Leroy N. Soetoro
2024-11-05 01:51:21 UTC
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Not a single Democrat I speak with believes that Vice President Kamala
Harris will win on Tuesday.
All hoped for an open convention in August to identify and select the best
candidate possible, but they were denied. To that point, this past
Thursday, The Hill featured a piece headlined, Democrats start to point
fingers even as they hope for Harris win.
A Democratic strategist is quoted as saying, People are nervous, and
theyre trying to cover their ass and get a little ahead of Election Day.
Its based on anxiety, stakes and the unique nature of this cycle. We
didnt have a traditional process for this election. We didnt have a
primary. People just had to fall in line.
Again, this is coming from a Democrat. They had to just fall in line
because they were ordered to do so. Then, any hope of an open convention
was further dashed by the combined backroom dealings of the Democratic
National Committee, former President Barack Obama, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-
Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Immediately after those backroom dealings, every nonconforming Democrat
had to accept that Harris, without getting one vote in the primary, was
being installed by the machine to replace the sputtering President Joe
Biden. With that selection predetermined, Biden officially announced on
July 21 that he would not be running for reelection and was endorsing
Harris as his replacement.
The temporary buzz and joy began. Except it began to dissipate even
before the Democratic convention in Chicago on Aug. 19. Why? Because
Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Aug. 6. As
these Democratic operatives told me, from almost day one, she had to spend
precious time and energy defending that choice.
The selection of Walz is the first reason she lost momentum. To be sure,
much of the party and many in the liberal media wanted Harris to pick
the more moderate Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro first because the
Keystone State was certain to be the most pivotal in the election, and
second because Shapiro would have added some ideological balance to the
ticket.
By any honest analysis, Harris is a far-left liberal. That said, it can be
argued that Walz is even further to the left than she is. Leaving aside
the practical reasons Harris should have picked a more moderate running
mate is the reality that self-described knucklehead Walz has been a
liability from day one.
The choice of Walz yoked Harris to all of his baggage his exaggerations
of his military record; his DUI arrest, which involved him driving 96
miles per hour with a 0.128 percent blood alcohol content; his multiple
visits to China and associations with communist officials; his fabrication
that he was in Hong Kong on the day of the Tiananmen Square massacre when
he was actually in Nebraska; his being turned into an Elmer Fudd meme
because of his comical handling of a shotgun; and his being the governor
who allowed violent anarchists to run wild and burn down parts of
Minneapolis.
To add insult to injury, Trump running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) clearly
trounced the obviously nervous and unprepared Walz during their vice
presidential debate on Oct. 10.
The second decision that greatly contributed to the crushing of the Harris
momentum came on Aug. 23, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his
independent campaign for president and endorsed former President Donald
Trump.
The timing of the announcement could not have been worse for Harris or her
campaign. The Kennedy announcement, the very day after her convention
ended, sucked a great deal of helium out of her joy-filled message and
polling bounce.
But again, the damage was much worse than just stepping on the high of her
convention. The biased opinions of the liberal media and the Democratic
Party aside, Kennedy is deeply respected by millions of Americans who view
him as a principled, highly intelligent original thinker who will fight
for their causes against the corrupt entrenched establishments.
The day Kennedy dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump, Politico
reported that Kennedys unorthodox views drew support from Democrats and
Republicans. Both parties worried that he would be the biggest electoral
spoiler in decades. The presidential election remains incredibly close,
and if even a fraction of Kennedys support moves to Trump, it could be
decisive in swing states.
Indeed. But I believe its going to be a great deal more than just a
fraction. One of the main reasons is the mom vote. Kennedys
endorsement will potentially bring millions of previously ambivalent
female voters to the table for Trump. Why? Because they are moms who are
worried about the health and wellbeing of their children and have long
believed that Kennedy was one of the few people in public life who would
protect those children. This is a much bigger deal than the media realizes
or will acknowledge. It is a real game changer.
Toward that end, these moms want Trump to win so he will bring Kennedy
into his cabinet which Trump will undoubtedly do.
Harris may have been a flawed candidate from the beginning, but she was
building some momentum after being installed as the Democratic nominee on
July 21. That momentum proved fleeting. It was extinguished by her
decision to pick Walz and Kennedys decision to suspend his campaign and
endorse Trump.
Look for Shapiro to use Harriss poor judgement and her crushed momentum
as a springboard for his 2028 campaign.
Douglas MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official.
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