That makes assumptions, like that they would have had all the ingredients available or that they would eat enough subs to make buying the ingredients more viable.
The only criticism I have with that is the transfer of campaign funds. Harris was able to take control of the war chest immediately. That's the one justification I can see for giving her the nod.
If someone truly believes they are in fucking danger, they need to remove themselves from the danger first and foremost, before any consideration of "but what about next election?"
Uh huh, there I go again? This suddenly shifted from a reasonable conversation to bad faith rhetoric. This is collectively the fault of everyone who made piss poor, ineffectual efforts to stop it as a unified bloc. That encompasses a lot of folks. But as long as you have the specter of "they did it, not me" then I guess it's easier to avoid speculation as to why we all can't win.
I'm as guilty of that by saying that aligning with the larger contingent was the best way through, I suppose. But failing to even make a reasonable effort was beyond the pale. I didn't want the outcome we got, but far too many leftists and progressives seemed comfortable with flirting with disaster.
Did you envision a worse outcome than the one we got? Because, for me, it was the most unfavorable situation. Working backward from that, it seemed self-evident that the clear path to avoiding it was to throw in with the only other viable option.
Anything else, any more complex assessment of the choice that was given to us, invited in division. The fascist platform was "fuck you" and everyone to the left of that was more concerned with the etymology of the phrase or the moral implications of flipping someone off than firing back with "no, fuck YOU" and sorting out the details once we found out whether or not there were enough of us who didn't want to be fucked.
You forgot the quotes. "Power." She'll be a progressive member of the minority party under a fascist regime who has already signaled a complete lack of care for its political adversaries.
I'd argue that the two women are not far removed from one enother in the amount of power they will wield.
Which is it? There are so, so many progressives who can effect change out there, or most everyone to the left of the Dems conformed but it wasn't enough?
That makes assumptions, like that they would have had all the ingredients available or that they would eat enough subs to make buying the ingredients more viable.