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Politics : The Heavily HEAVILY moderated Kamala Harris thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (161)	8/5/2024 7:44:19 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362

Whoever Harris chooses will cause one or another part of the party to be upset (as Will Rogers implied long ago--"I belong to no political party. I am a Democrat"): Harris Faces Party Divisions as She Chooses a Running Mate The vice president conducted interviews with potential candidates over the weekend and has fielded concerns from donors and activists over the choice. no paywall: nytimes.com The loudest group is the one opposed to Shapiro due to Gaza. But IMHO they are also the smallest group in terms of real voters. Most Americans agree with Shapiro's nuanced position on Gaza, I think. brief excerpts: The final stage of the campaign to be Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate reached something of an ugly phase in recent days as donors, interest groups and political rivals from the party’s moderate and progressive wings lobbied for their preferred candidates and passed around memos debating the contenders’ political weaknesses with key demographics. They turned most sharply on one of the favorites to join the ticket, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who has drawn opposition from progressives and even a senator in his home state. .... Progressive groups have trained their criticisms on Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Kelly, who they accuse of being too conservative on key issues. Shawn Fain, the president of the United Automobile Workers union, said during a Sunday interview on CBS that Mr. Kelly had “not really” assuaged the union’s concerns about his commitment to pro-labor legislation and that the organization had “bigger issues” with Mr. Shapiro’s support for school vouchers. .... One message, written by Billy Wimsatt, an executive director of a liberal donor group known as the Movement Voter Project, said that Mr. Shapiro could cause a drop in turnout among progressive voters who are concerned about the war in Gaza. “He risks significantly depressing enthusiasm for the Harris ticket among key constituencies of young voters, Arab and Muslim voters, and to some degree labor,” he wrote in an email thread, which was shared with The New York Times. “Tim Walz is the perfect Harris VP unicorn for this moment.”