It’s time for Kamala Harris to pick up the torch

I’m going to say it. I don’t want to say it. I’m going to say it.

I want Kamala Harris to take over as the Democratic presidential nominee.

I do pre-tape these segments and the news cycle is moving at warp speed at the present moment, so it’s entirely possible the decision was already made, but still. I did not think I’d get here, and yet here I am.

And here is why.

Put aside Biden’s humanity, record as a policymaker, and general loveliness. I listen to a lot of political podcasts, and what the Pod Save America – vehement Biden supporters who want nothing more than to see Trump defeated – said was what broke me.

They said that they saw him recently, and who they saw was the same person we all saw on the debate stage. And I trust them. They do not want Biden to drop out, but they also know – as I, too, believe – that this isn’t about Biden anymore. It’s about democracy. I can’t imagine what a difficult time this is for Biden and those closest to him – just the idea of being essentially forced to the end of a long and brilliant career – but…it’s not about him doing the “best he can” or listening to god or his family…it’s not about him.

Also, on a more positive note, DAMN Kamala.

Look at this.

Uh, girl, you get that dumb bunny. I know people have their issues with her – mostly that she’s been more or less a non-entity for the duration of the vice presidency – but really: that is both understandable, because VPs aren’t known for their grandstanding, and also…I don’t care. Oh, she’s a goofy-aunt type? You know who would absolutely slay management duties? My goofy aunt. And yours. Those ladies take zero crap, and multitask like champions.

I don’t like any of this. This is not anyone’s concept of an ideal situation. But to stay on that sort-of positive note…if Kamala becomes the nominee, I think she’d have a very good chance of galvanizing the youth/women/minority vote to a degree that could offset the misogynistic racists who would never vote for her. On the other side, should Trump win…which is not a future I want to see, but we have to address it as a possibility…that means that our government is broken.

And you know what sometimes has to happen before things can come back together? They have to break. To show people in a very real way what they’ve signed up for, and what they’re missing. To inspire them – especially, again, young people – to not just ask for change, but to demand it using whatever resources they have available to them.

And these guys made something called a “broccoli haircut” a thing. Maybe the restoration of the principles of our founding fathers will be totally within their wheelhouse. …Maybe?