Kamala Harris’ Sad Last Days

She needs reparations.

[QUOTE] Campaign Manager Juan Rodriguez will cut his own salary, according to the memo, which was just over $10,000 a month

He’s been getting paid $10,000 a month? For what?

If a Dem wins the Presidency she'd be a natural choice for AG.

120k is not that extravagant of a salary r1.

R2* I mean.

It is for a part time job.

Why is it sad? She gave it a shot, there will be only one winner and it's not her time. Biden might choose her for Vice.

Tulsi just polled higher than her both in the latest National AND New Hampshire state polls. <3 <3 <3 <3

The spirit of ALOHA growssssss~!!!

[quote]If a Dem wins the Presidency she'd be a natural choice for AG.

I'll never understand the Democratic mania for removing senators and putting them in cabinet positions. I guess with CA it's not so bad, but Obama took out all those Democratic senators in iffy states and their seats then went Republican. Also governors.

[QUOTE] Why is it sad?

SAD LAST DAYS!

I was that cash slash.

It’s not sad. We all know that a woman will not be president for at least another 50 years. We just wouldn’t be seen as strong to the rest of the world with a woman in command.

I find it hard to believe that President Hillary Clinton would be perceived as weak by the global community. If they did misjudge her so, she would’ve gladly proven them wrong.

I really like her and I hope she hangs on until those other losers (Booker, all the <=1%ers, Castro, etc) drop out. I still think she has what it takes, but these debate formats don't privilege her and she hurt herself with that early bus attack on Biden.

What DIDN'T affect her campaign was Jussie Smollett, someone that nobody connects to her outside of one deranged DL troll. Give it up!

Also, yes, an AG candidate for SURE.

What’s her connection to Jussie Smollett, R14?

[quote]What’s her connection to Jussie Smollett, [R14]?

She was that girl that watched as he tied the noose around his own neck.

Is there any doubt that the race is now between Biden, Warren and Buttigieg?

She and Booker were outraged on Jussie's behalf and were passing resolutions right and left, immediately. It was a shit storm because everyone with 20/20 vision saw directly that victim Jussie was highly suspect.

Oh dear r17.

The third is Sanders, Buttigieg is very much in 4th place, though you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise given how many threads are started about him here.

[quote]We just wouldn’t be seen as strong to the rest of the world with a woman in command.

Whereas the man we have in there now is giving away our strength to the highest bidder.

What r14 said. The only place anyone is talking about this Jussie Smollet shit in the 2020 campaign is the world of loser incel trolls. Give it a rest dear.

Some DLers said months ago she'd flame out.

So happy we won't have to listen to that condescending voice from the Oval Office!

She just sent out a fundraising letter explaining all this and added she won't threaten to drop out because of money, "unlike some other candidates." Remember the outrage when Chasten wrote something that could have been interpreted as a shot at Booker, if you strained hard enough? We'll see if Booker reacts to this one.

Castro has also threatened to quit if he doesn't raise $800k by midnight tomorrow, so well see if he feels slighted by this as well.

Kamala has been cratering for months.

She said several weeks ago that her campaign manager told her that if she doesn't come in third place in Iowa it's all over.

I had such high hopes for her, but she is fucking finished. She just doesn't realize or want to admit it.

Over 20% of Kamala's supporters went to Warren. They know a human Titanic when they see it!

I don't see any drama. All but one will lose. There's really no shame or drama involved. She certainly raised her profile with this campaign.

Exactly r26. At the end of the day only one person is going to win.

Kamala's campaign did better than her fellow senators Booker and Klobuchar who never got any traction.

I wouldn't count her out of the race just yet because she has two more debates to pull a rabbit out of her ass. It's also true that desperation might make her more prone to do something stupid.

On the other hand, this news WILL spook her donors, there's no two ways about it.

Entire field organizing team in New Hampshire has been laid off today, three offices there closed, and her trip to NH to file in person cancelled.

Ouch.

Kamala is such a hypocrite. Harris oversaw more than 1,900 marijuana convictions in San Francisco, while at the same time she was smoking it. Where' her fucking moral compass? She's the Dem's version of Trump. Do as I say, not as I do.

Abandoning NH means she'll move to Iowa until the caucuses and then bet on SC and Nevada. I know her donors are flocking to Warren, so it's probably her votes she'll be poaching on the ground.

It’s that voice. It’s so whiny.

[quote]I wouldn't count her out of the race just yet because she has two more debates to pull a rabbit out of her ass. It's also true that desperation might make her more prone to do something stupid.

Considering her illustrious performance thus far, I know where I'm putting my money.

Actually now I'm vaguely afraid she will literally pull a rabbit out of her ass.

Her instincts are terrible. The only thing saving her from complete humiliation is this clown.

REPARATIONS, DAMMIT! Buy my t-shirts. I can't even afford to hire anyone to write clever slogans for me.

[QUOTE] Entire field organizing team in New Hampshire has been laid off today, three offices there closed, and her trip to NH to file in person cancelled.

You have no reason being in the race if you can’t compete in New Hampshire.

R30 - she was pandering. Every candidate does it - after they do I have a really hard time taking them seriously.

Harris is the biggest disappointment. She’s running on dreamers, sanctuary cities, trumps tweets. Ridiculous. Completely tone deaf campaign. She’s running for president of Oakland.

Running for president is very, very tough and extraordinarily costly. You have to give it your best shot and be operating at 100 percent on all levels. A slight misstep or mistake in messaging can really throw a candidate off his/her game creating havoc in reaching the public and raising money.

I like Kamala. I had higher hopes for her, but it didn't work. Maybe it's not her time or maybe she's not right for the job. Not everyone is going to catch fire. There is only so much oxygen in the race and only so much the public can absorb. Other than the top tier, long-established candidates, Mayor Pete is one of the few to catch fire, and even he is hovering in fourth of fifth place. He's gaining momentum, but still hovering.

[quote]She’s running for president of Oakland.

Almost spat a huge glob of dark chocolate on my screen, you bitch! 🤣🤣🤣

Agreed that she couldn't translate into the presidential race, just like Beto failed to translate beyond Texas. It happens. Though she gave a really good speech in Iowa today (better than Warren's, imho), so watch out for her at the next two debates. She's going to cut a bitch or two or five.

[quote]He's gaining momentum, but still hovering.

Both can't be true. He's gradually building support in Iowa where it counts, which is exactly how it should be done. Warren caught fire a bit too quickly and her campaign HATED that because you become a target overnight. No one wants the dreaded coronation narrative going for them, trust me.

She needs to just give it up and get offstage already.

We can't afford a crown and MFA.

She went for the jugular early by trying to call Biden a racist and then the next day agreed with his position. It's everything people hate about politicians and i think it left a bad taste in peoples mouth and she's never recovered.

I'm sorry, I just can't unsee it....

How depressing must it be to work for her campaign right now, knowing you could get fired at any moment like all those poor bastards in her New Hampshire offices?

Beto, soon Kamala.

The field is narrowing, and Tulsi is still in the game.

r47 Easy when you don't spend money and our just bidding your time for that eventual third party spoiler run.

[quote] What DIDN'T affect her campaign was Jussie Smollett

Only because many Democrats still believe Jussie. But it would have hurt her against Trump.

She did support Jussie, promote Jussie, and even passed legislation to prevent future Jussie attacks.

I guess being an angry black woman didn't pan out as expected ?

[quote] Entire field organizing team in New Hampshire has been laid off today

Fake news. The newspaper has issued a correction:

She will be remembered as one of those candidates whose potential died in a single moment, like Howard Dean and the I have a scream speech. Her meme generating little girl line was so incredibly stupid. In one moment she made her whole candidacy about forced busing or something and ruined her image by ruthlessly attacking an elder statesman. As soon as she said it, it was obvious that she was done.

Have to agree with R52. Trying to make busing an issue for 2020 was terrible advice.

She needed to apologize for those T-shirts at least. Blaming an aide could have saved her.

The voter is far more savvy and sensible than the clown car candidates give them credit for. One by one, the unsuitable are being ejected from the car; O'Rourke, Harris, Booker, Hickenlooper, Swawell, Gillibrand. Biden, Warren and Sanders will be ejected as well.

r54 I like what you said and its absolutely true.

Pete vs Don

McGovern vs Nixon

Google it.

[quote] She needs reparations.

She needs a Pell Grant.

I believe this to be so too r7

- Is there any doubt that the race is now between Biden, Warren and Buttigieg? -

And between Warren and Pete after that.

r58 If what you say is true, then Drump will mop the floor with them. I find it hard to believe that the slate of candidates running for the Democratic Party nomination is so lackluster. Are we that fucked up as a country that these are the type of people who want to run for office?

She gave the second or third best speech last night, so maybe if she knocks it out of the park at the next two debates, it might still happen for her.

However, not competing in New Hampshire is... not ideal.

r32 I LOVE Kamala's voice. The cadance and pitch, I don't find it whiny at all. Just wanted to say that.

I’m in Iowa and one of her paid staffers canvassed our house. I told him that I want a supporter and asked him why he thought she deserved a shot but I wasn’t convinced. Her problem is that he couldn’t explain why she’s running.

I love her voice too - and she looks like a million bucks. Maybe a little early in her career for a win?

Not too early, just a badly run campaign.

She's been poking at Warren recently, saying she's never represented corporations and private interests. Last time Obama brought up that exact same factoid in a debate, it didn't end so well for Hillary. So expect a bloodbath on December 20th.

I'm hearing her campaign was relieved when Pete and Amy opened the floodgates at the last debate as it represented the green light to go after the previously sacred cow.

Most recent poll for *IOWA*:

NY Times/Siena [10/25 - 10/30]

Warren (22)

Sanders (19)

Buttigieg (18)

Biden (17)

Klobuchar (4)

Harris (3)

Yang (3)

Steyer (2)

Booker (2)

Gabbard (2)

Warren, Biden, Bernie, maybe Pete, Yang for the unusual factor that somebody is actually talking about our braindead worker bee culture, but really nobody else adds anything at this point. Everyone just get the hell out. TIA.

Oy vey. She's going to go all out at the November debate, for sure.

She' running because she's black and thought she'd get the black vote, but when your only constituency fails to embrace you, you're finished. But she won't admit that is the only reason she ran.

The most shocking thing for me was hearing black people talk on some podcast after the first debate, saying they aren't really feeling Kamala because she's disingenuous and it's all a performance. I immediately realised she was in trouble going forward. I was certain up to that point she had that segment in the bag, but they sure aren't dummies. Fooled one too many times by the politicians...

I advise philanthropists. I knew Kamala was in trouble when I tried to set up a meeting at her campaign headquarters in Baltimore and no one would tell me where it was. All this cloak-and-dagger stuff did not bode well. I've heard the same thing from too many other people, too.

R71, are you saying her people were being secretive or simply didn't know and it came across that way? Either way, that's surprising.

I think the ticket will be Warren, with Pete as VP.

Warren's currently polling ten per cent behind Biden and Sanders on honesty.

That is a major problem.

If Sanders gets the nomination and then chooses Warren as his VP, we could end up with our first Jewish president, our first socialist president and if Sanders’s health problems persist, also our first woman president. Then Warren could (but wouldn’t) bring in Buttigieg as the first gay VP.

Surpassed by Yang in the Economist poll tracking average, the indignity!

R73 - how can it be a major problem when running against the biggest liar American politics has ever known? (unless you mean in the primary)

Could any human say, "I think Liz is a liar so I'm voting for that honest-Abe character Donald Trump."

"Two liars are running.I hate Trump, but she's dishonest too. I just won't vote."

That's the danger, R76.

I don't see why any nominee will take an also-ran as a running mate.

Don’t we save this phrase for those who are dying?

Friends in DC whom I trust said that Harris shocked everyone by hiring a whole bunch of ex-Hillary staffers and was then surprised when the exact same problems cropped up: no discernible message, manufactured sound bites and lame attempts at code switching that make her seem insincere, opinions and ideas seem based on the polls rather than what she believes in.

And the idea of bringing up busing which was wildly unpopular with black and whites alike.

If Kam were smart, she would get out now and then cut an AG or State deal with Biden.

R12 That's BS... there are some women heads of state/government who were internationally seen as tough as nails... UK, India, Pakistan, Israel etc.

[quote]And the idea of bringing up busing which was wildly unpopular with black and whites alike.

More like butthurt Biden fans still pissed that she called him out on speaking fondly about working with white segregationists. They've held a grudge against for that moment, which he could have easily rectified had he been on his game and not just walked into the debate expecting everyone to fall to his feet.

People forget the rousing applause she got after that TKO, btw.

Some DLers swore up and down that she had it in the bag, but I knew that as soon as her record as the top cop in California was exposed that she was cooked. She won’t be able to recover from that, so she should just drop out already.

She qualified for the December debate today. Not my pick, but just you watch how she blows it out of the park o both occasions. She's great under pressure.

r84 That shit was crazy – I kept telling people that moderates HATED the way she hit Biden on bussing and that this won't be a net positive for her in the long term, but they insisted she's basically already the nominee and everyone else should just drop out. In June.

I mean, yes, it might still happen for her, of course, but it was way too early to call it back then.

[quote]More like butthurt Biden fans still pissed that she called him out on speaking fondly about working with white segregationists

And this is why Twitter is going to destroy us all.

"Here’s the thing: I don’t think Harris is out of this race. She has a clear and kind of obvious path back into the top tier if she can just win over some of the people who are now behind Biden (particularly black voters), Warren (college-educated whites) and the other candidates who are of her general ilk (Julián Castro, Booker, Buttigieg and O’Rourke have a combined 10 percent of the vote.) It’s entirely possible that in December or January, Democrats feel like Biden is not inspiring enough but also that Sanders and Warren have taken too many left-wing positions and are risky bets in the general. In such a scenario, Harris, along with Buttigieg, are the best positioned candidates to rise."

-538

It seems that Pete Buttigieg outhustled Harris.

[quote]but they insisted she's basically already the nominee and everyone else should just drop out. In June.

That never happened.

[quote]And this is why Twitter is going to destroy us all.

Straight white men thinking they're infallible and never to be questioned and the people who support such a mindset are the bigger problem.

r88 Yup, Amy is betting on that exact same scenario. If Kamala makes all the right moves and hits all the right people at the next two debates, she could be on top of the polls come January.

Difficult, but it can be done.

I hate that California abandoned her. I wanted a California progressive in the White House.

I like Kamala Harris but her followers are so hateful and racist. Pete's supporters are so nice by comparison.

Only Bernie has more nasty support base. Beto's was full of hate too but hes gone now.

[quote]That never happened.

I was here on DL watching it happen in real life by Kamala fans like yourself, so maybe stop gaslighting me.

[quote]I was here on DL watching it happen in real life by Kamala fans like yourself, so maybe stop gaslighting me.

So link to these posts dear. There's a search function. Bring up the threads that say this.

We're waiting.

[quote]I like Kamala Harris but her followers are so hateful and racist.

Yes, it was crazy for the longest time on DL with Kamala supporters (LSA transplants, no doubt), but it's calmed down substantially in recent months.

You're right about the others. Yang Gangers are pretty annoying as well, in that they really enjoy trolling other candidates' videos and subreddits. When Beto dropped out, they swarmed his subreddit so it had to be locked down and cleaned up.

LSA hates Kamala, so again, ANOTHER lie.

r91 Is that really necessary when much of what California does eventually gets copied nationally, anyway? I'm fine if they keep pushing the progressive agenda hard in their own state and in their own cities, and just let others tag along. Of course the federal courts and the SC are an issue, but even a Dem moderate wouldn't nominate justices that would mess with California's agenda.

I've noticed that Pete's supporters are the o N ly ones who dont troll the other candidates. Props to them for their maturity because Pete is the one who's been under the most constant attacks from all sides.

Chickenshit trolls are the worst.

At least the LSA Kamala critics put their money where their mouths are. This is pathetic. How many haters bailed on this thread already?

There was a brief moment after she lashed out at Biden where voters got sort of excited.

And then they realized, "Oh wait, busing! We HATE busing! Why TF is she in support of it?"

And then she had those "I was that little girl" t-shirts ready to go and everyone realized that it was a canned moment, plotted out days in advance

And then whatever bounce she'd gotten off of it started heading south and just kept going, especially when all of the older black politicians came out for Biden and lots of other black people realized that she was actually a bougie Indian woman from Canada married to a white Jewish guy, no matter how many times she affected an "authentic" accent, and now Yang is even ahead of her.

She has some major Stans on DL though, in the true sense of the word "Stan" (e.g., nothing the person I worship does is ever anything but perfect.)

^^And the fact that a week later she was all "well it really wasn't THAT busing that I was in favor of. It was the OTHER busing, you know the good one-- I WAS THAT LITTLE GIRL busing."

That didn't help either.

And does Biden have many fans?

Or just people who think he's the best bet for beating Trump?

[bold]How Kamala Harris Went From ‘Female Obama’ to Fifth Place[/bold]

[quote]She entered the 2020 presidential race with promise and charisma, but is now sliding perilously close to irrelevance. What went wrong? And is it too late for her to reverse course?

In-depth article on the state of he campaign out today, if anyone's interested. And yes, I very much believe she can turn it all around, even if she isn't my pick. Do not underestimate Kamala, ever.

That bitch wishes she was the female Obama.

[quote]And does Biden have many fans? Or just people who think he's the best bet for beating Trump?

Honestly, the latter, as was clearly on display at the Liberty and Justice dinner last week. That event was the best indicator of enthusiasm and he just doesn't have much of that.

Are Kamala supporters still accusing anyone who doesnt like her of being racist? So pathetic.

r105

You mean the Buttigieg supporters, accusing anyone who doesn't support him of being homophobic? So pathetic

At the end of the day Kamala Harris is a showboater who is perfectly suited for the Twitter age of mass-consumed indignation but totally lacking the qualities an electable Democratic candidate requires.

Ignore the race-baiting posters like r106. Just trying to start a war among minorities that will benefit the straight white candidates. Certainly won't benefit Kamala or Pete.

r107 I agree but I think she's seen the error of her ways after that misjudged Twitter dig at Warren at the last debate. I predict she'll pivot hard towards the kitchen-table issues at the November and December debate. She might even attack her on healthcare where she's been pretty quiet during the last two debates. We'll see.

She'd have to have a seismic idea to shift the narrative at this point to capture imaginations and shift the narrative. At this point hers is about failure. She blew it. And that's OK. She's still smart. She's just got to be smart somewhere else. There's worse places to be than the Senate.

[quote] The most shocking thing for me was hearing black people talk on some podcast after the first debate, saying they aren't really feeling Kamala because she's disingenuous and it's all a performance. I immediately realised she was in trouble going forward. I was certain up to that point she had that segment in the bag, but they sure aren't dummies. Fooled one too many times by the politicians...

A big section of Black Twitter have always ignored her, and preferred Warren, Bernie, Beto and even Pete over her. She’s no Obama.

A big disadvantage she has is that she’s from California. California will vote for whoever the nominee is. But in what other states does she have an advantage? The whole west coast is blue. Her location isn’t helping her pull purple states.

If someone is looking for a VP, they’re looking for someone who can pull in more marginal states. That’s not California.

I dont know if the state matters anymore. I mean Obama is from super blue Illinois and it didn't matter. Trump is from NY and he didn't flip it red. But yeah, VP - I get your point. Indianan Pence most likely convinced ppl in the Midwest to give Trump a chance.

R112, I think R111 was referring to the VP pick rather than the Presidential nominee.

Obama picked Biden so that

1) he would balance out the less-experienced Obama with several decades of experience in Washington

2) Biden appealed to white working-class voters in the Midwestern states like Pennsylvania

Traditionally, nominees pick a VP that will balance out the ticket regionally, if possible. So JFK (Massachusetts) got LBJ (Texas and western voters), even though he couldn’t stand him.

Reagan (California draft dodger) and Bush I (Massachusetts veteran). Eisenhower (Texas/Kansas, military general with no elected office experience, with Nixon, (California, very experienced politician (lawyer, Representative, Senator, also a veteran).

It’s not always about where they’re from, it’s also about balancing out age, military service, even religion. If somebody is an outlier in some way, they pick somebody that is a conformist in that way.

Obama getting Biden was a genius move. A lot of people were afraid Obama was too young and inexperienced. Everybody knew Uncle Joe forever, and they knew he was about as connected to Congress as you could possibly be, so he could help get bills passed. Excellent choice. And because people thought Obama might be assassinated by racists, there was Joe, who could step right into his shoes immediately with no lag time. And people did think about that in 2008. Obama was getting a huge number of death threats.

If it’s Buttigieg, he should definitely get an older person as VP. If it’s Kamala, a conventional white man. Warren, ethnic younger male (Castro would be good). Biden, young vibrant person. Bernie, person ready to be President immediately. Looking at it that way, Sherrod Brown would be a good choice for most of them.

[bold]‘No discipline. No plan. No strategy:’ Kamala Harris campaign in meltdown[/bold]

[quote]Kamala Harris’ campaign is careening toward a crackup. As the California senator crisscrosses the country trying to revive her sputtering presidential bid, aides at her fast-shrinking headquarters are deep into the finger-pointing stages. Campaign manager Juan Rodriguez is taking the most heat for the failings, but his defenders point their finger at the candidate's sister, Maya Harris.

As many of us have suspected, the team around her is shit, which has led her to where she is now.

Well, she hired 'em. She is running for Chief Executive, so what does her campaign tell you about her potential presidency? She's suddenly going to get her shit together?

Having your sister right at the top seems... like not the best of ideas, I'll put it that way. I know she trusts her but it's too messy and isn't worth the trouble.

Buttigieg has overtaken Harris for 4th spot in the Dem race behind Biden, Warren & Sanders.

One of the surprises of the year.

[quote]Having your sister right at the top seems... like not the best of ideas, I'll put it that way. I know she trusts her but it's too messy and isn't worth the trouble.

Family first! It works well for me.

I mean... some of us were cautioning about calling the frontrunners back in July already, so this isn't a surprise at all. I wish people just stopped with the punditry before that dinner in Iowa takes place. That's when the race starts in any meaningful way.

[quote]In late October, Rodriguez informed staff that he was redeploying aides to Iowa from other states and laying off dozens of others, including at the campaign’s headquarters. He said at the time that the moves were driven by the need to stash enough money for a seven-figure TV ad buy in the weeks before the Iowa caucuses. Now, it’s unclear whether Harris will have the money to do so.

[quote]The former aide said people in the campaign began warning of declining revenues early, but that leadership dysfunction around Rodriguez, Maya Harris and others convinced the person that Harris wasn’t getting an unvarnished view of the picture. “I don’t think anybody wanted to tell her,” the former aide said, adding, “I still don’t think she knows the severity.”

Okay, this is all Very Bad. Like, "I can't believe what I'm reading" bad.

Castro's brother Joaquin is his campaign manager and that campaign is going swimmingly as well. 🥴

Aloha, bitch.

What will the Harris campaign do with all of the left over t -shirts?

Kamala is a class act....period. I look forward to seeing more of her.

Well, you just might see a decidedly unclassy version of her come Wednesday. She needs A MOMENT or two to break out and change her current trajectory in the polls / fundraising. Don't be surprised if she tries something outlandish.

Same goes for Booker, who is in an even more precarious a position – zero qualifying polls for the December debate.

Damn. I was really having it for her, but I think I've changed my vote to Pete or Elizabeth, haha...at least Pete e-mails me!

But at this point, which throats do they go for? Biden? Warren? Pete? The missing?

R127, a friend of mine donated to Pete and eventually had to unsubscribe. A bit... I will not be ignored, Dan, is that campaign.,

R128, LMFAO at, "I'm not going to be IGNORED, DAN." I do have to admit, they do send out a bunch of e-mails in a week that's like, "Damn, I just read some of your shit yesterday, what are you trying to do, ask for more money? Damn..."

[quote]A bit... I will not be ignored, Dan, is that campaign.,

Not really when compared to other campaigns, no. Here's a nice blog that tracks all campaigns' emails every week, so you can see there are other frontrunners who are worse offenders on this front.

Besides, this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has ever received emails during a presidential race. Unfortunately, this is considered normal, though I really wish they had a gentleman's agreement regarding the number of emails you can push out every week.

Good-bye Big Kamala.

[quote]But at this point, which throats do they go for? Biden? Warren? Pete? The missing?

Kamala will go after everyone, Booker will drop his Minister of Love schtick and go after Pete. That would be my prediction. This is Booker's last shot and the ghost of Castro will loom large over him.

Sorry I picked on your friend, R130.

You OK?

You can see Castro's and Amy's desperation last week by the amount of emails they sent.

r133 I have no idea what you're referring to, I was simply relaying objective information, as we on the left are supposed to do. There's no need to go personal, not even on an anonymous message board. Manners and all. We are all adults here, I think. 😉

[quote]Kamala will go after everyone, Booker will drop his Minister of Love schtick and go after Pete. That would be my prediction. This is Booker's last shot and the ghost of Castro will loom large over him.

Fun! Desperation usually makes for good viewing.

R133, no we're not. Pointless bitchery, remember? And your passive aggressive smells delicious.

Tulsi qualifying with 0 desperate campaign e-mails (per R134). Such a frugal angel! Eat shit, Julian.

Truly she will close the budget deficit and usher in a new era of American prosperity!

What do we know about her alliance with Steven Mnuchin and his draconian, horrific, scorched earth foreclosure policies that destroyed so many, including the elderly? She couldn't explain why her CA Attorney General's office failed to prosecute such egregious predatory behavior by One West, Mnuchin's bank.

And that last minute marriage to a wealthy, connected Angeleno in the run up to the Senate bid. Originally fucking Willie Brown, the blind yet still car-driving eventual mayor of SF, however, was a masterstroke. (He struck a bicyclist coming out of the parking garage at the State Capitol and was known as a totally reckless driver in Sacramento, eventually given a driver in SF) I'm sure SF folks have even more charming stories about Willie and Kamala as they sat in their tree.

[quote]Harris dated then-California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown from 1994 to 1995.[34][35][36] Brown began introducing Harris to his political network, resulting in Harris being increasingly featured in local newspapers and society columns. According to Jack Davis, the manager of Brown's campaign for mayor of San Francisco, "'Brown [was] the darling of the well-to-do set... And she was the girlfriend, and so she met, you know, everybody who’s anybody, as a result of being his girl.'"[36]

Oh, bwah, Kamala! Please tell us more about your advancement strategies? Might they involve a remaining Koch brother?

BTW, Willie Brown is 30 years her senior.

Tulsi took her down.

R140, hopefully someone takes Tulsi down. If she becomes president, I'm moving to Canada faster than I thought if Drumpf gets a second term.

It doesn’t matter. I’m resigned to holding my nose and voting for whomever the Democrats present. I don’t even care anymore. I’ll show up, but I won’t be excited.

The first vote in my district was cast for Barack Obama, by ME! I was that excited to vote for a president.

Womp womp.

R142 Does no one excite you any more?

[quote]Booker will drop his Minister of Love schtick and go after Pete.

Booker must be furious that an openly-gay man is kicking his closeted ass.

Why is Rosario still sticking around though... she looking to snag prime real estate in Newark?

R145, there was something here on DL the other day about some co-op building and Rosario.

R144, did you really have to take it there, LMAO?

I think it’s hilarious, R144.

Booker: I can’t come out, nobody would vote for me. Hi everybody, here’s my beard, Rosario!

Pete: Hi everybody, here’s my gay husband.

Chasten: I’ll just be over here tweeting about my hubby. And Home Goods.

Tulsi did not "take her down". That pock-faced, repulsive, homophobic, Putin-loving cunt just farted out a bunch of lies. Kamala was a class act during the moment, but should have attacked Tulsi's horrid background. It is such a fine line during a primary where these party members should not be slinging mud.. Tulsi is the human equivalent of a stale dog turd. With that hideous poxed skin, she should be wearing a burqa 24/7 - perhaps a practice that her cult would subscribe to? She sure knows how to hate those gays though. While Kamala officiates gay marriages. All of the troll scum here trying to stink up the joint - fuck off. Run back to Putin...you troll scumbags and you slut Tulsi.....oh, Trumpy is sharing Puti's bed tonight. Take a number then - behind Moscow Mitch, "Mother" Mike Pence, Miss Lindsey and that pass-around-bottom-whore Mattie panty-bottom Gaetz...

R149 = Kamala.

R149 is so pressed that Kamala spent $20 million more than Tulsi so far and isn't even Democrats’ favorite woman of color in the race. Scowling gives you wrinkles!

Queen Tulsi: raw, real, principled, and so frugal 🥰

[quote]Kamala was a class act during the moment

Which moment was that? When she allowed the criminal Steven Mnuchin of One West Bank's criminal enterprise destroying hundreds of families with their mortgage scheme or was it that she could not understand, grasp in any way why politically at least, if not morally, that as AG she needed to prosecute Mnuchin's fucking ass off? Um, I don't know is not an adequate explanation as to why she ignored such fraudulence, malfeasance, and criminality from Mnuchin while she was the AG of California. I wish there were a way to sue her for her negligence not suing one of the few cabinet figures who is still in Trump's corner, even giving press conferences, featuring as a stand in press secretary for the idiot "party planner" grifter Sthephanie What'sErCunt, who got bruised in North Korea, but cannot seem to give a press conference.

The Swamp got even murkier with Kamala's approval, perfunctorily OKed by her as she didn't seem to know why that dreg of a purported person Mnuchin did not need to be prosecuted or for his, real, actual moral crimes against humans. But as with any Cabinet member, it is a particularly strict requirement among Trump figures that Kamala Harris has actually, what's that word when sick people in a family embolden or potentiate the sickest? Oh, yeah, enabling the GOP by accepting Mnuchin and his and hers.

[quote]Gays4Tulsi!

Gays4Anita Bryant! Gays4Pope Benedict!

I don’t think the bussing moment killed her candidacy. I think it was the second debate that did it. The bussing moment was agit-prop theater: she needed to show people she could break out, land a punch strategically, and engage fearlessly. She could have easily pivoted after that first performance and been more magnanimous toward Biden: more stateswoman-like in her posture, directing her fire to the GOP. Instead she drilled down into tone deaf wonkiness and poorly executed derision — laughing loudly at her own sarcastic jokes. She came off as a flake. And kind of crazy. I think that’s what cost her support.

R149 is just upset "Jussie's Bill" did not get enough attention.

She should suspend with dignity. Whatever happens, it isn't going to happen for her. She'd profit far better to stand aside on her own rather than be forced out by the crap numbers that are coming. Smart woman, crap candidate.

She doesn't come across as authentic.

I am that inauthenticity!

T-shirt on fire sale!

How prescient OP !

Yes, for a change it turns out an OP was right about predicting something.