Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:

Electromatic wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Mickey wrote:Great, now I have to come up with a new argument?

Try to sell me on Kamala.

She’s a very experienced and well known political figure with a long track record on which to gauge her would be public actions. She’s got a diverse background from her parents, Indian and Jamaican who were themselves civic minded. She’s well educated, and going to Howard provided a broader world to draw from than just California. She’s had public mistakes as a prosecutor, but in general when you examine her actions, they seem to indicate a sense of compassion, at least to me. She’s obviously anti death penalty. To me there’s much more to like about her than Biden. She’s clearly ambitious, with that comes some sketchy moral decisions that dog any candidate but making decisions creates friends and enemies.

I guess TLDR, She’s experienced enough to know how it all works, smart enough to target some effective change, ambitious enough to get the job and compassionate enough to care about the people she would be governing.

She’s a lawyer so she clearly enjoys arguing, but I think if given enough air time she can probably win a lot of arguments.

Why Biden, was the pick, I don’t really understand.

These are all good characteristics, but this ticket does nothing to address the issues that are driving the more liberal arm of the Dems. And I’m not limping myself in with that arm, just acknowledging they have a pretty well defined wishlist that Team Moderate is never going to address.

My turn could change based on potential cabinet noms, but I see Biden/Harris as being well equipped to get things back to the way they once were...which was pretty messed up to begin with.

Mickey wrote:But also, I agree with trag that the selection of Kamala is a pretty big to progressives hoping for a more unifying selection. I think those people were deluded, but it does confirm that the Biden campaign feels basically zero pressure to reach out to the anti-Wall Street, pro-M4A wing of the party, and so I don't expect we'll see many Sanders or Warren allies in the cabinet.

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tragabigzanda wrote:

Electromatic wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Mickey wrote:Great, now I have to come up with a new argument?

Try to sell me on Kamala.

She’s a very experienced and well known political figure with a long track record on which to gauge her would be public actions. She’s got a diverse background from her parents, Indian and Jamaican who were themselves civic minded. She’s well educated, and going to Howard provided a broader world to draw from than just California. She’s had public mistakes as a prosecutor, but in general when you examine her actions, they seem to indicate a sense of compassion, at least to me. She’s obviously anti death penalty. To me there’s much more to like about her than Biden. She’s clearly ambitious, with that comes some sketchy moral decisions that dog any candidate but making decisions creates friends and enemies.

I guess TLDR, She’s experienced enough to know how it all works, smart enough to target some effective change, ambitious enough to get the job and compassionate enough to care about the people she would be governing.

She’s a lawyer so she clearly enjoys arguing, but I think if given enough air time she can probably win a lot of arguments.

Why Biden, was the pick, I don’t really understand.

These are all good characteristics, but this ticket does nothing to address the issues that are driving the more liberal arm of the Dems. And I’m not limping myself in with that arm, just acknowledging they have a pretty well defined wishlist that Team Moderate is never going to address.

My turn could change based on potential cabinet noms, but I see Biden/Harris as being well equipped to get things back to the way they once were...which was pretty messed up to begin with.