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      Yeah… Harris was an OK option for president given the state of national politics. But California can do far better.

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    Harris didn’t even get 1/2 of 1% of the popular vote in either of the two states she primaried in for 2020. Still she somehow became the VP and eventually the presumptive presidential nominee of 2024.

    I feel like this is worth reminding people.

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        The reminder is due to the fact that she never should have been the candidate in 2024 in the first place. She was not even in the top 5 in 2020. She didn’t do anything during her time as VP that made up for that gap. She was pushed in because the folks above her were two leftists, a gay man, and a rich DINO.

        I don’t know that she would win California and if California goes to a Republican governor that takes away one of the handful of hail mary possible counter balances to Trump right now in a possible secession action. Right now if Trump attacked Mexico and Canada it isnt unreasonable to think some states would actively refuse to support the action but if California or New York were not both states to support it then it would be meaningless.

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      Yeah but she was a sitting senator so she was in the club. She was a black woman so she ticked the right boxes to balance out Bidens white man. And she was a prosecutor who worked well with the police so she countered the defund the police message thay centrist dems were sure would sink them.

      She was a very very logical choice for Biden’s VP.

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          She absolutely hesitated to comment on continuing to back the war on Gaza. She played by the script but it gave me the impression that she wasn’t on board when she paused and gave a vague answer instead. That’s when I felt like she would’ve departed from Biden’s legacy but was looking for a better moment to do it, but that’s only my interpretation.

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    California deserves someone that represents them for once, not another neoliberal who will always move as far right as they can get away with.

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      California is neoliberal with a thin veneer of progressivism painted on by leftist at a thickness that chips constantly in most places.

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    californian here. i hope she portrays being more progressive than she did in her presidential campaign. she seems very politically conservative for wanting the governorship here.

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      I mean, your current governor just invited Charlie Kirk on his podcast to bash trans people together, and I haven’t read that he’s going to be forced out of office in disgrace, so…

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          Oh cool, so in your last term you can just do whatever you want and it’s all good?

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              Do you think “force out of office” means passively wait until the next election where you then defeat them at the ballot box?

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                  What? Do you base your “literally” statements on just gut feelings?

                  There are multiple ways a governor of California can be removed from office. There was literally already a recall election against this governor, there’s also impeachment, and good old fashion pressure to resign from the public and leadership.

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    I want someone who doesn’t seek approval from conservatives. She can fuck off and collect speakers fees for the rest of her life for all I care.

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      She would still be better than Newsom. That’s a pretty low bar though.

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        Do we know he’s going to run as a Democrat? Seems like someone who was a Democrat wouldn’t initiate their podcast with TPUSA and railing against trans people.

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    She seems both qualified for the job and motivated to stand up to the Trump administration’s aggression, both of which are important qualities in a leader of a US state that happens to be the world’s 5th largest economy.

    EDIT:

    For those who downvoted, perhaps you could use your words to explain what you disagree with and why? I don’t know Kamala Harris all that well, so if there’s something important that I’m missing, I would like to know about it. A downvote alone doesn’t help anyone.

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      I’ve never seen her be anything but a nakedly power hungry, political hack. She’s tried to sell herself as both a progressive and conservative liberal, depending on who she’s talking to. I wouldn’t doubt if sher looses again, she’ll go Republican.

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      Her disastrous campaign is what allowed Trump 2 to happen. How she ran her campaign (or allowed the DNC to steamroll her, same difference) is what’s wrong with her.

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          She started off aggressively attacking Trump and portraying him and Vance as weirdos. It was working and her numbers quickly went up.

          Then she let the DNC take control of her campaign (the DNC is the main organization for the Democratic party). She stopped the attacks and started acting like a typical establishment empty suit Dem, which culminated in her saying that she’d change nothing from Biden (who had a 38% approval rating). She did this while also campaigning with Liz Cheney who is a very conservative anti-Trump Republican.

          They basically took Dem voters for granted and tried to peel off Trump voters while saying she would be just like Joe Biden, who Trump voters and a majority of independents despise. It was an idiotic strategy

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            She started off aggressively attacking Trump and portraying him and Vance as weirdos.

            More importantly she promised progressive economic policy. She had stuff like a wealth tax on the books, for example. When the DNC took over she started abandoning or watering down those policies and focusing exclusively on Trump (though her attacks on him were much more like an empty suit dem).

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            Thx.

            It seems to me dems didn’t cared about voting for Harris. Only 64% voted and Trump won with a 23% of the population, really not much.

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      International relations standpoint aside, she offered no benefits or relief to the economic woes of the working class other than telling them to suck it up because everything’s fine. She ignored progressives in a pathetic attempt at currying favor with the likes of Liz fucking Cheney because she thinks conservatives would actually pick a Democrat over literally any Republican candidate. Everything about her screamed corporatism, the status quo of deadlocked improvements in Congress, and a lack of willingness to meaningfully change things for the better.

      She is the quintessential establishment Democrat who would rather campaign for fundraisers than actually act on meaningful legislation. Despite all these (and many more) flaws, I voted for her as she was the only meaningful opposition the DNC could regurgitate out because Biden was too proud to stop his reelection campaign early on. For California governor, I’d want an actual progressive with the intent to make things better over her any day.

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    Why? She has been person non grata since the election and has completely checked out. Unless she thinks the ballot initiative to make California a nation will work

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    WTF? Aren’t there other people that can become president or governor? In the case of Trump rocks and organic molecules?

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    Another source familiar with Harris’ thinking told CBS News that she is “seriously considering” a run for governor. A gubernatorial bid would likely mean she would not run for president in 2028, which she is also considering.

    On one hand, yes, she had an very abbreviated campaign period and yes, the big issue was the inflation, and there’s a limited amount that she could do about that.

    On the other hand, she also had a well-funded campaign, and she had a shot and didn’t make it.

    And she didn’t poll that strongly.

    I would really rather have the Democrats find the strongest candidate they can in 2028. Harris didn’t run last time because she was the strongest option in the country, but because she was VP.

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      I’ll be happy when the Democrats having a primary is a safe assumption again. 1 superdelegate-fuckified primary in 2016, 1 completely skipped primary in 2024.

      I know this is a radical idea, but hear me out Democratic strategists… Have primaries, let the voters tell you who they like, so that you end up with the strongest candidate in the general. Just something to think about.

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        There was definitely some fuckery behind the scenes in 2020 also. Everyone pulled out and endorsed Biden at the same time.

        It’s not just about finding the best candidate, it’s also about not disillusioning the voters by very obviously ratfucking the primary. Don’t piss off your voters right before a general election! Why do we even have to say this?

        They didn’t even have a good reason to do so, because Bernie would have lost anyway. Just let him lose fair and square without pissing anyone off! And I say this as a Bernie voter. He was a good influence on the candidates, but he didn’t even win Washington State last time. No way would he have won a fair primary. The protest votes would have tapered off as soon as he looked like a real contender.

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      Harris was doing pretty well until she let the dipshit DNC consultants take control of her messaging. Those guys are totally out of touch with the electorate.

      Refusing to distance herself from Biden was her biggest mistake though. Dems are such morons. They thought the only problem was that he was old, ignoring his 38% approval rating

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      Like it or not, Harris was the right choice for 2024.

      She had access to Biden war chest on day one, which was critical.

      She completely wasted her opportunity