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I remember that tons of people were super apprehensive to change the candidate with such little time left. I'm glad Biden's campaign didn't listen to that, because Kamala is way better in every way.
I was one of those. And never knew much about Harris before so I was doubly apprehensive. But she really is a solid choice and what the world needs right now, namely someone who can beat Trump. And maybe, just maybe she might be a tiny slither more progressive than Uncle Joe too, but now I'm probably dreaming. I'll settle for not getting the fascist again, though.
Ironically (in light of your comment) her clear conservative lean really concerns me. She's backtracked on literally every progressive stance she held in 2020. This is the reason for her "my values haven't changed" soundbite. Yes, R is trying to paint her as a flipflopper. I'm not doing that, I think she leaned into the social impact of BLM and the pandemic in 2020, and is now back to her conservative self.
She seems like a decent person, but unless this is all an act to get elected (and if it isn't her statements during the runup to the 2020 election were) she's just going to pull us to the right slower than Trump would.
Nothing would make me happier than to be wrong. Let's see what she does on healthcare, UBI, police reform, corporate greed (price gouging grocery stores anyone?), and marijuana legalization. We already know she's not going to do anything differently than Biden on gaza, which is to say continue to support Israel unconditionally.
100% better than trump, and I will vote for her without hesitation on that alone. But we still don't have a President on the horizon who will do more than tolerate the progressive left in their party. At least that's how I see it.
I remember lemmy's centrists losing their fucking shit at the suggestion that Biden should step aside. And they're the same people who scream "Russian bot!" at anyone who disagrees with them, especially from the left. Don't revise history. Lemmy's centrists were all-in on losing with Biden.
TIL I'm a Russian bot for showing valid concern. The fears that Biden dropping out could cause chaos for the Dems were not unfounded, but I was glad to be proven wrong.