024
#19
Don't forget Vice President Harris ran in 2020 as a presidential nominee so she knew how to campaign.
jimfields33
Nov 2024
#34
I don't know if Democrats will ever win the Presidency again, frankly, for obvious reasons.
Wingus Dingus
Nov 2024
#21
It's dispairing that fear of a unknown "minority female" is greater than fear of Trump/oligarchy.
BadgerKid
Nov 2024
#22
So when you say "the DNC", you mean Joe Biden and all Democratic primary voters
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2024
#24
YES and the media's double standard where they required a higher bar for Kamala than trump, and even though she met
JohnSJ
Nov 2024
#57