CNN reporter at NAACP dinner interviewed 64 yr old black woman after Kamala Harris spoke...

[highplainsdem]

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Right after @KamalaHarris' speech directly taking on old notions of electability, I interviewed a 64 year old Black woman at this #NAACP dinner who said "Sorry. I think I know America and while Kamala is very impressive, Joe Biden is more electable."

[True Blue American]

1. VP?

[CurtEastPoint]

2. I feel Biden/Harris would be a superb match. Then...4 years later... Pres. Harris.

[MontanaFarmer]

8. That's my perfect- world plan also.

I wish Biden and Harris would come ask us, we'd get them straightened out!

[CurtEastPoint]

10. "Joe! Kamala! Sit down and listen to us!"

[True Blue American]

12. Yes!

Like Pelosi. Clean up the mess, then turn it over to the next generation.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Nowadays everybody is their own personal pundit.

[highplainsdem]

5. Yes, and on cable news the supporters of other candidates seem very upset that voters are

actually considering electability. How dare they!

[Cha]

30. Beat trump is the

Rallying Cry!

[Renew Deal]

4. I'm sure the commenter was speaking on race but...

I think she would be bad at the job. She’s an ideologue that seeks adoration. She’s perfect for her current job. I don’t think she belongs in an executive role and certainly not president.

[EffieBlack]

7. Because all of the other candidates have no ideology and are modest introverts

seeking no praise or attention ...

If only she weren’t so ambitious ...

[Merlot]

23. Curses to those with ambition - especially if they're women!

[EffieBlack]

6. ONE black woman at a dinner says she prefers Biden over Harris and that's a thing?

i sure wish the media were interested in other things black people - especially black women - have to say ...

[highplainsdem]

9. All the recent polls show Biden getting much more support from black voters than any other candidate

gets.

That's a thing.

And this anecdote, the reaction described, is a thing because it's immediately following Kamala Harris giving a speech.

[EffieBlack]

13. The fact that every single black person in America doesn't support Kamala Harris isn't a "thing"

It’s not even newsworthy.

[highplainsdem]

15. By that standard, reporters should never ask individual voters for their opinions when covering

campaigns.

However, they do. They always have.

[EffieBlack]

17. Of course reporters should ask voters for their opinions

But if you can find any reporter, after interviewing a white voter tweeting out the following takeaway from the interview, please share it:

“Right after @KamalaHarris' speech directly taking on old notions of electability, I interviewed a 64 year old White man who said ‘Sorry. I think I know America and while Kamala is very impressive, Joe Biden is more electable.’"

[Kaleva]

11. Blacks by a wide margin supported Hillary in 2007 but shifted to Obama later.

[True Blue American]

14. I think most voters

Are concerned about getting Trump out and Joe made a good start by showing his personality compared to Trump and his hate spewing.

[highplainsdem]

16. True. And it's very early. But since I don't have a crystal ball, I'm posting about

polls and voter reactions we hear about now.

[Kaleva]

22. Yes, it's still anyone's game at this point.

[mopinko]

18. jonathan capehart talked about this on amjoy.

he talked about how many in the black community, including his mom, were on the hillary train until obama won iowa.
then they believed. he said he called his mom to ask her what she thought on the night of iowa. he reported her answer was-OBAMA!! OBAMA!!! and that she was on the train from then on.

now, those 8 years may weigh heavy on those hopes. but i think once she wins a couple of primaries, or she otherwise starts to look "electable", a lot of that could change.
if we get the wave we are hoping for, it will put whoever our candidate is in the white house, and wash out the slime from our congress, too.

[Ninsianna]

19. Just the one?

[EffieBlack]

21. Apparently, when it comes to certain things, the view of one, lone sister is meaningful

But when it comes to most other things, the views of millions of black women are irrelevant.

[Ninsianna]

28. So weird how that happens!

[abqtommy]

20. One opinion

out of many.

[apnu]

24. I think Joe has a nostalgia advantage

No matter what Barack Obama does or says, Joe Biden will always have an Obama nostalgia factor. Especially juxtaposed against Trump.

Time will tell if I'm right or not.

[frazzled]

25. I remember that for most of 2007

There was little to no support for Obama in the black community. They either didn't know him, or (mostly) thought that he would be unelectable as a black man, or that it was too dangerous for a black man.

It wasn't until he (a) raised a lot of money, (b) announced (in November) that Oprah would campaign for him, and (c) rose to the top of the polls in Iowa at the end of the year that he really started to win people over. When he won Iowa, it sealed the deal. He suddenly looked very electable.

We're still very early in the game. There's going to be some juggling going on, most likely. I will wait until November-December of this year to see where things are headed.

[C_U_L8R]

26. A focus group of one

...may or may not mean anything.
That said, it's more than name recognition. Joe is someone most of us already like, know and trust.
Kamala is someone we're just starting to know better...and she's darn amazing too.

[still_one]

27. It is an opinion from one person

[Cha]

29. Yes, it is one, alone, all

by herself Black Woman's opinion. But, she does kinda reflect what the current polls are saying.

New Poll Says 47 Percent Of Black Women Would Vote For Joe Biden

https://www.essence.com/news/new-poll-says-47-percent-of-black-women-would-vote-for-joe-biden/

Thanks, highplains