Key Points
Washington: Kamala Harris possible nomination as the Democratic nominee for president has the potential of unifying the Democratic base, bringing the young voters disillusioned with Joe Biden back to the tent, leading to historic levels of Black electoral consolidation, making abortion the centre piece of the election, and upending the entire Republican campaign that was centred on Bidens age and record.P)..
It has the ability to let Republicans mobilise the White male working class vote in swing states that may not relate with her on gender and identity grounds..
Just having Harris as the potential nominee has suddenly infused the party with energy and hope; it has also neutralised the age argument for Trump, at 78, is now the oldest ever candidate to run for president while Harris, who will turn 60 in October, represents the generational shift in US politics..
. For one, she has just over 100 days to do the following select a running mate, win the partys nomination, continue to raise funds, construct a new campaign based on her personality and message, plan an advertising and publicity blitzkrieg both in swing states as well as blue states that had suddenly become vulnerable with Bidens weaknesses, and sustain a campaign infrastructure down to the ground..
Kamala Harris has already made history in her life, as the first Indian-American senator, as only the second Black woman senator, as the first woman vice president and the first VP from the African-American and Asian-American community, and now, in all likelihood, as the first woman of her background to be the Democratic nominee for president..
