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Wednesday, November 06, 2024

The Harris concession speech is online. The file is over two hours long, however Harris appears at the 2:20:00 point. Roughly, that. The speech is not that long.

The headline tells it, except the link:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WckEFzGku0Q

And again, the file is a live stream, mostly waiting, so hit the stream as headlined.  

UPDATE: Guardian has the video and a transcript, without the livestream dead time. The speech itself is twelve minutes long. Guardian's headline, " ‘Sometimes the fight takes a while’: Kamala Harris concession speech – in full " suggests sometimes the fight takes new tactics, an observation from a Bernie-progressive. 

Less Liz Cheney, fewer Hollywood personalities, differing policies such as Medicare for All, which Harris once, shortly, supported. 

A reevaluation of policy from window dressing to real reform would be a refreshing thing to see. Unexpected, from existing dynamics, but refreshing if happening. 

Otherwise, is the Democratic Party moribund? AOC is there, Corey Bush was allowed to be ambushed by money, Hakeem Jeffries is anti-progressive and Clyburn is still putting his force onto things while not punching his weight in election time. Yes, effecting primaries. No, on winning a general election.

Clyburn is old and may have seen his more powerful days. Being a voice for Black voters is admirable, but voicing beyond his reach has not advanced the party in any really sound direction for the entire populace. 

AOC is there. The Democratic Party should listen to her. She was campaigning for Harris, but as a voice who had been ignored on policy. If the Democratic Party wants to win they should offer what the American People want. And that is not finance uber alles. Wall Street banks failed, but too big to not be rescued while Main Street was allowed to cave in.  

Obama - Geithner did harm and something beyond it's limited big money rescue is required. After Wall Street was bailed out there was no will to really fix the situation of too big to fail by a cutting-down-to-size policy. The firewood was left stacked too high and fire prone.

Trump will tariff up a trade war and consumer prices will react. Will domestic employment raise and people be better off? We shall see. Some people do not have big buck skills but desire big buck paychecks, and there will have to be some semblance of proportion. What is the real unemployment level in the nation when those who have given up trying is counted? 

Trump is now in the driver's seat on a precipitous winding road. Driving his way, accept it or leave the auto? He has his thinking of what's best, JD is there, and they won the election. Trump says we should make things, not just finance things. Superficially it sounds fine, it should grow employment, but details matter, and failure is possible.

We'll see.