Clinched is kind of a misnomer though, because none of the delegates are bound to her no matter what they say until they cast their vote at the convention. It's not like it was for Biden, so if she has a big misstep they are still free to vote however they want up until the vote is taken and she clinches then. It certainly looks good publicly, but she still needs to maintain their support until the convention unless the DNC does a virtual role call to do it early
Unless they flat out ban anyone from campaigning, which I don't know how they could fully enforce (because you could get around it by just not announcing), it's mainly on the candidates and the political/media machinery than on the parties themselves. A lot of these bozos "campaign" to drum up support before they officially announce already. I think it would take federal reform rather than party nominating rules to really get the change we'd all like to see here. But it's such big business now that unless we ban money from politics it's pretty much a lost cause.
You can be as optimistic as you want to be, and sure that's a likely scenario, but it's not done until it's done. If she blows it all then there can easily be a contested convention. There are rules in place and she still has to follow them no matter what anyone thinks.
Agreed, it's not official until it's official. There can be a ton of fuckery between now and the convention. My gut tells me they are going to do the virtual roll call just to be on the safe side. (But, wtf do I know???)
I haven't heard any fuckery about the virtual role call since Biden dropped out, and so far no one has even tried to challenge, but I imagine if that asshole Manchin does try anything that he'll attempt to scuttle the role call. Having left the Dems, I'm not sure he has enough sway anymore to get the DNC to care but I have read a few pissed off Biden donors who said they wouldn't support Harris but would support Manchin. Again I don't think there's even enough smoke for it to be a concern, but I wouldn't put anything past those snakes. And I honestly wouldn't put it past Harris to say something that gives some people pause and tempers their enthusiasm between now and then. She's riding a high right now because so many of us are glad Biden pulled out, but three weeks in politics is all it took for Biden to lose the support he'd carried for years and it's very unlikely that she'll carry on unscathed till the nomination, let alone the election.
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The ammendment that governs term limits for president is only for the president. He could run. I don’t think it’s a smart move. I think Kelly is the best move.
As much as I like Kelly as a figurehead (a bad ass fighter pilot/astronaut you couldn't ask for a better back story), I like Shapiro a slight bit more mainly because of his oratory skills, he is a much better public speaker, he also ran ahead of both Trump and Biden in 2016 and 2020 respectively. in his PA elections for AG and Governor. I am really fine with any of the VP candidate's they're currently vetting but I would go Shapiro 1A and Kelly 1B as of fright now.
As i understand it, over 100 dems stayed away so a lot of the people there were just seat fillers like in award shows.
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They are pure projection nearly all the time (at least Trump sure is). And it's infuriating how their labeling of the Dems as communist has warped so many people's understanding of actual historical facts.
The California Dream is real and many are resentful for not being able to take part. As such they revel in anything that negatively impacts the state are reaffirms their idea that they are “lucky” not to be a part of the state. I think California had always been the land of opportunity but Manson was the beginning this type of resentment and it just grown from there.