Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Privately in Favor of Open Nomination
Pelosi favors OPEN NOMINATION over HARRIS
It has been reported that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Democrat of California) is in support of an open nomination process rather than picking Vice President Kamala Harris as the candidate at the Democratic National Convention in the event that President Joe Biden decides to stand down from his position.
A report that was published in Politico cites four individuals who are familiar with private conversations that took place earlier this month involving Pelosi. These individuals claim that Pelosi and several other members of the California delegation discussed the political repercussions that would result from party elites naming Harris as the next party nominee with no regard for competition.
According to reports, these conversations took place during a meeting of the California delegation on July 10, which was just a little over two weeks after Biden’s embarrassing performance in the debate when he was confronted by Trump.
The conversations, on the other hand, did not touch on Harris’s shortcomings as a hopeful contender. On the contrary, they underlined that a selection process that was not competitive would reduce the amount of support from voters in November.
Pelosi, along with the current House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and the Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), have played a significant role behind the scenes in persuading members of their party to publicly call for their candidate, Joe Biden, to withdraw from the race.
In an interview that took place two weeks ago, the former Speaker of the House stated that it is “up to the president to decide if he is going to run,” but that “time is running short” to make a choice that is definitive to the matter.
Regarding the topic of whether or not Biden ought to withdraw from the campaign, the Democratic Party is still facing a number of questions.
The topic of whether or not Biden will support his vice president to succeed him in the general election is not the only thing that many Democrats are concerned about; they are also curious about whether or not she will be able to win.
Despite the fact that only three out of ten people believe that Harris would be a good president, a new poll that was published on Friday indicated that six out of ten Democrats believe that Harris would be a good president.
In addition, the Democratic Party has not held an open convention since 1968, which is the year that the killing of Robert F. Kennedy occurred, which was over three months before the convention. During that election, Kennedy was also the candidate who received the most delegates from the primaries.