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I really worried that it was too late to switch without disaster. And I was lukewarm on Harris in 2019 and also now, so was not too thrilled with that choice either.
But I haven't seen democrats this energized to vote in my lifetime (and that includes 2020) outside of places like this where we talk about such things. (and I'm in my 50s, so I've seen a few elections)
Over the past day I have pretty much set aside any concerns because it's clear that I was wrong and/or she is succeeding in a way that is galvanizing the voters in a way that goes beyond any concerns I have about her record. Everyone seems excited now, she'll be better than Trump by miles, and maybe she'll be better than I think she will too.
She's already come out as supporting Palestine more than Biden ever publicly did.
I guess it's time to just ride this exciting, unusual change and see where it goes.
Dems haven't been this excited since 2008
Other than Bernie running, Dems haven't had a reason to be excited. Hillary, while skilled, makes a lot of folks unhappy for all sorts of reasons. Biden could have done so much worse, but he wasn't the bastion of progress many people wanted, and we didn't know before the election how well he would actually do. For this election, Biden just didn't seem like he would last 4 more years, and he didn't seem like he had the fight left to take on Trump. Harris represents a real chance at some progress, and certainly staving off the return to the good ol' times that the Right is hellbent on achieving.
Yeah I did forget about 2008. That's the only other example I'm aware of though.
Oh man, what about all that Dukakis buzz.
He was like a goddamn rock star, what with all the groupies, the sold out rallies with women lifting their tops for him, the crowd surfing, etc.
I hadn't started to think about politics yet then, I wasn't very aware.
Yeah, I'm just assuming here. I was 10.