Facing intense internal pressure, DNC releases postelection autopsy that criticizes Kamala Harris

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45. Exactly this. No one was excited about

the prospect of having to choose between two 80 year old candidates. It sucked all the energy out of the room. It felt like there were zero good choices. No one wanted him to run again. There should have been a vigorous primary, which may have resulted in Kamala being the candidate who ran anyway, but no matter the outcome, it would have made voters feel like they had a CHOICE. The way it played out, voters felt like they had zero choice in Trump-Biden, and zero choice when it ended up being Trump-Harris. This on top of many voters feeling like their dollars weren't buying what they used to and they were in a bad place personally (kitchen table politics), all fresh on the heels of covid, the lack of choice all around led to a lot of resentment, I felt like.

I will always be grateful to Biden for what he accomplished in his term, for the way he took a disastrous situation and turned it around. He is a good, good man. But he made a terrible misjudgment led by ego when he refused to hand over the reins to the next generation within the party, and I blame him (mostly) for 2024, not Kamala.

With that said, I do not think Harris should be our candidate again in 2028. I think the country already had a chance to weigh in and said no. We need to offer up a new ticket with fresh candidates.