Inexcusable; a news drop to try and make Harris’ Governor run more credible.
She had TWO options, and she exercised neither:
She could have said to Biden that running under those constraints would be unwinnable, and suggested it go to an Open Convention.
She could have said to Biden: sorry, no. I have to part ways on a few issues. That will just be some tough shit. And if she was afraid to run on issues against his wishes, how could she have run against some of the wishes of other powerful world leaders?
So the recent book, discussing the Biden to Harris transition, and there being no Open Convention, appears to be as simple as this: Harris pestered Biden for an emphatic endorsement; he said I’ll endorse you, but only if you support all my policies.
So she could have refused to go along with that. It was her choice; SHE blew it, and nobody else. Biden did not have a gun to her head. He had an unqualified endorsement, but anybody considering how big a loser taking ALL of his positions would be would have passed on that offer. So all we then had was a rerun of the 2016 strategy: Trump is so bad, you HAVE TO vote for me!
This news drop reeks of a desperate attempt to make Harris look like she has any credibility for a governor’s run. She had TWO clear options and blew both. She could’ve told Biden straight up running under these conditions isn’t just a lost cause, it’s a disaster, and pushed for an Open Convention. Or, if she had any backbone, she could’ve said ‘sorry, I can’t ride this train anymore.’ But no, she cowered and stayed in line. If she couldn’t even stand up to Biden on a few basic issues, how in the world would she have the guts to go toe-to-toe with the global power players? This whole charade proves just how weak the establishment really is.
Can we please just forget about both of these abject failures?? Cenk: please don’t waste any time on this fight when there are momentous things in politics going on right now. I see this as a desperate bid by Harris to remain a political player. Don’t play her game.
Biden’s failure was running when he should have known he was not up to it. Harris’ failure was not saying “no” when he demanded “no daylight” between their positions and instead throwing it to an Open Convention (which she could have run at…)
Kulinski is right on a lot of points in this video, but dead wrong or in denial on Harris (jump cut…):
Harris having ridiculous turnover in her office was not a rumor; that was a longstanding established FACT.
Her not distancing herself from Biden on Gaza+Israel policy was not a matter of “loyalty”, as he puts it; it was desperation. Her inability to say no to Biden on his Gaza policy was a completely disqualifying move. She should have agreed to an Open Convention, or should have even bowed out.
You’re interested in what she will do, Kyle? I and many others are not!
Memo to Americans: we will not get back control of this country from Israel through either monopoly party since AIPAC has bought both of them up. It would have to be done though an alliance of Independents vetted (to keep saboteurs out!) to be for working class issues, to fight such traitorous betrayal for a FOREIGN power, and to fight pollution. And still no such one is being set up for the midterms (when Sanders can…)
So if you had “no idea”, do you think you were qualified to be president? Wasn’t that obvious that that question would eventually be put to you?? And THAT was your response?! Even if Biden said there was to be no daylight, did you actually think you could win on his positions? If you thought that, is it not clear you were not qualified to be President?
PLEASE stop polluting our news feeds with nonsense lady…
My guess: she asked for help from the DNC to get back in the political saddle; she’s not getting it; so now she’s torching everybody -misery loves company.
Cenk: PLEASE do not waste air time on this lady anymore!
When Biden said “no daylight”, she didn’t say no and opt to run in an open convention instead; she opted for a coronation -yeah, I guess that makes sense, she wanted to be a Queen, so that’s OK since she wasn’t seeking to be a King
she offered NO programs to improve the lot of workers (other than a small tax break -people were at the end of their ropes, facing the water going over their heads, next stop being homelessness -so a tax break was going to help them, right?)
Her silence while the Gaza genocide was in play, not saying so much as a peep to Nutanyahoo, was the most craven behavior we have seen in a long time.
Again, Cenk: do NOT let this flake suck any airtime from the important issues you need to cover; just let her implode from her prior inactions. Focus on issues that matter; like Project 2026 -Impeach Trump- and the latest sizzler is an allegation that Luttnick has been keeping Trump in the dark on the economic numbers -that could be Luttnick, or it could be Trumpkins looking for fall guys for the tariffs; waiting to see where that one goes.
Pissed isn’t the word to describe how I felt after no one -NO ONE- in the Dem Party pushed for an open convention when Biden stepped down (except maybe Obama holding out on an endorsement? -but 20/20 hindsight, we now know that wasn’t going to do it…)
SANDERS: where is our alliance of Independents that can help to keep this Party honest, which will now instead run cover for AIPAC and monopolies?! “Well, after the disaster that was Trump, you will simply have to accept AIPAC/Ellison/Netanyahoo/… and monopolies running the US!”
FUCK YOU CORPORATE DEMS!
[AND WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE STANDOUT DEMS LIKE BESHEAR, MOORE, WALZ, AND KHANNA THAT HAVE PROVEN EXPERIENCE; and a shorter list of Repubs that did not fold to Trump, like Kinzinger and Massie…]
Not if you were a worker. We were still fighting inflation from the extended shutdown/stimulus, and the only tool in the Fed’s toolbox to fight that (to date…) has been to encourage structural unemployment. She offered jack shit for workers on her campaign trail, and did not say a peep to the enablement+spending for Israel.
Harris -don’t let the door slam you in the ass on the way out. Her tin ear GAVE US fucking Trump!
And her claim Biden wasn’t going to “let her” do different is garbage; she could have said no and agreed to run at an Open Convention…
