Summary
Kamala Harris’s political skills have transformed a potentially disastrous 2024 presidential election into a competitive race.
Despite initial skepticism and a challenging campaign, Harris has improved her public image and closed the gap with Trump on key issues. Since Biden stepped aside in July and endorsed her, she has shifted from an unpopular vice president to a viable candidate, even matching Trump in polls on economic issues.
Her leadership has given Democrats a chance to prevent a Trump landslide and halt the rise of American authoritarianism.
The enduring fact is that our election cycles don’t have to last years. She did this in a little over 100 days.
The Primary system is fucking broken. It only exists to make some states “Princess for a Day” and guarantee some advertising dollars. It is only so long because some states want a week to themselves, or want to be “first in the nation” or some other bullshit like that. And the parties do whatever they can to tip the scales all the time.
If I were in charge, I would change it like this:
All primary elections for President must occur within a four week span in May or June.
12 or 13 states go in each week. The order will vary from election to election, so the same bucket of states only goes first once in 4 elections.
there must be at least three candidates for any primary to happen. Less than 3 candidates = no primary.
parties are free to ignore these rules, but then they should settle their candidate by some other method than a state-wide primary that taxpayers pay for.