Kamala Harris surges as top choice to replace Joe Biden: Poll

I do very much like one thing about her. In a race where we need to be hitting Trump very hard on the campaign trail, a former prosecutor should be extremely well-practiced and good at that.

But otherwise I agree.

And to that end, I think Newsom would be the safest choice for a pivot by far.

• white
• male
• heterosexual
• somewhat corporate friendly
• a bit religious, but not too much
• charismatic + GREAT public speaker

Reasoning:

• the first three are simply attributes that make it easier to min/max voter responsiveness in a country that still has a lot of prejudices
• the fourth is so the mega donors don’t just dig in their heels
• the fifth is so the religiouses don’t just dig in their heels
• the sixth is generally a good attribute to have in a serious political contender

We're trying to stop the fascists from winning. Anything else is (unfortunately, but necessarily) secondary at this point. Pragmatic triage of the situation MUST be the mindset with which the party is evaluating their choices.

Of course, the DNC is neither triaging the situation, nor being pragmatic about the candidate who can actually fucking win and stop the fascists, because from where I’m standing, it looks like Biden hasn’t done a great job at any point in his term of slapping down the Nationalist Christians + MAGA crowd (and friends).

It's the right sentiment phrased incorrectly. Harris can take over the campaign funds entirely, because it's the same campaign. Nobody else can do that, so anyone else would have to start campaign fundraising from scratch as the DNC or a PAC they can't coordinate with has all the money.

Campaigns get a discount on ad spend and there's a lot of perks with being able to send exactly the message you want to spend. It's a notable advantage.

I think the funds that the primary campaign got do actually go to Harris first. The DNC, PACs, and SPACs should be able to transfer like you said though.

Disclaimer: I'm not sure any of this shit is actually figured out. I doubt they thought about this situation when they wrote the FEC bill.

It more has to with polls. If the electorate is more or less set, then the numbers game turns into a get out the vote campaign. There is no reason to think that the candidate will have an affect on that, unless of course if you've already voted for them once

We aren't "keeping" Biden, the primary process was when other people could run against him and we got to pick. Now that he has secured the nomination, only one person on Earth decides if Biden continues to run or not--Biden himself.

Unless he gets impeached and removed from office or something, which is not very likely.

Hell, he even gets immunity for all sorts of possible crimes now, thanks to the Supreme Court.

While Commander may have experience with biting facists in the dick, this particular facist may present a bit of a problem for the pup.

The problem is, you have one side whos worried their candidate might be too old and another who doesn't even care if their candidate raped a child and tried to overthrow their government.

However, for reasons no one can quite explain, only one of them is being called to drop out of the race.

That’s true. Although it’s just as possible she’ll say the wrong thing and lose points. Some voters on the left are quick to abandon a candidate.

What’s switching to another low polling candidate going to do? I’m just suggesting they nominate someone that poll tests higher before repeatedly calling for him to step down.