I view that action, the “selection” of Harris and the ejection of Biden, as an underappreciated aspect of the terrible degradation of the American electoral process that it is.
We have been talking for years about how we only get to vote for who the parties choose for us (Trump not withstanding) to vote for.
But the Left simply took off the mask, and nakedly made the shift without even once blinking their eyes. They didn’t care that everyone and their dog saw what they did.
So. In the future, who is going to prevent them from simply choosing on their own who they will run; who they will allow us to vote for? The very definition of an oligarchy. Not to say the Republicans wouldn’t do it too.
And it is obvious that things can happen to a candidate in the primary process where they have to drop out of the race. But a selection by the party (the way they did it) is not the way I would think it should be done.
The primaries are a great test for candidates.
They have to talk to people all over the country including people who disagree with them.
They have to get up to speed on issues—the standard talking points plus new issues that come up on the campaign trail.
They have to survive nasty attacks by their primary opponents and scrutiny by an army of Internet sleuths even if the mass media refuses to do its job.
It is a great way to weed out clowns like Kamala.
In the case of Republicans it was a test of toughness—and back in 2015-2016 it was Donald Trump who proved he had the street smarts to get it done.
Three times.