Potential opponents to Harris are endorsing her
The Path to the Nomination: Reality TV vs. Reality TV in Kamala Harris’s Last Gliding Road to the Presidential Candidate
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Democratic lawmakers, organizers, and potential rivals rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris’s candidacy less than a day after President Biden stepped out of the race and put his support behind her for as the presidential nominee. She appears on a glidepath to the nomination when delegates meet in Chicago next month.
The Democratic party may have to go for an open convention if another person challenges Harris. Much depends on the around 4,700 convention delegates that will convene on Aug. 19 in Chicago. One expert said it would be similar to reality TV you have never seen. Here is a more in-depth look at the situation now.
Harris has cinched endorsements from Biden and over one hundred Congress members. The road to the nomination and presidency is hard because she has no other international experience like other Democratic candidates.
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Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., seen as a potential contender, told MSNBC Monday morning that he was endorsing her candidacy. “The vice president is smart and strong which will make her a good president,” he said.
Fellow Democratic Govs. There had been speculation that the two Democrats from California and Pennsylvania would challenge Harris at the convention in four weeks, but they came out in support of her.
While some Democrats are advocating for an “open process” in Chicago, there seems to be little appetite for a contentious battle for the nomination to take on former President Donald Trump, and any potential challenge seemed likely to be nominal.
“A lot of people would like to see a mini-primary. The process is to find out if you have the strongest candidate, even if it is someone other than yourself, according to Sen. Joe Manchin.
The Democratic Party has moved to the left. But let’s see if she comes back. You know a person is able to change direction or position if they so choose. And I would like to see that direction change,” he said.
The Shakeup of the Democrats: Can the Biden Campaign Hand over the Campaign War Chest to the Campaign? A Reply from Cooksey with the FEC
Harris is also likely to benefit from the $240 million the Biden campaign reported it had on hand in the most recent disclosure, but there is some dispute over whether campaign finance laws allow for Biden to just hand it all over to Harris’s campaign.
“These are not ordinary times. And this will not be an ordinary election,” Harris wrote in a solicitation text to supporters on Monday asking for $20 donations.
Sean Cooksey, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Election Commission, told NPR’s Morning Edition there are legitimate arguments to be made that Harris isn’t entitled to those funds.
On Sunday, Cooksey shared on X a portion of federal campaign finance regulations, which states that if a candidate is “not a candidate in the general election,” all contributions made to that candidate for the November election “shall be either returned or refunded to the contributors or redesignated… or reattributed… as appropriate.”
But he may have to consider his interpretation if the Trump campaign files a complaint with the FEC, or a request for an advisory opinion, on Biden’s efforts to hand over his campaign war chest to Harris.
Given the abbreviated timeline for those complaints to be heard — there are roughly 100 days until the presidential election — Democrats’ efforts to do could also be challenged in court.
“We’re ready, and we’ve been ready,” Trump spokesman Jason Miller said on X. “Kamala Harris will not be able to outrun the Harris-Biden record or her radical leftist record from the California days.”
Specifically, Republicans are already highlighting Harris’s more liberal immigration positions and will argue that she “covered up” for Biden’s mental acuity. Senior Trump campaign official Chris LaCivita said that they lied about it every day.
The shakeup of the Democrats remains to be seen. A recent NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, conducted before Biden withdrew from the race but after his poor debate performance, showed both Biden and Harris in a statistical tie with Trump.
Speculation quickly fell to contenders in must-win swing states such as Shapiro, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, or Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, where Harris has already traveled frequently in this campaign.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. has won statewide races twice and could put back on the map a state that Democrats believe had largely slipped away from Biden by the time he exited the race.
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With just four weeks until the convention, the Democrats have very little time to vet a running mate, while voters will only have to wait a few days before finding out: the running mate is traditionally announced days prior to the convention.
The Democratic Party’s rules require candidates to fill out paperwork and gather at least 300 electronic signatures in a short window of time — likely this week — in order to be eligible for the vote. So far, Harris is the only candidate to earn the endorsement of more than 300 delegates. Earlier this year and in 2020, the author ran in primaries and indicated that she would like to be a candidate.
The DNC started working on a plan to have delegates vote online in case the nominee does not show up at the convention, fearing it would put him at risk of missing some deadlines. The convention begins Aug. 19.
The virtual vote ahead of the convention became more important after Biden dropped out of the race this weekend and Republicans threatened legal action, said Minyon Moore, chair of the party’s convention.
On Sunday, hours before Biden announced his decision to drop out of the race, House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN that Democrats could have a “real problem” if they tried to replace him as the nominee.
“I think they have legal obstacles in some of these states and it will be litigated on the ground here, and they will have to sort through that,” Johnson said.
But after Biden’s announcement, Republicans have appeared to back away from that strategy, instead focusing on the idea that Harris may face hurdles in using Biden’s campaign funds.
I think they have a legal problem if she uses the Biden committee as her campaign committee.
He says that the Federal Election Commission moves very slowly and he doesn’t think there will be any quick-term resolution to the issues before the election.
Nancy Pelosi made a motion to endorse the other Californian on Monday night because of Harris’ experience as a prosecutor. Attendees said Pelosi spoke about how important California Democrats were in voting for her.
When she announced her campaign, she said she would go out and earn the nomination. I look forward to accepting the nomination soon.
DNC chairman Jaime Harrison says DNC officials will hold an electronic roll call by Aug. 7. That news comes as the Associated Press reports that Harris has secured enough delegate commitments to lock up the nomination.
