So What About Kamala Harris?

[Kishkumen]

From the 538 article linked above:

However, Harris’s popular-vote edge is almost entirely negated by the bigger Electoral College bias against her. In our polls-only forecast pairing Biden against Trump, the Democratic candidate needs to win the popular vote by just 1.1 points to win the presidency. That’s thanks to Biden doing better in Pennsylvania, the likeliest tipping-point state in our model. Harris, by contrast, would need to win the popular vote by 3.5-4 points to win Pennsylvania and, with it, the Electoral College.

However, whether Harris would truly be a stronger candidate than Biden also depends on information besides the polls. In our full forecast model — which includes a variety of non-polling economic and political variables, which we call the “fundamentals” — Harris does much worse than Biden across the board. Whereas Biden has a 48-in-100 chance to win the Electoral College, Harris has only a 31-in-100 chance.

[Binger]

Is this true?

I think people are hoping that he will recognize we're running Kamala Harris for president right now. She's -- that's who we're running. Nobody believes Joe Biden's going to be president in four years.

Is there somebody on this board that thinks Biden will be president in four years?

[Gadianton]

If Biden wants to stay in and thinks he can do it then the thinking has been done and best support the guy. The only thing that matters is keeping Trump out, and I haven't found any serious arguments for another candidate's chances of winning to be better. If Biden dies or is rushed to memory care on day 2, so be it. His cabinet will figure it out and be okay.

[honorentheos]

If Biden wants to stay in and thinks he can do it then the thinking has been done and best support the guy. The only thing that matters is keeping Trump out, and I haven't found any serious arguments for another candidate's chances of winning to be better. If Biden dies or is rushed to memory care on day 2, so be it. His cabinet will figure it out and be okay.

For sure. And by figure it out, VP Harris would become President. I'm happy to see that happen if need be but also recognize that there is a contingency of voters who are seeing Biden's performance in the debate as evidence they are effectively voting for Harris to become our first woman President. So there is value in exploring what that means, in my opinion.

[yellowstone123]

Here is how she acts under pressure. This is after the debate which means less than a week ago. It's five minutes long. She says if Donald Trump wins he will be a dictator on day 1.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics ... ate-digvid

[Binger]

Ask Willie Brown's wife what she thinks about Kamala Harris. This wasn't a slip by Newsom in an alcoholic daze with his campaign manager's wife, Harris was Willie Browns girlfriend when he was married to another woman and he was mayor of San Fransisco. When he was Speaker of the House of in California. he got her cushy board appointments.

Here is how she acts under pressure. This is after the debate which means less than a week ago. It's five minutes long.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics ... ate-digvid

Wait til they start running real coverage of San Francisco. If the media gets backed into a corner to tell the truth about SF it is going to make Biden's disease look as benign as a haircut in comparison.

[ceeboo]

... Biden's performance in the debate as evidence they are effectively voting for Harris to become our first woman President. So there is value in exploring what that means, in my opinion.

Biden has already claimed to be the first black woman to serve, so, maybe Harris can settle for something else on the identity politics spectrum?

https://youtu.be/o78NXPhFiy4?si=bHEzzRTNNfsL4wwY

[Kishkumen]

Here is how she acts under pressure. This is after the debate which means less than a week ago. It's five minutes long. She says if Donald Trump wins he will be a dictator on day 1.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics ... ate-digvid

Wait, you mean she used Trump’s own silly words against him? No fair!!!

[ceeboo]

The only thing that matters is keeping Trump out

I often wonder how many Americans share this sentiment. 20? 20,000? 20,000,000?

More importantly (and utterly terrifying) is to wonder how many Americans in powerful positions share this sentiment.

[Gadianton]

Why is that terrifying?

I'll bet you don't answer. You didn't answer about the terrifying liberal agenda to destroy the country either. I know, you answer what you want, when you want, no expectations.