She worked the phones. Her team worked the delegates. When it was over, she had quickly locked down the nomination in a “well-orchestrated cascade,” as one party leader put it.
  • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Most people didn’t vote for Biden, they voted against Trump. Hell, there weren’t even really any other candidates that were still running in the primary in my state.

    I don’t like the situation we’re in any more than the next person… but that didn’t start recently. The presidential election is a staying action, not a political shift. That’s going to take a hell of a lot more than one person, no matter how many times they’re called “the most powerful person in the world”.