Triasha

It was a terrible decision, but only in hindsight. She was a popular governor and a political outsider, even by Alaska standards.

But she let the proto tea party get to her and just ran with her worst instincts.

Mcain's primary win was a rebuke of Bush. McCain lost to Bush in the 2000 primary. He ran again in 08 and that time he got it because he represented a different "maverick" path from Bush's Neoconservatism.

McCain was also a neoconservative, but his brand was a straight shooting veteran with principles.

But the voting base wanted more change than that. McCain was still a Republican. The people wanted the Opposite of Bush, as seen in the down ballot races giving Dems a supermajority. People were predicting the end of the Republican party in 2009.

We all know how that turned out. But at the time it seemed transformational.

Oh absolutely. He would be a terrible VP pick and a prez run would flop. Not even WV likes him anymore.

Manchin could have switched parties anytime during his 18 years in office. He was a godsend when he ran the first time, and he's been a godsend ever since.

He's a piece of shit human, but he was the only democratic candidate with a chance at victory in West Virginia. His has been 85% better than any Republican that would have held his seat otherwise and it is infantile to pretend otherwise.

Manchin is infuriating, but he is no Sinema. He holds his office in a red state getting redder, not a pink state turning purple. He sometimes represents the wrong headed desires of his constituents and I can't hold that against him. Far more often he has voted for the best interests of the country.

That shows your ignorance.

We collectively decide what the constitution means.

Mostly the Supreme Court decides, of course, but we can vote for presidents that will pick justices that agree with us and congressional reps that will impeach justices that don't.

Congress shall make no law respecting can be interpreted in different ways. Every part of the constitution is open to interpretation.

I don't think you realize how much of a stink "California Governor" has in middle America.

It's bullshit. We should all be so lucky to live in a place like California, but fox News Propaganda has been working for decades convincing disengaged voters that Cali is a hellscape.

I think Newsom would make a fantastic President, but I am not convinced he has the best chance to win.

France put together a winning left coalition in 2 weeks.

How does the US being a bigger, wealthier, country mean we are weaker? I'm so tired of these arguments about what we can't do. If Biden dropped out 2 weeks before November it would be a disaster. As it is, he is listening to the legitimate concerns of the people.

She was a cop. She did the thing we wish all cops did and left the profession.

I still I still believe that Biden is more cogent than Trump any dementia patient can rant about nonsense for 2 hours. It takes more brainpower when you can't just rattle off whatever lies popped into your head 5 mid sentence.

Yeah painting Harris as a centrist shill was never true.

She is an ex cop. Isn't that exactly what we want cops to do? Leave the profession? She's governed from the left and was just a smidge to the right of warren in the primaries.

Her time as Vice president has been phenomenal.