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Kamala Is the Presidential Favorite
Wall Street Journal ^ | 5/4/2026 | James Freeman

Posted on 05/06/2026 3:51:33 PM PDT by simpson96

A new Harvard/Harris poll finds that former Vice President Kamala Harris has opened up a significant lead in the race for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. Ms. Harris is the choice of 50% of Democrats surveyed, while her next closest competitor, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D., Calif.), gets the nod from just 22% of the donkeys. Bringing up the rear is a cast of characters each polling in single digits. Oddly, this new presidential polling momentum for Ms. Harris arrives just as some Democrats wonder out loud if she really should be running for governor of California.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: babylonbee; cackles; california; kamala; kamalaharris; lol; stoner; wordsalad
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To: StAnDeliver

Who is foam boy?


41 posted on 05/06/2026 5:28:09 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: simpson96

Name recognition is always important in the early stages. It’s not so important later on.

Democrats used to rely on media (Time, Newsweek) to anoint their candidates (Kennedy, Carter, Clinton, Obama). Those old magazines are basically extinct now. Harris and Buttigieg are high in the polls because there’s nobody to bring the new faces forward to the public — and no new faces either.


42 posted on 05/06/2026 5:29:19 PM PDT by x
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To: norcal joe

Newscum is flirting with with the idea about becoming a transgender


43 posted on 05/06/2026 5:30:03 PM PDT by al baby
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To: Ge0ffrey

Pete Buttigieg.............


44 posted on 05/06/2026 5:35:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
That is a reference to a stupid story about Rubio who met his wife at a "foam party." Somebody found a picture of a gay "foam party." The back of somebody's head looked like Rubios so the stupid rumor spread that it was him.

People are so unbelievably stupid and gullible.

45 posted on 05/06/2026 5:37:44 PM PDT by x
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To: Secret Agent Man

Mexico................


46 posted on 05/06/2026 5:38:31 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: xp38

The Dems go for name recognition and smooth talking candidates. Many probably don’t know who Newsom is. But he is a smooth talker so there is that. Toss up I say.


47 posted on 05/06/2026 5:38:37 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: know.your.why

But ‘not burdened by what has been’?


48 posted on 05/06/2026 5:40:15 PM PDT by Recompennation ( Deeeeeeeeezout)
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To: simpson96

God help us all if that stupid, knee pad slutbag ever gets ahold of the presidency.

And yes, I think Americans are stupid enough to put her there.


49 posted on 05/06/2026 5:45:02 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder. )
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To: simpson96

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kamala-harris-surges-in-new-2028-poll/ar-AA21WzV8

Early polls are not always predictive of final outcomes, but they do have major implications for candidates. Donors and voters use polls to gauge whether a candidate is viable, so the numbers matter for their ability to fundraise and garner media attention.


50 posted on 05/06/2026 5:47:31 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: norcal joe

I honestly think Kamala’s advantage is that she has no record of actually running anything. Sure, she talks word salad, but there is no smoking gun that she is actually incompetent. [Well, there is obviously, but all Dem’s will just claim there is no factual basis for that assumption.]


51 posted on 05/06/2026 5:48:14 PM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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To: simpson96

Running again would give her more time to explore “What can be, unburdened by what has been”.


52 posted on 05/06/2026 6:16:14 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: simpson96

Most people who would draw 50% in a poll for President would have some sort of record of accomplishments. What has Harris ever demonstrated but incapacity? The pollsters should have asked respondents to name the top three accomplishments of their chosen candidate that show they are up to the job.


53 posted on 05/06/2026 6:29:03 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Fresh Wind
Not “donkeys”, the correct term is “jackasses”.

The more accurate term would be "jenny ass," but that may be too technical for the Left Side.

54 posted on 05/06/2026 6:30:33 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: StAnDeliver

https://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/hillary-clinton-jeb-bush-2016-election-poll-106227

May 2014, ie, 2+ years before the election:

According to the Quinnipiac University poll, 27 percent would back Bush for the White House, earning him a sizable lead over the rest of the GOP field.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul came in second with 14 percent, beating out Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who came in third at 11 percent. No other candidates received more than 6 percent support.

The poll comes amid rising speculation that Bush, the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, might run for the GOP nomination in 2016.

The poll showed Hillary Clinton doing well in Florida, as well. She topped all potential GOP challengers in a head-to-head race. In a potential faceoff between her and Bush, she received 49 percent support compared to 41 percent support for the former governor.

The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted April 23-28 with 1,413 registered voters. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.


55 posted on 05/06/2026 6:52:47 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s)
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To: Ge0ffrey
Bringing up the rear is...who?

Pete Buttigieg, of course.

56 posted on 05/06/2026 6:55:33 PM PDT by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: PeterPrinciple
Early polls are not always predictive of final outcomes

Due to the significance of the passage of time...

57 posted on 05/06/2026 6:56:06 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: simpson96
Ms. Harris is the choice of 50% of Democrats surveyed

That's because Dems are into S&M ...

58 posted on 05/06/2026 7:04:58 PM PDT by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: simpson96

Being “black” didn’t work. Maybe this time “Indian” Will work.


59 posted on 05/06/2026 7:50:15 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: simpson96
"A new Harvard/Harris poll finds that former Vice President Kamala Harris has opened up a significant lead in the race for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. Ms. Harris is the choice of 50% of Democrats surveyed"


60 posted on 05/06/2026 8:05:19 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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