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[–] robbinhood@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I want to tell myself that there's no way in hell they would let this happen, let alone make it happen.

Then I remember it's the DNC.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s not like they colluded to kneecap Bernie’s campaign. Wait…

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Kamala or Buttigeig, you can bet on it.

Seriously, go to Vegas. At least you'll make money on the end of the world.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I'd bet they'll try to run Blinken or Shapiro. Harris cant bring in campaign donations, and donations are all the DNC cares about.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like they have really poor name recognition. And while Shapiro looks great and presidential, Blinkin has a real "off" kind of look to him.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

They're also both in a murder and land left theft cult, and you can be sure that they will use any influence they get to further entangle the US in that, at astronomical cost to the US.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Buttigeig is likely going to run given that he is giving up his chance at a Senate seat.

I feel like Walz is going to run as well. He's been showing up in national media a lot and seems to be becoming the face of the opposition.

Newsom seems like he's going to run as well, but he's been making terrible choices recently.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, Walz refuses to announce (like they always do) but you don't make the amount of noise he is without gearing up for something. I don't think there's any way he doesn't run, and currently he might even be my favorite of those that I'm confident will run. We've got a while before the next presidential election though, so anything could happen and I can't really be bothered thinking about.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Newsom seems like he’s going to run as well, but he’s been making terrible choices recently.

Yeah, he's trying to become the preordained nominee by making choices party leadership likes.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 16 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This guy gets it. Speaking as a Californian, this is exactly, precisely what's happening. I don't use this term a lot because it resurfaces trauma of not realizing I was posting in a thread on Hexbear, but Newsom is straight up the textbook definition of a shitlib. He's always kinda been a shitlib, with a ratio of one kinda okay decision to like four disappointing, mediocre, and shitty decisions that make the wealthy and corporate donors happy. Now that he sees a path to the presidency laid bare, he's fully embracing his shitlib instincts. Please, for the love of Buddha, don't vote for him in the primary.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

Please, for the love of Buddha, don’t vote for him in the primary.

As though primary votes matter. The party successfully argued in court that they don't.