Now that first-term Senator Kamala Harris has formally announced for the presidency in 2020, she has to be considered the odds-on favorite to win the Democrat nomination.
Harris identifies as both an African-American and Indian-American Being half Native American and gay would be a bit better, but among the current crop of possible Democrat candidates, none identify better as far as Democrats are concerned.
Identity is clearly the first consideration in the Democrat nominating process, something made abundantly clear by the positions and problems of the announced candidates that preceded Harris, those considering a run, and those that might stay out because of it - yes, I'm speaking of you, Joe Biden.
Who would have figured that Gabbard grew up in a "Socially conservative" household where she admits she was "Raised to believe that marriage should only be between a man and a woman." That was her excuse for not being "Woke" on gay rights any earlier than 2004 when she opined that the Democrat agenda should not be hamstrung by a "Small group of homosexual extremists." Barack Obama didn't get woke on that issue until sometime later himself, but the problem with being woke, is that there is always someone more awake than you, and Democrats don't want a president no more woke on gay issues than the last one.
It's hard to see any other Democrat matching Harris' identity bona fides.
Now it's possible that some old gray-haired Democrats with names like Pelosi, Schumer, and Biden might reasonably worry whether middle America is ready for Hurricane Harris.
They clearly see the 2020 election against the hated Trump as Democrats' to lose, and Harris is unlikely to win back the formerly Democrat working-class constituencies Trump won in 2016.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/kamala_harriss_identity_ticket.html
Harris identifies as both an African-American and Indian-American Being half Native American and gay would be a bit better, but among the current crop of possible Democrat candidates, none identify better as far as Democrats are concerned.
Identity is clearly the first consideration in the Democrat nominating process, something made abundantly clear by the positions and problems of the announced candidates that preceded Harris, those considering a run, and those that might stay out because of it - yes, I'm speaking of you, Joe Biden.
Who would have figured that Gabbard grew up in a "Socially conservative" household where she admits she was "Raised to believe that marriage should only be between a man and a woman." That was her excuse for not being "Woke" on gay rights any earlier than 2004 when she opined that the Democrat agenda should not be hamstrung by a "Small group of homosexual extremists." Barack Obama didn't get woke on that issue until sometime later himself, but the problem with being woke, is that there is always someone more awake than you, and Democrats don't want a president no more woke on gay issues than the last one.
It's hard to see any other Democrat matching Harris' identity bona fides.
Now it's possible that some old gray-haired Democrats with names like Pelosi, Schumer, and Biden might reasonably worry whether middle America is ready for Hurricane Harris.
They clearly see the 2020 election against the hated Trump as Democrats' to lose, and Harris is unlikely to win back the formerly Democrat working-class constituencies Trump won in 2016.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/kamala_harriss_identity_ticket.html
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