There is a pro wrestling Royal Rumble Surprise Entrant element to this that Dems are underplaying. People forget that McCain shot up in the polls because he picked a popular female governor who wasn't 1 million years old. It was only later revealed she was one of the dumbest people alive.
What was not publicized at *all* regarding Palin--until anti-Christian-Nationalism researchers (including, notably, myself) *broke the news*--was that Sarah Palin was the stereotypical example of a NAR Christian Nationalist "stealth candidate"
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Quite. Turning a depressing here-we-go-again contest into something that has the possibility of being exciting as well as important has a lot of value.
Was just reminding a friend that was Bill Kristol’s infinite wisdom how she got picked. Because he watched one video interview clip and thought she looked pretty and was a woman who had no obvious flaws on paper . And yet…Bill got to kept writing about politics for another 20 years and was paid
If Biden resigns the presidency, Harris would probably benefit from the same “oh shit a brand new president” bump in the polls that all previous presidents had. she’d be running for reelection in the honeymoon period