There are only two lanes to the Democrat presidential nomination two years from now, and one of them is already blocked—by Kamala Harris.
Get ready for the Kamala comeback, followed, in all likelihood, by a replay of her crushing defeat by the Republican nominee.
Believe it or not, the ex-VP occupies what counts as the “center lane” within the party, and for most of the last three decades, that’s the one that’s led to the nomination.
Republicans used to be the party of orderly succession, even if the candidate whose turn had come looked like a certain loser: think Bob Dole in ’96.
But recently, it’s been Democrats who’ve tended to pick a party elder as their nominee:
Al Gore, as a sitting VP, might not have been remarkable in 2000, but in ’04 it was John Kerry, in ’16 Hillary Clinton, and in 2020 Joe Biden—with only Barack Obama butting ahead of the line in 2008.
Democrats like a known quantity, a reliable liberal who isn’t too overtly radical; the radicalism can wait until after Election Day.
So, they’re leaning toward running Harris again, even if donors aren’t happy about it: They blew nearly $2 billion on her campaign and aligned PACs in 2024, only for Harris to lose every battleground state to Donald Trump.
Not that she doesn’t have a huge number of redeeming qualities of her own, she’ll forever be linked to two major criminals, Biden and Walz.
democrats don’t care about that stuff 7:05, they will vote for her anyway because she is a woman and a democrat. kamala got over 65 million votes in the 2024 election, not that far from 50%. We must not let our guard down no matter how stupid we know she is. Some just can’t help themselves.
Kackala and the bartender…for the loss!