President Joe Biden give’s up….
It appear’s that his Vice President, a mixed race , 59 year old woman from California, Kamala Harris, will be the Democrat to run against 78 year old Donald Trump….
Things ARE going to be vastly different than Trump & Co. thought up to this morning….
Democrats appear to coming together finally to focus on supporting Harris and NOT letting Donald Trump get a chance at the Presidency again…
Powerful leaders of the Democratic establishment quickly embraced Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday after President Biden’s shocking exit from the race, hoping that a seamless succession could end a month of damaging chaos and transform a contest widely believed to be tipping toward Republicans.
By Sunday evening, Ms. Harris appeared to have a glide path to the nomination: No other top Democrats announced plans to challenge her, though some stopped short of an endorsement, including the party’s top congressional leaders and former President Barack Obama.
With breathtaking speed, she took control of Mr. Biden’s enormous political operation and contacted Democratic leaders in Congress and state houses to ask for their support. The Biden campaign formally renamed itself “Harris for President,” giving her immediate access to an account that had $96 million in cash at the end of June. On an internal call, the Biden campaign’s leaders told staff members that they would now work for Ms. Harris.
“I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party — and unite our nation — to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda,” Ms. Harris said in a statement. “We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win.”
The rapid turn of events plunged the party and the nation into unfamiliar political territory, giving unelected Democratic officials the final say over the party’s nominee. Complicated decisions loom. Ms. Harris must choose a running mate, take charge of the campaign with little time before early voting begins in some states in September, rebuild support among voters who had fled Mr. Biden and prepare to withstand a full-blown Republican assault.
Speculation immediately turned to her potential running mate, with many Democrats privately arguing that Ms. Harris should pick a white man to widen her appeal and provide demographic balance to the ticket. A flotilla of governors — including Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Tim Walz of Minnesota — as well as Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona have been frequently mentioned by donors, officials and other lawmakers.
Mr. Biden endorsed Ms. Harris within minutes on Sunday afternoon. Before she had uttered a word about her intentions, he was swiftly followed by other party leaders, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, key Democratic senators and influential House members. By the evening, Mr. Shapiro had publicly backed Ms. Harris after a phone call from her. She also picked up endorsements from Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, Mr. Cooperand Mr. Kelly…..
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The party’s quick embrace of Ms. Harris poured a dash of cold water on the idea that some other challenger would emerge. Any Democratic rival would face a steep climb to match her political support, money and other resources. Such a bid could also hurt the candidate’s future prospects, particularly among Black women, who are some of the party’s most reliable voters.
Many Democrats felt a palpable sense of enthusiasm and relief. They now see an opportunity to recover from nearly a month of internal battles and a race that seemed headed for catastrophic defeats from the White House all the way down to statehouse races.
“Democrats have a choice to make: unite and win, or fight each other and lose,” said Mayor Randall L. Woodfin of Birmingham, Ala., urging his party to embrace Ms. Harris. Mr. Woodfin, who had been a strong supporter of Mr. Biden’s, said Democrats now had “a chance to have a younger ticket that pulls in more younger voters, enthusiasm, energy and excitement.”….
Note….
Harris adds another page to the history books since becoming the first woman United States Vice President….
image…The New Yorker
New Open Thread is HERE….
Read the Kamala Harris linked Wiki….
Impressive…..
Some of the latest finds when it comes to JD Vance (or whatever his name is) and quotes that will find their way into advertising this fall.
“I hate the police.”
“The more white people feel like voting for Trump the more black people will suffer.”
“I know I could never support Trump if it really mattered.”
“He’s just a bad man. A morally reprehensible human being.”
I have donated to a group that will be putting these on billboards all over the midwest.
Yesterday the Harris campaign reported over 170,000 people have volunteered for the campaign. A zoom call raised over 8 million dollars and over 100,000 people registered to vote.
The best, over half the folks contributing to the campaign were first time contributors — the gift that will keep on giving.
Donald can thank his kids for screwing him with Vance!
Gotta be tough for Vance’s wife
Trump is melting down. Claiming Biden:
1. Lied about having covid
2. Will wake up tomorrow forgetting he dropped out.
What a piece of shit. With his rage “truthing” he may stroke out tonight. That would only be a shame because he wouldn’t live to see his defeat at the ballot box.
I have a very long blog entry at my usual spot, which is linked to my name here. I could have written several pages more. We truly are living in historic times.
Yes I agree Corey, historic times that require historic and patriotic action.
Casting a ballot for Kamala Harris, our first woman President.
Morning
Waiting for the first snap polls….
AFTER BIDEN DROP OUT….
Manchin won’t run for the Democratic nomination.
There’s rumors that RFK Jr will drop out today and endorse Trump.
Not sure how credible that is (heard it from Tim Miller–a former Jeb Bush campaign spokesman now all in as a serious anti Trumper) on The Bulwark podcast.
Trump and RFKjr have lots in common.
Both have abused women, they’re nuts, and both would do damage to our democracy.
Manchin ain’t a Democrat…..
RFK Jr. has been hanging with Trump…..
Just media bull shit….
Manchin Is Out
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) told CBS News that he will not run for the Democratic nomination against Kamala Harris.
But he added that he would like to see a competitive process for Democrats to choose the nominee.
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans–born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage–and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.
[Of course, Kamala Harris was not born in this century; had she been so, she would be to young to become President.]
The Word IS Going Forth and Donald Trump ain’t Happy….
Is he gonna try to KEEP running against Joe Biden?
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on his prospects for being the Democratic VP candidate…
“Look ,if they do the polling and it turns out that they need a 49 year old,balding,gay,Jew from Boulder, Colorado,they got my number.”
Don’t be waiting…..
I think Keith could be right with Roy Cooper of North Carolina
I was impressed by Beshear’s audition on MSNBC today.
According to Rick Wilson Mitch McConnell advisors are telling Senate candidates they may need to distance themselves from Trump now.
That’ll go over well in Mar A Lago.
The National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee is urging its candidates to label Kamala Harris as “ weird.”
Uh aren’t these people supporting a rapist and a felon?
There’s a joke in there somewhere I guess.
A rapist felon who rants about “late great Hannibal Lecter” and buried his ex wife on a golf course.
Yep. Normal as can be!
These days, you might not be able to get Members of Congress to agree on what hour of the day it is, but it seems like just about everyone in Congress, Democrat or Republican, thinks the Director of the Secret Service should resign.
Thus far, she is saying no. Perhaps President Biden should make the decision for her.
Obviously she needs to go.
Biden should fire her.
Biden is NOT. A firing guy…..
DeJoy from the Trump administration is STILL Postal Boss
We’ll see….
The President can’t fire The Postmaster General.
But I’m not surprised you didn’t know that.
Jack?
Do NOT Bull Shit me
If Trump wanted his Post Master gone?
He’d be GONE……
Biden is Biden….
Trump would go after the postal board until they got rid of whoever
Just like the Supreme’s
People have made a lot of hay about Biden not firing DeJoy. Come to find out he actually can’t do that. Oh well. They should re-write that requirement so the President can actually get that done.
Democrats in Congress have been on Biden’s case to get rid of DeJoy
But Biden has NOT…….
The can’t IS WILL NOT…..
As a of fact?
Who was the guy who held on and said he couldn’t be fired because of the ‘board’ and they said ok ?
U sit in room with no fucking body follow ing ur direction?
He lasted how long and got the message and quit?
Another superfluous outburst…
All because you injected yourself into a conversation concerning the days headline as to the Secret Service Director and the bipartisan call for her resignation .
Upon my suggestion that the President fi re her ,you said that he didn’t like firing people and used as an example the PG.
I merely pointed out the irrelevance of such a remark as the President has no power to do so.
I also expressed the well known fact here that your knowledge of government is shall we say,” limited.”
After obviously perusing the internet to confirm my statement you then launched a multi posted rant complete with nonsensical profanity laced irrelevant yakking that had nothing to do with my rather simple statement.
It has been suggested here that you would benefit from a general civics course.You would.
To conclude this unpleasantness I suggest a “ love ya Jack” might be in order?
Morning All…..
As requested……
Love Ya Jack………
From Political Wire…
Donald Trump contributed $6000 to Kamala Harris in her race for AG of California.
She needs to thank him .
She should symbolically return his contributions.
On the off chance it goes into advertising in a key swing state, I’d pass on that idea.
Writing checks to women keeps getting him in trouble.
Damn Real!
I’m waiting for him to ask for the money BACK
Morning.,…
Harris is STILL drowning out Trump across the media…….
Her haul is up to $126M…….
He polls are Up…….
Democrats have a new vigor in their campaign!
Talking about age?
Trump is NOW THE OLDEST guy running for president in history….
And he’s a convicted criminal no less!
Leaning on Cooper and Kelly for VP choice RIGHT NOW….
Could change my view/guess
President Biden will Address the Nation tonight @ 8:00 …….
President Biden’s address to the American people tonight was heartfelt, patriotic, and bittersweet.
But I’m fired up to win one more for Scranton Joe!
From http://www.Electoral-Vote.com:
Dean Phillips Was Right
As you might vaguely remember, Rep. Dean Phillips (DFL-MN) ran against Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination for a bit earlier this year. So did Marianne Williamson, but Phillips is a three-term member of the House and the company he co-owns makes a mean gelato, so his candidacy carried a bit more weight (but not much).
Phillips didn’t disagree with Biden’s policies. In fact, he voted for them 100% of the time. His pitch was that Biden was too old to win the election. Everyone pooh-poohed him. Biden was in great shape and certainly not too old to win.
Phillips didn’t actually want to be president. He just wanted somebody out there to prevent Biden from getting the nomination because he was convinced Biden was not up to another 4 years and could not win the election. He wanted to prevent a Trump presidency at all costs. He called Govs. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) and Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) to try to get them to run. Neither returned his calls. Giving advice runs in his family. His grandmother, Pauline Phillips, wrote the Dear Abby advice column.
When Phillips failed to get any high-profile Democrat to jump in, as a desperation measure, he jumped in himself. Not that it did a lot of good. For whatever consolation it might be to Phillips, nobody believed Cassandra either, even though she was right, too. (V)
Phillips was too early…….
Jack and even Nate Silver the pundit went along with the age thing
Biden , in my view, HAD to be beat down, to give it up…..
The ground swell Democrats have now would have NEVER lasted…..
Bit the basic was correct
Joe Biden IS A GOOD MAN AND PRESIDENT….
But?
THAT is NOT enough Right now.,..
Morning Guys……
Democrats = Kamala Harris
Republicans = JD VANCE?
Donald WHO ?
It is really pouring at the Openin,g Ceremo,nies in Paris. I love watching the Parade of Nations and am recor,ding it to watch when I can. From what I have seen though, this idea of having the athletes come down the river in boa.ts and not have this thing take place in a stadium looks really subpa,r.
Comment on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies is in the filter, for reasons that will not be explained.
I also notice james has given up on posting things from within the filter after the fact.
I’ve had the same experience.
It is sort of amusing to me that James claims he wants to encourage more posters ,yet seems intent on making it more difficult for the five or six here to post..
His explanations seem odd to me ; however, I confess to being ignorant of the workings of his “ filter.”
Ur comments are Up CG….
Sorry….
Morning All…..
Trump trying to climb back into the media consciousness……
Morning……….
Trump’s people out in force on social media
I watched the Olympics Opening last evening.
I found it weird with way too much focus on entertainment rather than the athletes.
Hopefully the next Opening will return to the coliseum event and ditch the avante garde touch.That stuff is fine for those who care for it in a different setting.
The opening of the Olympics isn’t that setting.
No political stuff?
With 100 days to go, my prediction and analysis of the Arizona U.S. Senate race;
http://cgpolitics.blogspot.com/2024/07/arizona-us-senate-race-of-day.html
Morning All…..
Harris wave slowing……
Vance wave continues…..
Trump crippling back……
Last two on the negative side…
Molly Plofkins @ Twitter
Professor Allan Lichtman of American University predicts Harris will win.
Lichtman has accurately called the winner of every presidential election since 1984.
He was predicting Biden would win too up until Biden dropped out. That did not seem likely.
Also, I believe he did not correct the winner in 2000 and instead has somehow claimed he still has a perfect record because the elections was “stolen”, which it was not.
So, he has been wrong once at least.
He then said he only ever predicted the winner of the popular vote, which in that case, he got wrong in 2016.
Clinton won the popular vote by Millions right?
Yup…….
In fact
Democrats have wOn the popular votes for President for the last few decades.,,.
How do you define “last few” decades? They won the popular vote the last four times, while still legitimately losing the last four elections.
In your lifetime, Republicans won 5 out of 6 elections, almost all by landslides, in one stretch. Things go up and down in politics, although I sense realignment, potentially as it relates to both parties, is closer than it has been in generations.
*losing one out of the four.
Too busy to be accurate in my typing. Gotta go.
Clinton (2)
Obama (2)
Biden (1)
Bush 1 (1)
Bush 2 (2)
Trump (1)
Hmmmm?
And she lost, as Lichtman predicted (unlike myself and most others.)
However, if he wants credit for that win, he cannot claim a mulligan for 2000, when he was wrong in his prediction.
So about 20 years ago he got the vote right, but not the winner?
I would think his batting average is pretty damn good……
And no wonder Alito and Republicans are working hard at voter suppression…..
This is where you, as is frequently the case, go off on insane, unrelated, and inaccurate tangents.
But at least you aren’t claiming that “Biden is a much stronger candidate than Harris would be” anymore.
He was till the debate
Then that went out the window
We ALL have our tangents…..:
We learn to live with them here
So on the basic?
He DOES get right that Democrats get the majority vote for the last few decades…..
Again, that is irrelevant. Lichtman tries to have it both ways in regards to what a “win” is. The only correct answer is whomever gets 270 plus Electoral Votes.
I feel like you have to be reminded that George W. Bush won 51% of the popular vote in 2004. At that time, it was a larger share of the vote than any Democrat candidate for President had gotten in 40 years.
Sadly, for me at least, that Republican Party seems to be no more.
His prediction COULD HAVE be correct fir November……..
We’ll never know……
Explain 2020 please?
Huh? He predicted Biden would beat Trump. So, did I and almost everyone else capable of objectivity.
All of those people were of the belief that Trump was about to beat Biden in 2024. Now, circumstances have changed and we have a much closer race.
In regards to 2020, since that what you mentioned.
According to Axios, Michigan Senator Gary Peters is now in the mix for VP.
It seems like I have posts that I made that were appearing under “recent comments” and still appear in the thread but are now missing from “recent comments.”
Weird.
The good last comment is up the other one was fragmented
I still think she should go East Coast
But Kelley is the media sell
Roy Cooper has taken himself out of consideration.
In terms of what helps the most politically, Shapiro of Pennsylvania would be the best pick, if the party can get around the anti-Semites on the left, and that could be a problem to get around.
In regards to Kelley… he was a Republican up until a few years ago. Besides for the gun control issue (where he and his wife endorsed some Republicans as well), he never took any sort of political position, Then, he was enticed to run for Senate and was pretty much a bland, boilerplate Democrat. I do not think Kelley is any sort of true blue progressive, which is good from my perspective.
I think Walz might be the better campaigner and debater though.
Labor unions are apparently pushing Gary Peters. He is really bland, but would seemingly guarantee that next VP is a Midwesterner with a beard they grew in the last few years.
If he is picked, it probably mostly about Michigan, but also, his ex-wife once had an abortion, and that could be a thing they want to talk about in the campaign as much as possible.
Does the name Gary Peters get me put into moderation?
A certain poster from Texas used the name of a character from a Clint Eastwood film franchise(last name: Callahan) in his final incarnation on here. That’s why.
And other handles as well..:
but that’s Harry.
It rhymes, and enough alpha-numeric similarity gets a post flagged. When I’d make a post mentioning a certain former Republican Governor of Virginia, it got flagged every time.
Fella’s?
Trump WAS a Democrat a few times and a Indie i think……
Bloomberg was the REPUBLICAN Mayor of NYC for 12 years……
He’s a Democrat
I don’t see the connection you are trying to make.
I am just saying that Kelly was either somewhat apolitical or Republican, based on what he has claimed, before he got into a Senate race a few years and cosplayed as a moderate progressive.
It is true that as an Arizona Senator, he has been very critical of the Biden Administration on the border issue. It would be interesting if Harris were to pick him and admit that she now feels somewhat differently about the issue. It would be a political plus for her.
Some will have an issue though over that he has a Jewish wife, and one that was once a politician. If he gets picked, just watch Trump say something crazy about Gabby Giffords. Disabled people set him off.
I’m just saying Kelley came up in the beginning and is STILL THERE……
Media editors still are fronting him.,..
I ‘ve said i’d go for a East Coast pick
Is Pennsylvania considered “east coast.” More like Mid-Atlantic. What are you thinking of with “east coast.” What “east coast” states are at risk/competitive?
States ON the East Coast……
Pa and NC. WOULD qualify
I don’t think you know what states are literally on the “east coast.” Pennsylvania is not one of them. I don’t rhink anybody in Pennsylvania would ever say, “I live on the east coast.” They are not a coastal state.
Technically, North Carolina borders the Atlantic, but is considered a “southern” state more than “east coast.” Regardless, Cooper is already out of the Veepstakes.
I do not think there has been a Democrat in about 100 years who said, “I need someone from the east coast” for a ticket. They do not say it about the west coast either. I don’t mean to nitpick over this, but your choice of words is just so odd.
Harris will be the first ever Democrat nominee for President from a Western state.
Obama/Biden……
Clinton/Gore…..
Carter/Mondale….
Biden was not picked because he was from an “east coast” state . Clinton and Gore were from neighboring Southern states. AR and TN are most certainly not “east coast.”
Geography may not he your best subject.
Delaware IS on the East Coast…..
Georgia IS on the East Coast ….
Look at the map……
Roy Cooper Withdraws From Harris’s Vice-Presidential Field
Mr. Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, had been seen as one of the half-dozen top candidates to join the Democratic presidential ticket.
Kelley looking stronger against Waltz, Shapiro, Beshear and Buttigieg…..
I do NOT have favorite…..
Ok………
Considered is if ur picked for the VP spot?
Who takes over in ur state
That seems to be why Cooper dropped out
So it appears to be Shapiro and Kelley…..
Does the Jewish factor cancel the East Coast consideration?
Why Roy Cooper Opted Out
“North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper opted not to be a candidate in Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate search, in part because of concerns that his Republican lieutenant governor would assume control when he travels out of state if he were selected,” the AP reports.
“Cooper withdrew before Harris formally began soliciting vetting material from potential vice presidents.”
New open Thread tomorrow…..
Now, you edited your own post, after the fact, to add “Carter/Mondale” and I have no idea what for.
Mondale was from the Midwest.
There are lots of maps of the US that can be found online.
If you ate making the Bloomberg analogy, I guess you might be saying that if the Arizona Republican Party had not lost its mine over the past decade, and was still a party that honored John McCain, Kelly could have run for Senate as a Republican. Instead, like Bloomberg in his Republican days, he only had an opening in the other party.
Gary? This is a test. Kamala needs to pay attention to the blog filter in making her decision.
He, he, he
Harris will come thru
Kelley IS the media choice still
I should have spelled his name as Kelly.
I am genuinely curious if Mark Kelly voted for Mitt Romney in 2012. He almost certainly voted for John McCain in 2008.
I am g.enuinely cu.rious if Kelly voted for Mitt Romney in 2012. I am pretty sure he would have voted for McCain in 2008 and for other Republicans before that.
Ok, I have figured out the name G.ary gets you put into moderation.
Labor unions are apparently pushing G. Peters. He is really bland, but would seemingly guarantee that next VP is a Midwesterner with a beard they grew in the last few years.
If he is picked, it probably mostly about Michigan, but also, his ex-wife once had an abortion, and that could be a thing they want to talk about in the campaign as much as possible.
Dirty G.ary?
Go ahead, make my hay.
If Mark Kelly were to become VP, I think you might have to give Secret Service to his twin brother.
And Kelley has astronaut, military and disabled wife bio
CG is the Lovenado 3000 that every woman desires, but only one will ever have.
A regular John Shaft, if you will.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PK_Lw8AVOm0&pp=ygUZam9obiBzaGFmdCBzYW1teSBkYXZpcyBqcg%3D%3D
Morning People……..