US Allies of VP Harris are making calls to assess political environment “just in case,” source says - Optimism all around

From CNN's John King
Source

Allies of Vice President Kamala Harris are making calls to assess the political environment “just in case,” according to a Democrat close to her, who emphasized that at the present moment, “there is no ‘in case’.”

This Democrat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the calls from Harris allies include quiet conversations with Democratic convention delegates.

This source said the Harris calls are being made with the full knowledge of President Joe Biden’s inner circle and that her allies are making clear from the start of every conversation that she expects the president to stay in the race.

“He is dug in,” the Democrat said. “He is not going anywhere this weekend.”

This and several other Democrats described increasing tensions within the party over what is seen as maneuvering by competing interests.

Reached for comment, Biden-Harris campaign spokesperson Brian Fallon told CNN:

“No one actually connected to the Vice President is making such calls.”

 

[Swingletonthesimpleton]

This is just beautiful. The democrat party has truly committed one of the most amazing political fuck ups of all time, solely due to their hubris.

Every republican knew biden was unfit for any of this shit, and to spite us they kept him in. They are the architects of their own downfall. Poetic really.

 

[Schwarzwald]

The 25th Amendment is in their back pocket as a nuclear option, but that will be incredibly messy. Not good for party unity and enthusiasm as heavy underdogs going into an election in less than 4 months. They need to get Joe to agree to it.

Identity politics and the realities of the situation between Joe and their nuclear option dictates that it has to be Kamala, but I don't think they quite realize just how unlikable she actually is or how little people have supported her in the past. She makes Hillary seem genuine. Trying to put in Michelle Obama or Democrat Governor X last second and passing up Kamala will cause too much infighting and upset voters to consider.

No matter the path, the presidency is lost for them at this point. They're trying to stop the bleeding in the House and Senate at this point so Joe doesn't absolutely kill them down ballot.

 

[Cirrhosis_of_Liver]

No matter the path, the presidency is lost for them at this point

That's what you all thought four years ago, too.

 

[Schwarzwald]

That's what you all thought four years ago, too.

Really? That's news to me. Thank you for telling me what I thought.

I called 2016 properly based on the unpopularity of the Clintons in the Rust Belt, and called 2020 properly based on COVID fearmongering and ballot harvesting changes.

 

[BarberFerdinand]

The 25th Amendment is in their back pocket as a nuclear option

I'm not a constitutional scholar, but isn't Biden being the President distinct from him being the party nominee? The 25th amendment could take him out of office, I suppose, but would that also bar him from the ballot?

 

[Lone MacReady II]

Remember when Kikemala got BTFO by a milquetoast Hawaiian milf years ago? It's the only noteworthy thing that vacuous hole has ever done.

 

[Cirrhosis_of_Liver]

Really? That's news to me. Thank you for telling me what I thought.

I called 2016 properly based on the unpopularity of the Clintons in the Rust Belt, and called 2020 properly based on COVID fearmongering and ballot harvesting changes.

Now I want enough dead people to vote for Biden just to make this guy eat his words.

 

[The Connected Nose]

They're way too optimistic, but they're still stuck with Pedo Joe.

If they run someone other than Joe or The Ho, they lose access to all of those previously raised campaign funds and have to start from scratch. With not much time left until the election. If they run Harris, they run with someone so unlikable that her own presidential campaign imploded before the primaries even began. Gun-Grabbin' Globalist Gash Gabbard embarrassed the fuck out of her during the debates. Only Beta O'Cuck's campaign crashed and burned faster. Running Harris would be essentially conceding right away.

No, they're going to do everything they can to drag Joe's brainless, mumbling, corrupt ass across the finish line. Only then will they attempt to use the 25th to push him aside.

But he's proven to the entire world just how senile he is after that debate, and no amount of spin or claims of "cheap fakes"/lack of context will put the toothpaste back in the tube. And with the failed assassination attempt on Trump shooting "Orange Hitler's" numbers even higher, that's why the DNC is in an absolute fucking panic over all this.

And it's all a problem of their own making.

 

[Schwarzwald]

I'm not a constitutional scholar, but isn't Biden being the President distinct from him being the party nominee? The 25th amendment could take him out of office, I suppose, but would that also bar him from the ballot?

They are distinct, but if the "will of the voters" based on guidelines has been deemed ineligible to hold office, the delegates aren't beholden to the primary results as the selected candidate of their party isn't an option to hold office. They would be free to select Kamala or whoever else, in that case.

 

[The Internet Dick]

Identity politics and the realities of the situation between Joe and their nuclear option dictates that it has to be Kamala, but I don't think they quite realize just how unlikable she actually is or how little people have supported her in the past.

Kamala Harris was personally vetted as a potential Biden running mate by Alexander Soros--and no, this isn't conspiracy theory bullshit; the vetting process featuring Harris and the younger Soros was covered in a puff piece by New Yorker magazine. Biden had earlier promised a female POC as his VP pick, which is how Harris (even with her pitiful showing in the primaries) had miraculously made the short list.

Kamala and Hillary are among the most unlikeable people in national politics. Both hate retail politics that require them to eat hot dogs in Iowa or chat up ranchers in Wyoming or anything else that puts them in contact with commoners. Both treat subordinates or anyone else they don't perceive as equals with a level of contempt that borders on the psychotic. Harris' staff is terrorized by Harris, who blames staffers every time she makes an ass out of herself, which is often.

The man or woman who can sell bitch-faced Kamala Harris as a serious presidential candidate needs to possess almost godlike powers of persuasion.

 

[Dagoth AMOGUS]

That's what you all thought four years ago, too.

It’s easy to be pessimistic. But I am starting to think the country simply will not accept another 2am ballot dump. I could be wrong, maybe we will just pout and do nothing again. Americans are peaceful to a fault.

I can’t put my finger on it, but I think there’s hope. However small.

They are distinct, but if the "will of the voters" based on guidelines has been deemed ineligible to hold office, the delegates aren't beholden to the primary results as the selected candidate of their party isn't an option to hold office. They would be free to select Kamala or whoever else, in that case.

This is a frightening possibility as well. Which is why they need to be named well in advanced if they appear flaky.

I don’t know if we can afford another 4 years of this. I think our spirits will be truly broken by then, to sound like a drama queen.

 

[Tsukasa Kadoya]

Kamala and Hillary are among the most unlikeable people in national politics. Both hate retail politics that require them to eat hot dogs in Iowa or chat up ranchers in Wyoming or anything else that puts them in contact with commoners. Both treat subordinates or anyone else they don't perceive as equals with a level of contempt that borders on the psychotic.

Spoiler: Autistic diatribe

And that's another reason the left are losing favorability and social acceptance. As much as Trump is a wealthy elite, he's also a dude who eats McDonalds. He drinks Coke AKA "That garbage". J.D Vance is a guy whose life story is as redneck as redneck can get. Even Vivek seems like a dude I personally could grab a beer with and play pool with. That's the thing the left doesn't understand: optics.
The moment you bring on trannies or jeering sheboons (Ala Bernie) and reject the common folk you're essentially stating you only want to be around the socially favorable. To curry public opinion from mouthpieces that are only in it for the clout.
Does the right do this? Yes, have you SEEN the Hebrews they bring in to OY VEY on live TV?
But the right does it more organically. A lot of the people who vote red are farmers or live in poorer rural areas. A level of humility is something people want and can relate to.
Being a coastal elite like Patrick Bateman 2.0 AKA Gavin Newsome, or an obvious social Pharisee like Kamala or Hilary, or even Biden only makes you look like touching the hands of the common folks would elicit the immediate desire to Purell your hands. Do you see Kamala going out to talk to country yokels? Do you see them visit shitholes in Illinois or Ohio? Do you see them talking to local charities or events?
Not because that involves interacting with the serfs. And the serfs are only there to vote and nothing else. Go back in your hovel, worm.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that the main reason Trump and Vance and Ramaswamy and every other right winger (on the outside perhaps) is liked is because they try to interact with the people.
Biden, Kamala, Hilary and Newsome are in it for the press and social blowjobs.
Image is a powerful thing. Its something you can't win with "free gibs" or tranny ass kissing. It's earned.

 

[Throng of Titans]

Harris is one of the only people who is both power hungry enough and stupid enough to potentially take the reins of the 2024 candidacy if Biden drops.

Newsom is a fag but he's at least smart enough to realize that jumping in this late will almost assuredly result in a bloodbath (assuming no cheating is involved of course) and will permanently stain his chances at trying again next time. I think Newsom really does want to be president, but he doesn't want it so badly that he'll try right this second.

 

[TruffleSpark]

Is it Joever says that there is an 86.2% chance Biden will not be the nominee according to the betting markets

https://isitjoever.com/

 

[Ghost of Biden]

Kamala just killed Joe Biden.

 

[Mexican Molotov Marauder]

This is just beautiful. The democrat party has truly committed one of the most amazing political fuck ups of all time, solely due to their hubris.

Every republican knew biden was unfit for any of this shit, and to spite us they kept him in. They are the architects of their own downfall. Poetic really.

It reminds me a bit of the time Ruth Bader Ginsburg refused to retire during Obama's tenure. Only to die under Trump's, lmao.

 

[Chongqing]

I'm not a constitutional scholar, but isn't Biden being the President distinct from him being the party nominee? The 25th amendment could take him out of office, I suppose, but would that also bar him from the ballot?

They should still do it just to lessen the chances of us getting into a war with Russia.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

They're way too optimistic, but they're still stuck with Pedo Joe.

That or they might be so desesperate to even ask "Queen Hillary" to return.

 

[CircuSphere]

Kamala is a fucking midwit who thinks she has a 160 IQ and condesendes to everyone around her like they are retards. She is so insufferable I would rather disarm the snuke in Hillary's shnizz using my teeth than listen to her talk for 5 minutes.

Also former prosecutor in CA + connections in Chicago politics = fucking evil