Kamala Harris is a more formidable opponent for Trump

The Spectator ^ | 07/21/2024 | Jacob Heilbrunn

[SeekAndFind]

On Sunday Joe Biden bowed to the inevitable in withdrawing from the presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. Only now has the presidential race become interesting as the fifty-nine-year-old Harris, more than likely to receive the Democratic nomination, prepares to face off against Donald Trump. Suddenly the Republican candidate has become the old codger in the race while the Democratic one represents generational change. Trump, you could even say, has become yesterday’s news. 

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1815087772216303933

"My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this."

- Joe Biden @JoeBiden 2:13 PM · Jul 21, 2024

This is why Republicans would be wise not to underestimate Harris, a former federal prosecutor and California senator whose early years…

On Sunday Joe Biden bowed to the inevitable in withdrawing from the presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. Only now has the presidential race become interesting as the fifty-nine-year-old Harris, more than likely to receive the Democratic nomination, prepares to face off against Donald Trump. Suddenly the Republican candidate has become the old codger in the race while the Democratic one represents generational change. Trump, you could even say, has become yesterday’s news. 

My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best… pic.twitter.com/x8DnvuImJV

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 21, 2024

This is why Republicans would be wise not to underestimate Harris, a former federal prosecutor and California senator whose early years as vice president were marked, among other things, by public scrutiny of her staff shake-ups. But that scrutiny appears to have toughened her up. Her public speaking skills, if her recent appearances are anything to go by, seem to have markedly improved. She will slash away at Trump on abortion — her pinned tweet states “More than 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with a Trump Abortion Ban — many with no exceptions for rape or incest” — and regularly invokes the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 as a direct menace to American democracy. The coming contest will demonstrate whether Harris truly grasps the adage that the best defense is a good offense.  

On Saturday, at a Provincetown, Massachusetts, fundraiser, Harris brought in double what was anticipated  — $2 million — and riled up the crowd with her declaration, “Those who oppose progress will always try to suggest that a movement for freedom is somehow subversive and it undermines who we are as a nation.” Trump will attack her record as Biden’s “border czar” but she can point to record lows in crossing the past few months. Her poll numbers, however, are nothing to brag about. FiveThirtyEight has Harris at a net approval rating of 38.6 percent. Then again Trump comes in not much better at 41.7 percent. In the battleground swing states, she doesn’t appear to poll that much better than Biden. 

Indeed, there was a funereal feel to the entire Biden campaign over the past week, especially after he announced that he had been stricken with Covid and would need to go into isolation. Immured in his Delaware vacation home, where he has been recuperating from a bout with Covid, Biden was unable to deliver the news of his withdrawal from the presidential race in person. Instead, he issued a written statement. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president,” he wrote. “And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party, and my country for me to stand down and to focus solely on my duties as president for the rest of my term.”  

Just how will he focus solely on his duties? J.D. Vance, Trump’s running mate, has already declared on X that it’s hypocritical for Biden not to run and remain the commander-in-chief. William Ruger, who was nominated to become Trump’s ambassador to Afghanistan, observes that Biden is now the lamest of lame ducks. “He’s cast in the role of Franklin Pierce. Abandoned by his party, he’s not considered competent enough for the campaign let alone the job of president. Let’s hope that nothing significant happens internationally or economically on the rest of his watch.” 

The immediate author of Biden’s exit was former House speaker Nancy Pelosi who maneuvered from behind the scenes to shiv him by rallying legislators on Capitol Hill to call for his withdrawal. But the pebble that led to the avalanche was first thrown by Trump. It was Trump who, in a sense, overperformed during the presidential debate with Biden. No line was more telling than Trump’s observation, “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”  

With the Democrats boldly disposing of Biden, they will now enjoy the glare of the spotlight. The media will be fixated with a new cast of characters. How will Harris capture the nomination? Whom does she pick for her vice president? Who will serve as her campaign manager? Can Harris make the case that Biden policies are responsible for low interest rates and record low unemployment, while exciting the minority and female voters that Trump was hoping to woo?  

Poor Trump. He will pout and fume and rage and expostulate. But his salad days are over. With Biden gone, he’s going to have to fight for the presidency rather than glide to victory.

[Boomer]

The only way Camel Tow wins is by election fraud.

[RitchieAprile]

The puppet master is th 84 yo Nancy P. How can she not be too old?

[doc maverick]

If Kamala now has an “accident,” we will know who’s responsible.

[gundog]

Yup. In 2016, Hillary had an air if inevitably against a surely-you-can’t-be -serious candidate like Donald Trump. Now, there is residual anger over that loss, the Dobbs decision, and the knowledge that DJT is a very serious candidate, with SCOTUS picks in the balance.

[gundog]

How many of the Supremes are likely to retire in the next four years?

[kabar]

I don’t think Kamala will be at the top of the ticket if she is there at all. Obama has not endorsed her.

[FlingWingFlyer]

If this is really true, America is f***ed! Where are the Fart Checkers? This love affair with Willie Brown’s ho is getting out of hand.

[Windcatcher]

Nor has Schumer or Pelosi, but all of the major Dems who are minorities have. They’re headed for a train wreck if they pass her over.

There’s only one thing that I worry about: young women who would otherwise not bother voting. Will they be energized? Or, for that matter, will their “being energized” be used as a plausible explanation when the Dems attempt a steal?

[Ikeon]

A bag of utz potato chips is more formidable to Trump than zombie, poopie pants joe. Who was also more formidable than swalla kamala. What's your point?

Spitting or pissing into the wind? Which is worse? >

I'll throw in an unwashed game worn Tony Romo jockstrap, that would get more legit votes then the 2 of them combined

[Bob Wills is still the king]

“They always wanted someone who wasn’t Trump or Biden.

Our side has a lot of intense work to do. The media will glorify Harris night and day as I’ve been saying since last year.

Soon: How can you question Harris like that? Are you a white racist sexist?”
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In addition to glorifying Harris, our media will lead the upcoming apotheosis of Joe Biden. They’re already comparing him to Washington.

[Bob Wills is still the king]

“She’ll still carry all the lefty states, they’d vote for a dead mule before any Republican. She wont get some swing states that Biden might have gotten. Many people won’t admit it if you stick a microphone in front of them, but when they get in the voting booth they’re not going to vote for an incompetent who is only there because she’s part black and slept her way into politics.”
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Harris’ job is to close the deal in states that count as swing states now. Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, and Nevada are her targets. Add Arizona and it accounts for the claims about Kelly being her running mate.

[Responsibility2nd]

Spit on that thang, Kamala!

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I’ll take Willie Brown quotes for $800

[Bob Wills is still the king]

“There’s only one thing that I worry about: young women who would otherwise not bother voting. Will they be energized? Or, for that matter, will their “being energized” be used as a plausible explanation when the Dems attempt a steal?”
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That’s why we need to get back to work.

[kiryandil]

“I’ll take Willie Brown quotes for $800”

Willie Brown, the grandpappy of Hawk Tuah.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13576061/hawk-tuah-haliey-welch-laying-low-amid-fame.html

[Varsity Flight]

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[kabar]

The Dems act in lockstep. They will place another minority on the ticket replacing Harris who will be given an offer she can’t refuse like being the next governor of California after Newsom leaves.

The opposition to Harris being removed from the ticket will melt away.

[FLT-bird]

LOL! No she’s not. She consistently polls worse than Biden and polls worse in a head to head matchup with Trump.

[Political Junkie Too]

Thomas, likely. He'll be 80 in four years and would want President Trump to replace his seat with a conservative.

Sotomayor, possibly, for health reasons. She may want to be like Ginsburg and die in the seat.

I think the rest are still good to go.

-PJ

[kaktuskid]

Just run ad of the Border invaders attacking BP agents and pictures of life in San Francisco 24/7.

[DeplorablePaul]

Kamala will crack under the pressure. There’s no way she can handle the stress. I bet she smokes a lot of pot. A drug test would be interesting.