return2ozmaHarris, Biden camps blame each other for loss
Flying SquidHelpful.
ZaktorIt is, as long as we say they’re both right and make sure neither side’s theory of politics is ever tried again.
Oh they won’t be. America is a one-party state now.
HellsBelleTomorrow’s SNL is gonna be interesting.
I don’t know if I can watch political satire any time in the near future.
TheDemonBuerI’ll always wonder if Biden would have won. I was against the Democrats switching candidates so late in the election, but I came around thinking Harris would get roughly the same support as Biden, maybe even more. I should have stuck with my first instinct. Yes, Biden had a terrible debate, and yes he is very old and showing signs of cognitive decline, but maybe he would have won regardless. Harris certainly didn’t perform better than Biden did in 2020, and in fact she performed worse in many instances. Of course we’ll never know, but, given Tuesday’s result, I can’t help but think the Democrats wouldn’t have been better off taking their chances with Biden.
Biden should’ve joined the primary in 2016. Obama put his thumb on the scale for Hillary that year. As much as I like Obama, the dude has been meddling in the democratic primary process too much.
Biden would have done just as bad as Harris because Harris ran on Biden’s platform plus a little extra helping of GOP policies (for some stupid fucking reason). OK, Biden might have done slightly better, but not enough to actually win. Anyone who stood a chance of winning would have to run on essentially the opposite of Biden’s policies instead of pulling Kamala’s “nope, wouldn’t change a single thing” platform.
It didn’t help. Nor does the electoral college, gerrymandering, first-past-the-post, unmitigated influence of well funded interest groups, etc. But I think we just need to accept that people are stupid.
Gradually_AdjustingIt’s not just the stupidest voters, but also the mid-wits who thought they could court the stupidest voters by being almost the worst option