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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
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.
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It boggles my mind that people think Kamela Harris is a good candidate.
Seriously, go listen to the Joe Rogan podcast with Josh Dubin of the Innocence Project. There is literally nothing good about Kamela Harris. She is the definition of politician garbage.
The only thing worse about all of it is that podcast was recorded before Harris was the candidate. People still don't care. About none of it. Politician talk about protecting minorities, fighting against racism, it all means nothing when it comes to their power and greed.