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    22 hours ago

    I want to tell myself that there’s no way in hell they would let this happen, let alone make it happen.

    Then I remember it’s the DNC.

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      22 hours ago

      Kamala or Buttigeig, you can bet on it.

      Seriously, go to Vegas. At least you’ll make money on the end of the world.

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        I’d bet they’ll try to run Blinken or Shapiro. Harris cant bring in campaign donations, and donations are all the DNC cares about.

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          I feel like they have really poor name recognition. And while Shapiro looks great and presidential, Blinkin has a real “off” kind of look to him.

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        Buttigeig is likely going to run given that he is giving up his chance at a Senate seat.

        I feel like Walz is going to run as well. He’s been showing up in national media a lot and seems to be becoming the face of the opposition.

        Newsom seems like he’s going to run as well, but he’s been making terrible choices recently.

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          Yeah, Walz refuses to announce (like they always do) but you don’t make the amount of noise he is without gearing up for something. I don’t think there’s any way he doesn’t run, and currently he might even be my favorite of those that I’m confident will run. We’ve got a while before the next presidential election though, so anything could happen and I can’t really be bothered thinking about.

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          Newsom seems like he’s going to run as well, but he’s been making terrible choices recently.

          Yeah, he’s trying to become the preordained nominee by making choices party leadership likes.

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            This guy gets it. Speaking as a Californian, this is exactly, precisely what’s happening. I don’t use this term a lot because it resurfaces trauma of not realizing I was posting in a thread on Hexbear, but Newsom is straight up the textbook definition of a shitlib. He’s always kinda been a shitlib, with a ratio of one kinda okay decision to like four disappointing, mediocre, and shitty decisions that make the wealthy and corporate donors happy. Now that he sees a path to the presidency laid bare, he’s fully embracing his shitlib instincts. Please, for the love of Buddha, don’t vote for him in the primary.

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              10 hours ago

              Please, for the love of Buddha, don’t vote for him in the primary.

              As though primary votes matter. The party successfully argued in court that they don’t.