Good conversation. I especially appreciated learning abut how the money would work in case we get a Democratic candidate other than Biden or Harris. I get the democracy angle, allowing the convention to choose the candidate, but I worry that a charismatic governor who wins a big election in their state just might not bring that same star…
Good conversation. I especially appreciated learning abut how the money would work in case we get a Democratic candidate other than Biden or Harris. I get the democracy angle, allowing the convention to choose the candidate, but I worry that a charismatic governor who wins a big election in their state just might not bring that same star power to the national stage, and we would never know until the election was well underway. Refer to Ron DeSantis. They just do not always translate well. Of course Obama came out of left field and did pretty darned well! But he is an extraordinary talent. Maybe Big Gretch or Josh Shapiro is extraordinary too? BTW I've known that Biden takes the shorter back stairs up into Air Force One for a long time; this is not new info. I'd take the shorter stairs also ;-).
I found a lot of this podcasts papers over the difficulties and the logistics. Running for president is especially hard. Especially if you have never done it before. You are asking some unknown candidate to come up with a message for winning (and it isn’t some dumb slogan…campaign people look at their candidates strength and weaknesses and craft messages and strategy so that those resonate with specific voters in certain states. Biden may have an advantage with older white people so they craft messages for him with those voters. That isn’t what will work for Kamala. She needs youth, progressives and minorities).
Finally, the chances that the delegates are able to decipher a good candidate from bad is zero. These people are dem activist from 50 states. They vote on interests. The delegates vote like the house republicans did in the speaker vote. What will you do for me to get my delegates
Good conversation. I especially appreciated learning abut how the money would work in case we get a Democratic candidate other than Biden or Harris. I get the democracy angle, allowing the convention to choose the candidate, but I worry that a charismatic governor who wins a big election in their state just might not bring that same star power to the national stage, and we would never know until the election was well underway. Refer to Ron DeSantis. They just do not always translate well. Of course Obama came out of left field and did pretty darned well! But he is an extraordinary talent. Maybe Big Gretch or Josh Shapiro is extraordinary too? BTW I've known that Biden takes the shorter back stairs up into Air Force One for a long time; this is not new info. I'd take the shorter stairs also ;-).
I found a lot of this podcasts papers over the difficulties and the logistics. Running for president is especially hard. Especially if you have never done it before. You are asking some unknown candidate to come up with a message for winning (and it isn’t some dumb slogan…campaign people look at their candidates strength and weaknesses and craft messages and strategy so that those resonate with specific voters in certain states. Biden may have an advantage with older white people so they craft messages for him with those voters. That isn’t what will work for Kamala. She needs youth, progressives and minorities).
Finally, the chances that the delegates are able to decipher a good candidate from bad is zero. These people are dem activist from 50 states. They vote on interests. The delegates vote like the house republicans did in the speaker vote. What will you do for me to get my delegates