Democrats and their media breathed a sigh of relief after successfully browbeating their elderly nominee into withdrawing while he was sick and isolated.
Now the same media that suddenly took to investigating the Dem nominee has switched into full cheerleader mode deluging us with crucial reports about Kamala’s sweatshirts, how inspirational it will be to have a black female president (sorta) and how terrified Republicans are of running against her.
It’s all familiar stuff from 2008. The media and the Democrats (but I repeat myself) are trying to rerun the Obama campaign, but there’s a numbers of problems with that.
- Kamala isn’t Obama. She just desperately wishes she was. Instead of coolness and charm, she’s awkward, tone-deaf, and spouts reductive nonsense. Nor does she have much of a black following.
- The 2008 election was a change election, but Kamala is an incumbent. The 2012 election was a close one, but Obama had charisma, black voters and a hurricane on his side. While Republicans were stuck with a stiff and uncomfortable candidate with poor messaging skills and a lack of visible empathy.
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- The Obama campaign already happened. People have long since gotten tired of the original Obama. Never mind trying a candidate who combines the worst of Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden with none of the upsides.
- The economic problems of today are more serious than they were in 2012. And no amount of telling people they’re delusional has made them go away. People blame the Biden administration for them.
Rerunning the Obama campaign’s vapid narcissism without its attempt at a change message is a dead end. The girl power stuff will look good to the media. It’ll appeal to a bunch of the Hillary voters, but it will turn off crucial parts of the country.
Biden, for all his flaws, could at least have some appeal beyond the Dem base of liberal and black women. That is purely Kamala’s base and she has anti-appeal beyond it. Now maximizing base turnout can work, but it’s also a surrender. And that’s what rebooting Kamala as a girl power version of Obama 2.0 is.
You can’t go home again.
Kamala isn’t Obama. She can’t run on change. And vapid narcissism isn’t a sell during an economic crisis.