Anchor Struck

In the wake of the political tsunami yesterday, I posted that it was unclear if Kamala Harris would replace Biden as the Democrats’ nominee. It’s not official until the convention next month, but the coalescing of support for Harris happened with a swiftness and concreteness I’ve never seen in a political party that shoots itself in the foot far too often.

Donations and endorsements are pouring in. A slew of Dem governours are courting Harris for the VP slot. She’s already signaled how she’ll campaign, as a prosecutor of a felon. Brilliant. When Trump is on his heels, he fabricates all the more. She’ll nail him on that.

I posted just after the assassination attempt that there’s no one the Dems could choose to beat Trump, but I don’t believe that now. In classic Trumpian fashion, Aging Orange has already overplayed the event. He just wielded the Divine Intervention card. Today he called Biden the worst president ever, when actually he earned that title earlier this year in a survey of 154 historians and political scientists.

I can’t wait to see some fresh polls. Harris checks a lot of boxes as a black woman with Asian heritage and a Jewish husband. J.D. Vance’s chauvinistic views on women, especially regarding abortion, will soon outweigh his “aw-shucks” veneer. Hopefully.

FUN FACT: In looking up an alternative to “fabricate” in my thesaurus, I found the phrase “trump up”.