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> ...but neither do I think some sort of automatic anointment of Harris is what people want either. Regardless of what people want (and FWIW I agree that Hilar
by klyrs 2y ago
> ...but neither do I think some sort of automatic anointment of Harris is what people want either.
Regardless of what people want (and FWIW I agree that Hilary getting rammed down our throats was highly anti-democratic) at this stage of the game, Harris is the only person who can benefit from Biden's warchest. Barring somebody like Dwayne Johnson deciding to enter politics and stealing the show, Harris is the solitary candidate who is poised to hit the ground running with an adequate campaign today. And with so little time before the election, I think the only choice Democrats have today is to hold their noses and vote.
- SV_BubbleTime 2y agoThere is less than 3.5 months, I’m not sure what people want. It is a very short time to run a new candidate. Unless they had some tricky campaign finance exception, it had to be Harris.
- ericjmorey 2y agoHow was it anti-democratic for the person that was winning primary elections by wide margins being nominated?
- kagakuninja 2y agoMany people are butt-hurt their guy didn't win and don't like her.
- klyrs 2y agoNah. She stole it, it was wrong, and if democrats had policed their own after that happened, they might be having an easier time batting down complaints of political persecution today.
- hn_throwaway_99 2y agoI highly recommend reading https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-b... by Donna Brazile. A summary also at https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/donna-brazile-dnc-book/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/donna-brazile-dnc-bo.... Hillary Clinton basically took control over the DNC through financial dealings that Brazile (who took over as head of the DNC after these dealings) characterized as "if not illegal, then at least unethical".