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MikeH said:
At this point how do we have any say in who is the candidate though? The primaries are over.
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MyWifeHatesTrain said:
Contact the delegates.
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What Lee said. It's not that we can vote on it, but I'd rather a diverse coalition of Dems who are not in the position of party power get to debate and select the nominee than the Clinton's, Obama, Biden, and a few old foggies in Congress. Let it be as democratic a process as possible. At least let Harris rally them to her campaign. Like I said I think she will have the most support and the easiest path, but it shouldn't be a foregone conclusion especially since only one person selects the VP.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
My father is laughing and saying Biden just handed Trump the presidency. That in several states, only Biden can appear on the election ballots at this point in time for the general election.

I call BS on this, because Biden wasn't officially named the nominee yet by the DNC. Surly it's not to late to address this issue.
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Your Dad is not a serious person.
 
Hemotep said:
What Lee said. It's not that we can vote on it, but I'd rather a diverse coalition of Dems who are not in the position of party power get to debate and select the nominee than the Clinton's, Obama, Biden, and a few old foggies in Congress. Let it be as democratic a process as possible. At least let Harris rally them to her campaign. Like I said I think she will have the most support and the easiest path, but it shouldn't be a foregone conclusion especially since only one person selects the VP.
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I don't think any other serious candidates will emerge. All of the 2028 hopefuls will keep their powder dry. You'll have some fringe candidates but she will be the nominee after the mechanics of the mini primary are figured out.
 
Hemotep said:
What Lee said. It's not that we can vote on it, but I'd rather a diverse coalition of Dems who are not in the position of party power get to debate and select the nominee than the Clinton's, Obama, Biden, and a few old foggies in Congress. Let it be as democratic a process as possible. At least let Harris rally them to her campaign. Like I said I think she will have the most support and the easiest path, but it shouldn't be a foregone conclusion especially since only one person selects the VP.
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No one who is a viable candidate will be willing to run against her. The Biden/Harris Campaign infrastructure and money should easily roll over to Kamala. Anyone else trying to run against her is gonna get cut down.
 
Hemotep said:
What Lee said. It's not that we can vote on it, but I'd rather a diverse coalition of Dems who are not in the position of party power get to debate and select the nominee than the Clinton's, Obama, Biden, and a few old foggies in Congress. Let it be as democratic a process as possible. At least let Harris rally them to her campaign. Like I said I think she will have the most support and the easiest path, but it shouldn't be a foregone conclusion especially since only one person selects the VP.
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I imagine that at this point the dems will just team up around Kamala. And as much as I hate to say it, I’m not sure she’ll win. It’ll be interesting to see who she picks as a VP but as others have said it’s probably not gonna be someone who is a serious contender for 2028.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
No one who is a viable candidate will be willing to run against her. The Biden/Harris Campaign infrastructure and money should easily roll over to Kamala. Anyone else trying to run against her is gonna get cut down.
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Not now that the power players have voiced their support for her, but the point was that it should be an open debate. Authoritarian tendencies in either party are not healthy for our democracy and it's an unforced error, because she probably would have gotten it even if they hadn't stuck their finger on the scale. But now, once again, the Dem power players have silenced debate in favor of them wielding their influence to have control, which turns off a lot of their likely supporters who have valid perspectives that should be heard even if they don't prevail as the dominant ones. Debate shouldn't be so damn scary to anyone who's confident that they are the best.
 
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