08-21-2020, 01:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-21-2020, 02:05 PM by Tim Randal Walker.)
Was thinking about Erics comments.
First, if Biden wins, I think that he will be a one term president, because he is getting just too old. Second, I suspect that Eric is right, that if Harris runs for president next time around she will lose. Really, despite Obama, I very much doubt that a person "of color" can win the presidency during the rest of this 4T. I think Obama won because of a very particular set of circumstances, and once in office he was not only opposed but reviled. And outside of the party's base, I doubt that Harris will help Biden win.
As for winning the presidency during the rest of this 4T, I suspect that the only alternative to a white man that has even a slight chance would be a white woman.
If Biden/Harris should win, I expect that it would be by a thin margin. With a Biden administration being notable not so much by what it accomplishes as by what it blocks by simply being in the White House.
First, if Biden wins, I think that he will be a one term president, because he is getting just too old. Second, I suspect that Eric is right, that if Harris runs for president next time around she will lose. Really, despite Obama, I very much doubt that a person "of color" can win the presidency during the rest of this 4T. I think Obama won because of a very particular set of circumstances, and once in office he was not only opposed but reviled. And outside of the party's base, I doubt that Harris will help Biden win.
As for winning the presidency during the rest of this 4T, I suspect that the only alternative to a white man that has even a slight chance would be a white woman.
If Biden/Harris should win, I expect that it would be by a thin margin. With a Biden administration being notable not so much by what it accomplishes as by what it blocks by simply being in the White House.