A Huge Missed Opportunity

I’ve had this letter ready for a couple of week now, in case it proved prescient I am sure many CA folks are blaming many things for Trump’s win - misinformation, misogyny, foreign interference, the Electoral College, and maybe voters who make decisions based primarily on blind loyalty to a person of questionable mental competence.

That last line actually refers to the blue side of the equation. Dementia does not (usually) present spontaneously, it is a process over time. Biden’s condition became undeniable to the public at his first (and last) debate. I am sure it was plainly apparent to his inner circle for substantially longer. 

So why did the (Democratic) party not step up and promote Kamala to the Oval Office at that time on that basis? She would have had an actual record (hers, not his) to run on. There would have been a legitimate primary. Maybe she would have won, or maybe someone whose credentials are not based (at least in part) on DEI (which by definition excludes merit). A huge missed opportunity. And this is the result.

Trump is 78 years old. Wonder if the same will happen to him. If it does, I wonder if his party will learn from the mistakes of the other. We shall see.

–Stacy Spink, Castro Valley