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I just read this:
a member of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party, Kudzai Mutisi predicted that US Vice President Kamala Harris might step in as the Democratic candidate (which has since become a reality), not because she is the best choice but because no one else is willing to go against Trump at this point. “Once you lose against Trump, it will be very difficult to come back again. He’s very popular, he’s very high in the polls, and it’s such a short time to the elections, there’s not much time to win for anyone who comes now.”
I ad considered this as the reason that nobody was clamoring to be VP, but I had not considered it for the top spot.
Losing so badly would make one a virtual Mondale in 1984. Ending their political career. With the $50,000,000 contributions from "small donors" ActBlue scandal from yesterday, expect them to distance themselves even further.