(07-22-2024, 06:55 PM)Labster Wrote: I'm really surprised by the naiveté of the press in covering the Democratic party these days. The New York Times ran an editorial yesterday afternoon where they praised Biden for dropping out, and then looked forward to an open selection process for the nominee -- I knew right then Harris would have the thing sewn up by the time it appeared in print the following morning. It's like they want there to be a story here, some sort of suspense, but reality stubbornly refuses to comply.
From what I heard, Kamala is the only candidate that can legally touch the 200+ million dollar war chest originally raised for the Biden-Harris ticket.
And she is also the only Democrat candidate registered in states where regitration closes before the Democrat convention, and where Republican officials would be very unlikely to emit a waiver allowing Democrats to change their registered candidate.
When you take into account these two practical issues, it was clear that Kamala was the only possible candidate and that suggesting any other would be just a flight of fancy.
And speaking of such flights, now we will have a week of speculation about who will be the new VP candidate. I already heard about trying to recruit Michelle Obama for the position...