Election 2020

[Eric the Green]

(08-19-2020, 09:04 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(08-18-2020, 05:54 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: ... Still, we know what has to be done.  There will be no vacuum of people striving to do it.  If the current nominated people do not push it, we get a repeat of this crisis in 2024.  The conservatives will fall in love with their latest hero while Biden tries to hold off an aggressive challenger or three.  Will the new hero be viable?  Will the Democrats still feel in a mood to play it safe?

But I will worry about that next year.  For now, we have to watch the election.

I think Joe Biden already knows that this is his swan song -- may even be running for that very reason.  I see him as he is portraying himself: Healer In Chief. The real questions: did he pick Kamala Harris as his protégé or as a one term partner, and what are her intentions? Both Biden and Harris are Fixers, Not Visionaries, and we still need one of those if this 4T is to live up to it's billing.  

So far, the GOP has created messes for the Dems to clean up so they can be pushed aside for new GOP messes.  This is not a viable pattern in a 4T.  All mainstream Dems seem genetically ill disposed to grow real spines and take the fight to the Republicans. It will take an AOC or someone of similar ilk to make that transition.

It will have to happen, or else the people and the times will make the leader.

We need a visionary, but (s)he must also connect well and convince Americans that (s)he is a real leader. This comes from the heart and the gut, whereas Democrats too often stay in the head, and thereby lose.