Kamala Harris - 2020 Vision

[WeekiWater]

Mixed-race and female. A couple of presidential elections ago, that would have been enough to ensure Kamala Harris was a non-starter. Today, it makes her the ideal candidate to beat Donald Trump.

In 2008 she would not have had a shot, but the American political landscape has changed markedly in the last decade, and in the last two years especially. The Oakland native is the early favorite to win the democratic nomination, having emerged as the candidate with the best chance of beating Donald Trump to the White House in 2020.

She comes onto the national scene with the Democratic party still smarting from Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016 and an electorate largely exasperated with the events of the last two years. Now, aspects that would have hindered her had she gone up against, say, George W. Bush in 2004 (being a woman, of mixed race, with immigrants for parents) are suddenly viewed as advantages. She is being tipped as the natural successor to Barrack Obama, and the one who can turn Trump into a one-term president.

An open, modern figure with broad appeal, Harris is sufficiently charismatic to win over a large section of voters and sufficiently battle-hardened to go toe to toe with the outgoing president – able to give as good as she gets when it comes to the sort of verbal jousting he relishes.

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[chimpymustgo]

1. Kamala has a glow of optimism and good faith that she'll get the job done!

I feel I can trust her.

[WeekiWater]

2. She is going around with confidence, not arrogance.

A number of our candidates are. Harris really seems to be hitting out of the park with that aspect.

[NurseJackie]

3. Confidence and optimism. Respect and sincerity. Energetic! That's how to win!

I'm so sick of frumpy candidates who are grumpy and angry, pessimistic and surly, tired and sleepy.

She's someone that I'd be PROUD to see leading our nation.

[calimary]

4. I've been waiting for SOME Democrat, somewhere, to use that slogan.

“2020 Vision.” How come it’s taken til just one year beforehand to start using this one?

[Gothmog]

5. I saw this on twitter and it made me smile

Link to tweet