Booker, Biden, and Harris

[_moksha]

Will Biden sandwiched in between Booker and Harris, he might be cast as a twin relic of racism along with Trump. Booker and Harris might actually serve as kingmakers for Trump.

Hey, someone's got to take down the one ahead of Trump in the polls, right?

[_Some Schmo]

I'm not a big fan of Booker, but it wouldn't hurt my feelings to see Harris make a move, as long as it's effective without hurting Biden in the general (should he get the nomination).

[_moksha]

Trump will win the racist sweepstakes. He has the best-established track record on racism. Trump has the white nationalist vote wrapped up. If Booker or Harris try to energize their campaign by painting Biden as a racist it will do no good. Neither they nor Biden will receive the white nationalist vote. You can see that in the posters here who subscribe to that ideology. They are not about to vote for Biden and those other two candidates are black.

[_Gunnar]

Trump will win the racist sweepstakes. He has the best-established track record on racism. Trump has the white nationalist vote wrapped up. If Booker or Harris try to energize their campaign by painting Biden as a racist it will do no good. Neither they nor Biden will receive the white nationalist vote. You can see that in the posters here who subscribe to that ideology. They are not about to vote for Biden and those other two candidates are black.

The ugliest part of this campaign is Trump's blatant appeal to racists and bigots of all kinds. He is obviously bound and determined to leave no racist or bigoted voter behind. It may not be true that all of Trump's supporters are such bigots, but there is very little doubt In my mind that virtually all white nationalist/supremacists, homophobes, misogynists and hard right, fundamentalist Christian bigots are going to vote for him. I think his only chance of winning is to double down on denigrating minorities of all kinds and hope the nasty, stubborn bigoted streak that still remains in American society is strong enough to win the election for him. That is apparently what Trump and his cronies are counting on. I think that has been an important part of whatever strategy he has had from the beginning. That's why he keeps pushing the envelope of whatever he can or thinks he can get away with.

It is a crying shame that the more exposed and unmistakable his bigotry and racism becomes, the more it endears him to his racist, bigoted base.