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posted by Isabel Miller
Monday, Jul 22, 24 @ 7:38 am
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Obviously pretty shell shocked at the Biden news still. Even recognizing that this might be for the best, and the reaction to Harris as the presumptive nominee has been much more positive than I was anticipating, I still deep down don’t like the idea of the party more or less turning on a candidate due to a donor rebellion. I fully understand that many non-donors had legitimate reasons to want Biden out, but ultimately this feels like a total invalidation of the primary process (as the metric has been set… if donors don’t like a nominee, then they can threaten to turn off the funds spigot to force the party to get them to quit). I don’t see this as a one-off thing for very extenuating circumstances, but rather a new norm baked into the system to please donors first and voters second.
I’ll never skip a general election, but I’m thinking that I’m not going to bother with primaries any time soon now.
Comment by TJ Monday, Jul 22, 24 @ 8:13 am
Good weather last weekend/today for outside work and fun, but the latter part of this week looks like a return to form for July.
Comment by Former ILSIP Monday, Jul 22, 24 @ 8:29 am
Big news weekend, huh?
Comment by NewToSpringfield Monday, Jul 22, 24 @ 8:46 am