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Oh, for fuck's sake ... this again? Even a grocery store knows that when a product doesn't sell, it's time to put it on clearance and take it off the shelf.

I have no personal issue with Harris, but promising to continue the status quo was not what voters wanted in 2024. So she's now in the position of the GOP stance of "if we roll back the clock, everyone will be happy."

Which is obviously poppycock.

Unless you're proposing single-payer healthcare and concrete solutions to the housing crisis, as well as ending all fossil-fuel subsidies and pulling the U.S. out of needless wars (corollary: stop spending on the military when citizens are suffering), you've lost the Zeitgeist.

Anyway, enough ranting ... here's a snippet:

Kamala Harris said she is “thinking about” running in the 2028 presidential election.

“I might, I might. I’m thinking about it,” the former vice-president and 2024 candidate told the crowd at a gathering of the National Action Network (NAN), a civil rights organization founded by Al Sharpton, on Friday in New York City.

Expanding on her response to Sharpton’s question about a potential presidential bid, she added: “I served for four years being a heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States … I know what the job is and I know what it requires.”

She said: “I’ve been traveling the country the last year, spending a lot of time in the south and many other places, and the one thing I’m really clear about is … the status quo is not working and hasn’t been working for a lot of people for a long time."

Speaking about the presidency, Harris added: “It’s got to be about the American people and that’s how I think of it. I am thinking about it in the context of … who and where and how can the best job be done for the American people. I’ll keep you posted.”

Oh, you almost got there. Thing is, you're the status quo.

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[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 11 points 22 hours ago

Well the only reason she got to be a candidate last time was that there was no primary. If she runs again she’ll probably just lose the primary again unless the dnc decides to use their super delegates to just anoint her like they did Hilary