Just got the news that Biden has dropped out, and endorsed Kamala Harris to be the nominee.
I'm excited; the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that this choice will work. Some Democrats ,unfortunately, will be acutely discomfited by the prospect of the nation—and the Party—being led by a black person. There will be, no doubt calls to verify her passport, and so on. Well, on principle, I don't object to that sort of thing: see what happened with George Santos. More on this later.
They won't like the fact that Kamala Harris had Indian parentage, either. Remember that Britain survived a Prime Minister of Indian descent (even if not very well).
This situation has so much going for it! I don't want to get too excited; I still have reservations about how dynamic the DNC is, and whether they have the vitamins to jump in and capitalize on the circumstances.
I know that Bernie Sanders wanted Biden to run; I'm not sure exactly why; perhaps he had some instinct about how well Biden would do against Trump. I also know Pete Buttigiege (?) was solidly behind Biden. I would guess that those who were rooting for Biden to hang on were mainly opposed to having the party force him out, and we could say that the party didn't; it was probably COVID that did it.
Let the wheels resume turning! It is a good day.
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