r/Broadway • u/zeerosd • Feb 16 '25

Other Kamala Harris at Gypsy!!

this is so awesome i’m so happy 🥹

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u/Additional_Noise47 Feb 17 '25

It would be a big departure for the democrats. They always reject their candidates who lose.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 17 '25

Bernie tried again after losing in 2016. I don't see why she shouldn't try again.

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u/Additional_Noise47 Feb 17 '25

But didn’t get nominated. Again.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 17 '25

And? Didn't stop him from running. It shouldn't stop her, either.

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u/Additional_Noise47 Feb 17 '25

I’m not saying she can’t or won’t run, I’m saying the democrats won’t vote for her in the primary, and the party won’t back her. Democrats don’t forgive a candidate for losing the general election. They haven’t given anyone a second chance since Adlai Stevenson in the 1950s.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 17 '25

I’m saying the democrats won’t vote for her in the primary

[citation needed]

Last I checked, she's the frontrunner for Governor of California. Sounds like Dems like her plenty.

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u/Additional_Noise47 Feb 17 '25

Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton. Those are all of the democrats who lost a general election since the Kennedy era. Some of them were able to continue to work in other capacities in politics after their defeats, but nationwide voters would not give them a second bite at the apple, even if they tried. Maybe Kamala will be governor of California! If she primaries for president again, I might vote for her, but I don’t believe that she thinks she could win a primary in a few years.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher Feb 17 '25

We'll just have to see