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Kamala's shortcomings in this regard are all true. However, I think this understates the fact that unlike John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, and Al Gore. Kamala was the only candidates running as the member of an incumbent president with a 33% approval rating and she also inherited his campaign team instead of having the privilege to compile her own team and as well as contradict her own boss. When that is considered, Kerry and Clinton's losses were actually worse. And it's evident that the majority of Americans took note of this. When Kerry, Hillary, and Biden had their political downfalls, their popularity became significantly worse than it already was. By contrast, Kamala lost even more states but her popularity increased significantly after she lost compared to when she was Vice President. She remains one of maybe 3 Democrats in the country that have a popularity above 50%. That's not to say that she's perfect or the best candidate to campaign with by any means, but it does show that in spite of being a costal elite, she's nowhere near as hated as some people perceive her to be.

I agree with this. I can't speak on most of these cities, but at least for Cleveland, the average midwestern voter including Ohioans residing outside of Cuyahoga County would never trust any politician from there to lead the country. People outside of Cleveland view the city and Cuyahoga County in general as extremely unsafe, unstable, and poorly managed. All of that is not necessarily true, but unless you reside in Cleveland, people overall view the governance there negatively. If Pritzker has a leg up it's only because he's the executive for the entire state, including areas outside of Chicago. But the average midwestern independent voter typically views Chicago the same way the average suburban or rural Ohioan views Cleveland. The reputations of most politicians in both cities are awful. Harris may be a coastal elite, but the current midterm candidates want her stamp because of any Democrat aside from the Obamas, she has the highest favorability among all demographics they need to show up for a win. And this is in spite of all of Harris' flaws. She is also the best fundraiser of any Democratic star that is still viable for elected office. Having her stay home so that these competitive seats can only get promoted by those that aren't considered "coastal elites," means campaign appearances by people like Buttigieg, Beshear, Gallego, and Shapiro. None of them have anywhere near Harris' favorability among demographics needed to win, nor are they big enough names to generate sufficient publicity to court more funding for the final weeks. On top of that, all of them are more conservative than Kamala and the 2026 midterms are packed with candidates that are far more progressive than past elections. It only makes sense for her to stay away from dem candidates that are so conservative that they'll essentially be Republicans if elected like those in Iowa and Kansas.

Girl...

Can we please put the Ossoff and Shapiro 2028 suspicions to rest? You don't make pledges like this so frequently if you are intent on running in 2028. The top options will be Newsom, Buttigieg, Beshear, Khanna, and possibly AOC - Or Harris, Buttigieg, Beshear, Khanna, and possibly AOC. If the polling firms want to be more accurate, they need to stop polling Ossoff and Shapiro. Nothing about their moves indicate they are intent on or ready to launch a presidential campaign in spring 2027.

I really want to know the tea about Paxton behind the scenes because the amount of people that hate this man on both sides... He gotta have some skeletons worse than the affair.

The lowkey shade with that "Third Presidential Run" I know everyone prefers an alternative and there's a lot of speculation about a "dark horse" candidate that nobody expects to win, but I just don't see it. If Harris does decide to run, we pretty much know Shapiro and Ossoff being included in these polls is not realistic. Both have done 0 campaigning in early primary states and both have said on television multiple times that they will not be candidates in 2028. To say that throughout their midterm campaigns and then launch presidential campaigns only 2-3 months after being sworn in would look terrible for them. Then Newsom also saying publicly that he wouldn't run if Harris does... that means that of the people doing early campaigning, we would have either: Harris, Buttigieg, AOC, Kelly, Beshear, Emanuel, Pritzker, Moore, and Gallego or Harris, Buttigieg, Kelly, Beshear, Emanuel, Pritzker, Moore, and Gallego Any other person jumping in is not being serious because no candidate has won the nomination in modern history without visiting early primary states before the primary to get their name out there. Sure Harris lost the 2020 primary, but she was up against people with bigger national profiles - Biden, Sanders, Warren, etc. Going up against names like that as a U.S. Senator that was only in office for 3 years was not realistic from the jump. If we think back to 2020, Biden was flopping hard af in those debates and still swiped the nomination due to his resume and winning in the South, which translated to the later states falling in line for him. If these are the options, I can't see it going any differently. Harris is now a former VP just like Biden was, she's not too old, and currently has the highest approval among all demographics of voters. Buttigieg will never win in the South, Beshear and Kelly have nothing exciting to convince Democratic loyalists to stray from Harris, and Khanna and Pritzker would be DOA because they don't seem consistent in their political ideology - nor do they have enough of a foundation at this point to make **** shake. If Harris runs, it's a strong probability that that's who will be nominated - and sadly... she'd probably be the better candidate if the other male, more conservative candidates are the only alternatives. A lot of people seem to think that in 2028, it will be Shapiro, Newsom, and Harris that devide the party, but without Newsom and Shapiro in the picture, Pete will be the actual candidate that divides the party. He'll win New Hampshire and states with less minority voters and because of that he will stay until the end but still lose because Harris will secure the South + highly democratic states that will feel Pete is too conservative. It's going to be a mess. And if AOC and Harris both decide not to run, I guess Democrats will just consolidate around Newsom, Buttigieg, or Beshear, which is bleak af.

This my man right here. He's so fine. Please impregnate the ballot box, daddy.

Not a day passes that I don't wonder wtf y'all see in this man. Looks like he bathes without soap. Tattoos look like they were done in a prison. Looks about 10 years older than his true age. Feet looking like monster claws. No *****, where's Maluma.

Everybody's so creative.

The GOP nom crashing out this hard is sending me. Also, it's funny to me how the right keeps making jokes about Sand being queer due to his modeling career yet their nominee is waiving them hands around like a certified hunty.