US Seagull
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A nice summary of some of the early attempts to find something to attack Harris with
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nicko31
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Still very much all to play for, a lot can happen. Trump will be gutted Biden has gone, he's got a fight on his hands.
US Seagull
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Exactly, a week is a long time in politics, and there's almost 15 weeks until the election. That's a lifetime in politics terms.
US Seagull
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FFS:
Just goes to show the Republicans are worried now
I do find it amusing. Trump and the Republicans have spent weeks saying Biden shouldn't be standing.
They've now got exactly what they asked for, and have since kinda gone "Oh shit!"
beorhthelm
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didn't the chap hear the President is immune from prosecution? cant see how that wouldnt extend to the VP.
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A bit early to change the thread title to ‘Harris’ - rather like me changing a thread title to *singed* before the Club has announced it based on media stories so added a question mark next to Harris
.Although Harris has the official endorsement of Biden and a ton of Democratic lawmakers/ranking members as well as enough delegates saying they would vote for her as the Democratic nominee, she is still just a candidate in the race at this stage. She is not even the presumptive Democratic nominee as Biden was after he won the majority pledges of delegates’ votes in the Primary elections (he still had to become the actual nominee at the Convention or by a virtual nomination).
Harris still has to win the actual votes of the delegates at the Convention that had backed Biden in the Primaries and that won’t happen until the Democratic Convention on 19 August or earlier if the Party decide to go ahead with a virtual vote as they had intended with Biden on 1 August.. Another candidate could still put their name forward at this stage, then it will be down to a vote at the Convention/virtual nomination who gets the Democratic nominee as the delegates are free to vote for whoever they like.
Is Kamala Harris the presumptive Democratic nominee? Not quite.
Now that Joe Biden has dropped out, what happens next for Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party?
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I changed the thread title, not BozzaA bit early to change the thread title to ‘Harris’ - rather like me changing a thread title to *singed* before the Club has announced it based on media stories
Although Harris has the official endorsement of Biden and a ton of Democratic lawmakers/ranking members as well as enough delegates saying they would vote for her as the Democratic nominee, she is still just a candidate in the race at this stage. She is not even the presumptive Democratic nominee as Biden was after he won the majority pledges of delegates’ votes in the Primary elections (he still had to become the actual nominee at the Convention or by a virtual nomination).
Harris still has to win the actual votes of the delegates at the Convention that had backed Biden in the Primaries and that won’t happen until the Democratic Convention on 19 August or earlier if the Party decide to go ahead with a virtual vote as they had intended with Biden on 1 August.. Another candidate could still put their name forward at this stage, then it will be down to a vote at the Convention/virtual nomination who gets the Democratic nominee as the delegates are free to vote for whoever they like.
Is Kamala Harris the presumptive Democratic nominee? Not quite.
Now that Joe Biden has dropped out, what happens next for Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party?
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Same point
(’A week is a long time in politics’!)
Thanks for changing it when Biden dropped out btw if that was you?
Well yes. But I’m not changing back because I like to live dangerously and fly in the face of the 0.00000009% chance it won’t be Harris.Same point
No - that would have been one of the other fine array of Moderators.Same point
(’A week is a long time in politics’!)
Thanks for changing it when Biden dropped out btw if that was you?
AZ Gull
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Was that about the same chance that it was Maupay who scored that first goal against Spurs?
On a more serious note, I’m appreciative of your summary of how the process to formally get Harris on the ticket works. I was aware that she still needs to be fully endorsed but not of the timescales etc.Same point
(’A week is a long time in politics’!)
Thanks for changing it when Biden dropped out btw if that was you?
However, globally, the whole debate and everything surrounding it is now framed as ‘Trump vs Harris’, so for the sake of staying aligned with that, it feels appropriate that the thread title should probably reflect that.
(Well, that, plus Bozza says I haven’t been doing enough round here lately to justify my privileged access to the secret threads).
Was that about the same chance that it was Maupay who scored that first goal against Spurs?
28 days. No remission. Enjoy the garden.
crookie
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Apologies, can't find the article but popped up on my feed, from Forbes. Harris ahead in 2 polls, Trump in the other 2. Early days but way ahead of where I expected her to be at this stage. Maybe winning over plenty who were reluctant to vote for Biden. Encouraging news anyway
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Sorry but you can’t just drop tantalising snippets of intrigue and dark-NSC web stuff like that without more info - it’s all about ‘transparency’ these days
And yes, completely agree, bar any upsets, Harris is more than very likely to be nominated - the last thing the Dems want is any more internal struggles 3 months before the election.
On Radio 4 earlier, the correspondent was making a similar point to yours: those that will vote Trump will vote Trump regardless. However, Harris seems to have energised untold number of Democrats who otherwise were unlikely to bother voting.
A problem for Trump as his poll number will likely remain static (in volume, not percentage, obvs, if that makes sense) and Harris’ will likely climb as more Democrat voters enter the ‘pool’
AZ Gull
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28 days. No remission. Enjoy the garden.
If I spent 28 days in the garden [you mean back yard, of course] at this time of year I'd be dead.