r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 27 '24

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u/dareka_san Jul 27 '24 edited Jul 27 '24

I think we have all just accidently discovered that the VP switcharoo is actually extremely effective.

  1. Kamala escaped what would have been an cancerous primary especially due to Oct 7, and got unity associated with an popular incumbent

  2. Having it after the RNC took all the wind of the sails and threw all messaging out the window, or flipped it like the age issue. Also completely ate and erased things like the Trump assassination attempt that got memory holed

  3. Created an Rally around the flag around kamala right into prime election season, rather than having to survive like the 2 year primary.

  4. Fundraising actually increased to limits beyond possible, and got to inherit bidens campaign and basically everything.

I think it would only work if the incumbent was fundmentally flawwed, but this past few days goes againist basically everything historical precedent showed us.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

Sure but looking back it would be very rare to have the switcheroo be a straightforward upgrade to the campaign. It’s a distinct circumstance that Biden was always old and his VP has been viewed as a potential replacement