The whole 2020 election on the Dem side was strange.
Kamalamadingdong bailed before the first primary vote was counted yet became VP.
SlowJoe went from failed loser to presumptive nominee in a week’s time in March.
Yes, the choice of Harris was also strange since California’s EVs are never up for grabs.
SlowJoe went from failed loser to presumptive nominee in a week’s time in March.
Was it really that unusual? Biden himself bailed before the first primary vote was counted in 2008, yet became VP. And in 2019-2020, Biden was the presumptive frontrunner from the beginning, and was hardly a failed loser in February 2020 when he won Iowa and South Carolina.
I think the 2020 Democrat primary was a pretty familiar story for both parties: they flirted with the ideologues' darling, then picked the "electable" establishment guy whose "turn" it was.