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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
As unfair as it may be I think the idea that a Chinese candidate could beat Trump when fear of China's accendency is what is galvinising most of this nativist idiocy and a return to politics as usual is the main wish of those opposed to Trump, not taking a chance on another non politician with no experience of Washington or Government.
I think the idea Yang is a serious candidate this cycle is absurd, if he wants to pay his political dues, maybe spend some time in the senate then run fair enough
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Pretty sure Yang's parents were Taiwanese, not Chinese (he himself is from New York), but it's certainly a fair point about the effect of COVID on the likelihood of people voting for a candidate like him in this cycle. That said, suggesting that Yang increase his electability by becoming a regular politician is missing the point spectacularly. If you wanted to develop him as a political prospect for the democrats in the future (and they should really be doing more of this), he'd be working for the White House in some capacity related to automation and technology regulation - which, of course, was his central policy issue, for anyone who had actually paid attention in the primaries. I wouldn't be surprised if that's where he ends up, although he may just prefer to go the media route.
In any event though, the Democrats have a succession plan in terms of the presidency now. The ideal scenario is 8 years of Joe followed by 8 years of Harris. Even if Joe only serves one term, they have their "guy", so to speak, for 12 years, if all goes to plan. If either of them loses an election in that period then all bets are off and we're back to the free-for-all we had this cycle, but until it sinks, the ship has sailed.