Posted on 11/26/2023 8:38:41 AM PST by Reno89519
The Democratic Party is united — for now. Fear and loathing of Donald Trump keeps the various Democratic factions in a precarious peace. But labor v. environment, Jewish vote v. Muslim vote, and center-left v. hardcore progressivism cannot remain at bay forever. The fiercest battle may well be the looming civil war between Vice President Kamala Harris and California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the party leadership once President Biden leaves the stage.
And it won’t be pretty.
When Biden named Harris his running mate, he conferred on her heir-apparent status. The pick made sense. VP nominees are mostly about pulling together party divisions or offsetting the nominee’s weaknesses. As an old, white male Catholic, Biden running with a minority female checked some important identity boxes. And, in 2020 with a campaign hobbled due to covid restrictions, Harris did just fine. The “not Trump” campaign worked.
However, given an opportunity to establish herself as the next Democratic hope, Harris has proven rather maladroit. Something about her isn’t quite right. Her speeches are mediocre, with poorly thought-out ad libs. Her awkwardness with voters is positively Hillary Clintonesque. After spending her life in the progressive hothouse of California, Harris has shown little ability to build appeal in the other more centrist 49 states. Given the unpleasant portfolio of illegal immigration early in the administration, she failed to distinguish herself. If she has any real policy responsibility today, it’s not apparent.
But what must rankle Harris the most and speaks to how badly she must be viewed in Democratic power corridors is the utter lack of interest in her replacing Biden on the ticket. Joe Biden’s numbers are bad, very bad. His approval has been under water for the past two years. He is running behind Trump on multiple ballot test polls — despite Trump’s myriad problems. The double-minority woman Harris replacing Biden should be the talk of the town. But it isn’t.
Her polling tells the tale: While Biden is an abysmal 14 points negative on the RealClearPolitics approval average, Harris is worse at negative 17.6 — worse than Trump (negative 16.6). In YouGov polling, Harris is 13 points down on approval (Biden is down 10 points) with just 40% approval against Biden’s 42%. She has just a 3-point lead on approval among Black voters but lags 8 points with Hispanics. Independents approve at just 26%, against Biden at 31%.
Harris should take comfort in the fact that there is nobody in the D.C. political scene that is a real threat. The most popular Democrat, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is even older than Biden. The septuagenarian Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is getting there. Pete Buttigieg’s (D-Ind.) tenure at Transportation has been miserable. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) are nowhere to be found.
You might be right, but watching the prostitute vs the moron will be highly entertaining.
“Kamala Harris v. Gavin Newsom...”
Oi veeee... SOME choice right there!
“My sh*t sandwich is better.”
Oprah Winfrey VS Guy Smiley?
Some here on FR think Michelle Obama would leave one of her estates and her loving husband to run for an office she has abolutely no qualification for.
Moderate Democrats are a myth.
Had to look up Guy Smiley. Ditto to that!
Me too.
Head to head....
Others believe Hitlery may try again.
Trump is his own man. That’s one reason he’s good for the country.
But Biden, Harris, and Newsom are all puppets. The puppet-masters at the DNC will decide who gets what, and when.
He forgot feminists/lesbians vs. trannies, blacks/Latinos vs. Asians (on affirmative action), blacks vs. Latinos (on immigration).
Maybe they’ll pull John Edwards out of the closet...(smirk)
“... to run for an office she has abolutely no qualification for.”
Joe Biden did it.
Newsome will be the nom. By the time the DNC, media, and Hollywood get through repackaging, rehearsing, and marketing this derp, The DNC will prove that yes, in fact, you really can polish a turd.
She’s in charge of the border.
He’s in charge of California.
The best they have.
It's possible. Slow Joe has demonstrated that the president doesn't need to actually run the country.
Particularly in red-carpeted California, Oct 7th tore off a lot of leftist masks.
This completely upends the usual liberal campaign talking points.
Jews are now facing previously unspoken leftist sentiments.
Anti-Semites don’t hide their grotesque attitudes now, they talk it up 24/7, they are
fearlessly quoted, and, no doubt, would be happy to tell any Jew to his face, if asked.
Jews are now forced to confront their non-Jewish comrades consistently agreeing with them
regarding Leftist causes.......which for non-Jews clearly includes unvarnished anti-Semitism.
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