ChiGoose

I suppose that’s why Trump never debated Biden this cycle. Biden was just the presumptive nominee, after all…

Spoiler alert: he’s going to give it to Tom Wambsgams

Race seems to be resetting

Normally don’t care for Meidas Touch but this was good

The couch thing is fake but funny. The dolphin thing is true and also funny. JD Vance is a great content creator for the left

Sometimes I wish the Dem Party was half as competent and scheming as righties seem to think it is...

Family values:

New Vance weirdness just dropped: Did they do *any* vetting with this guy?

"Why didn't Obama immediately endorse Harris?" Obama endorses Harris "I didn't like Obama's endorsement!" There are dangerously high levels of copium on the board today. Proceed with caution.

In less than a week: Harris raised over $100 million 60% of donor had not donated this cycle Over 20,000 new volunteers signed up (more than 100x the normal rate) NYT/Siena poll moved 5 points towards Harris Emerson poll shows she improved over Biden: 4 points in Arizona 5 points in Georgia 3 points in Michigan 3 points in Pennsylvania 4 points in Wisconsin As for Joe Biden: 73% of Dems said he was too old prior to the debate After the debate, almost 2/3rds of Dems wanted Biden to withdraw 87% of Americans believe that Biden made the right decision to step down Seems like most people wanted Biden to drop out and Dems are very enthusiastic about Harris replacing him. And yet, clickservatives won't stop complaining, pretending that Dems should feel slighted when they actually feel the opposite. MAGA must be scared...

Somebody’s scared

Can you cite support for your claim that Dem voters are not happy with Kamala? I gotta say, fundraising, polling, and general enthusiasm seems to disagree with you

Do I know (((who))) you’re talking about? Do you want to be more specific?

Fun fact: Harris is *not* the nominee. Dem voters can put pressure on their delegates to vote for someone else once voting started. Dem leaders who don’t want Harris can declare to challenge her. The fact is that when Biden dropped out, his delegates became unpledged. They can vote for anyone. They still can, but it seems she has probably locked it up. I don’t know why people don’t trust Dems saying they are happy with this and being upset on the behalf of Dems who are perfectly happy

Come to Illinois and work for Citadel or Uline https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/top-organizations

I'm old enough to remember when Harris received about $100 million *after* Biden dropped about. For those who are fewer than a couple of days old, like apparently Big Blitz here, had it been someone else, the Biden-Harris money could have been converted into a Super PAC and everything earned for the non-Harris candidate would be in their new campaign coiffeurs. As far as Republican scandals go, after 34 felony convictions, being found guilty of sexual assault, huge judgements for defamations, having to shut down a charity due to stealing from kids with cancer, allegations of raping a 13-year old who looked like his daughter, being buddy-buddy with Epstein, serious allegations of money laundering, self-evident violations of the emoluments clause, and the lyingest liar who ever lied as the three-time GOP nominee... I'm not sure *any* allegation against a Republican would actually do anything.

If someone is worried about corporate support for a political candidate, they are going to freak the eff out when they discover the GOP...

Disappointed that the US lost to Australia in rugby, but not surprised. Caught the first half of the women's soccer match. The first 30 minutes were electric.

A lot of Republicans seem to be big mad that the Dems actually conceded to the wishes of the people. "The Dem voters were given crap options in the primaries and that should hold sway over what they actually want!" - People running scared because they're tired of hearing about the late great Hannibal Lector

No problem. I think there's a lot of confusion between "presumptive nominee" and "nominee." Under the laws and party rules, "presumptive nominee" isn't a thing. The media uses it to denote that the candidate is assured to become the nominee once the voting starts. Nobody is the nominee until they get the delegate votes. Something I've found interesting is that Obama has not endorsed Harris yet. Reports are that he will soon, but I get the impression that he was hoping for a more open convention and pushing for another candidate (I'm thinking Mark Kelly). Based on that, I'm guessing that Biden following up his announcement with an endorsement of Harris was not just a move to secure his legacy and support his colleague, but also an FU to Obama since they seem to have had a bit of a falling out since 2016.

It's just a matter of the ideal vs the pratical. Like the majority of Democrats, I did not want Joe Biden to run for re-election. Like the majority of Democrats, I voted for him in the primary because he was (sadly) the best choice. Like the overwhelming majority of Democrats, I wholeheartedly support his decision to end his campaign. Once he steps down, it becomes an open spot. Harris does not automatically get the delegates, they are released from their commitment to Biden. Any of the big names could have announced a challenge. Instead, basically every top Dem, including her potential rivals, endorsed her. The nomination is *not* decided yet. She is just the presumptive nominee, as Biden was before her. There can still be a challenger (I assume that nutjob Marianne Williamson will try to throw her hat in the ring), but it seems that enough people have endorsed her to give her the nomination. We will see when the delegate voting starts, but it looks like she has it. Also, party primaries aren't in the Constitution because for the first ~200 years of America, party nominees were decided in smoked filled back rooms, not by the voters.

They seem pretty happy with how things turned out. If you want to argue that our electoral system is stupid and doesn't deliver the will of the voters, I'll join hands with you on that. If you want to argue that a decision that more than 80% of voters supported was anti-democratic, then it seems like you're arguing that a process that makes almost everybody unhappy is better than a decision that almost everyone agrees with.

Maybe it’s just me, but Dem voters being forced to coronate a guy they were telling pollsters they didn’t want seems like it represents the voice of the voter less than a change that something like 80% of voters wanted…

Biden’s not dead. He was just hiding photos of Ted Cruz’s dad on the grassy knoll

Really makes you wonder…