What about Kamala?

[rgmwa]

She’s off to a good start and Trump and the GOP are trying to land punches on a new target with not much success so far. The Democrats are suddenly feeling a lot better about their chances in November, but there is a long way to go. At the very least it’s become a closer and more interesting contest. She might even pull it off, especially if her VP running mate is a strong performer.

Edited July 27 by rgmwa

[old man emu]

No matter how well she is approved of by those not supporting Trump, it all comes down to the number of people who get off their arses and go to vote. That's the problem with US elections - not compulsory. You'd think that a country that hold the Right to vote so high that election booths would have to be on every corner t satisfy demand. Whether we Australians get the right politicians or not, at least our form of democracy imposes the duty on its citizens to turn up an vote.

[red750]

Their freedoms include the right not to vote.

[facthunter]

You vote with Guns there.  Nev

[willedoo]

If you don't vote you don't have much of a mandate to complain about those elected.

[willedoo]

Kamala has been raising a lot of campaign funds which must have the orange one concerned. Her pick of running partner for VP will be interesting. There was speculation today on social media that Pete Buttigieg might be in the mix. Kamala might do ok especially if she does a bit of homework to minimise stuff-ups in policy positions. If she's well briefed before interviews she won't have too much trouble.

[rgmwa]

I think Pete is very smart and articulate, but the combination of a woman of colour and a gay guy might cause a bit of apoplexy among the more conservative fence-sitters they have to try to get over the line. 

[onetrack]

Barack Obama has refused to endorse Kamala, and with good reason, I would suspect. It's reported that he was appalled that Joe appointed her as the Presidential candidate without a shred of consultation with anyone.

Obama says the Presidential candidate should have rightfully been selected from a group of nominees, by Democratic Party senior leaders. Joe has effectively thumbed his nose at his Party leaders.

 

I suspect that Obama has strong reservations about Kamala's abilities on the world stage, especially when it comes to walking the tightrope of international relations with many other powerful countries and their leaders.

I believe may also have some deep knowledge of Kamala's lack of leadership ability in other important fields as well. And at the end of the day, when has America ever voted in a woman to lead them? - and a "coloured" woman at that?

It's too big a jump for many Americans, who still harbour a deep dislike of anyone who isn't from the "Anglo-Saxon founding class of America".

 

Edited July 29 by onetrack

[rgmwa]

He and Michelle endorsed her last week. 

[octave]

 

 

Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris as Democratic candidate

[Marty_d]

She'll pick a white man (probably straight) as her VP.

There's an ex astronaut in the mix, could be him.

[willedoo]

Major Tom for VP.

[rgmwa]

Josh Shapiro would be up there too.

[old man emu]

Shapiro Surname Meaning: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from the Yiddish name of the German city of Speyer.

 

[facthunter]

So what?. Noel Coward was an actor.. Smiths worked metal  but they are just names. Nev

[onetrack]

Ahh, but it used to be common to relate surnames to character! My old man did it, it was an old English thing, I believe. "Fox by name, Fox by nature!"

[old man emu]

I was hinting at an alignment with a certain ethnic group from the Middle East which has a lot of influence in the USA.

[willedoo]

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is Jewish, something I didn't know until the Gaza war brought it into the news.

[facthunter]

Because your Father did it or anyone else for that matter doesn't make it a valid assertion..  or  assumption of a particular pattern of behaviour.  Nev

[old man emu]

I wonder if he's related to that partnership of optometrists, "Winken, Blinken and Nodd" ?

[facthunter]

Mr Coles or Mr Garrard?  Mr Blinken is a very busy man.. Myopia is common in the US. Nev

[onetrack]

Those with Jewish ancestry are quite sizeable in number in America. A lot came from Russia around WW1. The Jews controlled a large proportion of the shipping industry and international trading and finance in the 1800's.

[Bruce Tuncks]

I thought Obama was good until I read that he supported Putin in Ukraine.....  gosh I hope this is wrong.

 

[Marty_d]

3 minutes ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

I thought Obama was good until I read that he supported Putin in Ukraine.....  gosh I hope this is wrong.

 

Where did you read it?

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

This is the closest I could find, but it is hardly a ringing endorsement of Putin by Obama: https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-slams-us-barack-obama-for-excuses-over-russia-policy-war/