quote:Kathy (Hochul; Gov. NY) faces the voters next in '26, but might she have other ideas such as."1600 in '28"?
I think Kamala's defeat, after having been anointed only 107 days prior to the Election is proof that anyone contemplating a presidential run had best be prepared to invest far more "lead time" to get ready. After all, Trump invested the past four years readying his successful run.
So maybe she already is thinking beyond her term as Governor.
Several responses enveloped until the Moderator said "enough":
quote:As much as I hate the idea there is too much dislike of the idea of a female US president. Base that on some careful questioning of some persons. Including my wife. That includes McCain, Clinton,& Harris.
quote:I suspect had Hillary not been Bill's husband, she might have actually won. She had the ability to debate people and actually answer questions, even if her policies were out of line with what people wanted after eight years of Obama. There was a definite fatigue there.
But here, we have our Open Discussion Forum, which at this time, appears to be the most active around here.
I can't think of when we had a more qualified candidate for President (that does not mean likeability) since Bush41 than Hillary; yet she lost to one who had no government experience whatever.
Kamala lost decisively because she really had little experience beyond being "Joe's understudy" - and she only had 107 days in which to make her case. How many world leaders did she sit down with for anything beyond "powder puff" sessions? Trump, for better or worse, was a "known quantity".
But "on the flip", there have been strong women leaders who can hold their own with others, gender notwithstanding. Consider Maggie in the UK, Angela in Germany, Golda in Israel. Others, such as Claudia in Mexico, are getting the chance, for better or worse, to "earn their spurs".
So what's with the USA? Is there some deep ingrown prejudice, or is it simply "the right one hasn't come along"?
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Kamala lost for several other factors, including not convincingly disavowing her far-left positions and her word salad in front of the camera. (There is also “too big to rig” and all that entailed.)
Now who is up for voting for people like Sarah Huckabee Sanders as POTUS?
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You must acknowledge, Mr. Helfner, that Kamala, or for that matter, any sitting VP running to succeed the sitting President, is between "the rock and the hard place" as to how to assail the Administration in which that VP sits.
I suppose, when Kamala went on "The View" - as "powder puff" a venue as I could imagine, she lost votes when she said "I'll really change nothing". I suppose there were all too many voters hearing those words who construed, right or wrong notwithstanding, that she would fall even further "under the spell" of Bernie, Liz, AOC, and "The Squad" than did Joe - and that is why I personally was disappointed with him (and as a veteran, the humiliating exit from Afghanistan).
Finally, regarding Sarah, or for that matter her Father, Mike, you think I want to have mandatory church attendance? I go to church when I want to go to church; namely Reunions and Centenary events at SKS, and Trinity Cathedral in Miami (because it's there; and the hotel at which I stay when in Miami is immediately to its South).
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