Tentatively, I would say yes. I am still trying to get up to speed as to who Walz is, what policies Harris and Walz would advocate. My first choice would have probably been Shapiro. But that ship has sailed. My concern remains that Harris will be drawn to the siren call of progressive ideology, which I regard as a threat only second to that which Trump and his cronies present to the continuity of true liberal and true conservative values and the institutions that have been built on those values, long in the tooth and in need of revitalization that those institutions may be. Many moderate voters share that concern but may see Trump as the means to the end of checking what they perceive to be the greater threat, namely, wokeism. They make some good arguments, but it is a binary choice. I'll go for Harris/Walz. The country can weather a bit of progressive excess, if it comes to that, and already the pendulum swings in the other direction. After a while the limits of progressive idealism will, in practice, become transparent and movement leaders put out of office by an electorate still free to make choices. That the electorate remain free to make those choices remains my greater concern. I for one take Trump at his word, a dictatorial autocrat in waiting. The idea of an aging, meandering narcissistic psychopath being in charge of the justice department and the nuclear codes gives me pause.
Given your observations, I assume you approve of the selection of Gov Walz as Harris' running mate?
Tentatively, I would say yes. I am still trying to get up to speed as to who Walz is, what policies Harris and Walz would advocate. My first choice would have probably been Shapiro. But that ship has sailed. My concern remains that Harris will be drawn to the siren call of progressive ideology, which I regard as a threat only second to that which Trump and his cronies present to the continuity of true liberal and true conservative values and the institutions that have been built on those values, long in the tooth and in need of revitalization that those institutions may be. Many moderate voters share that concern but may see Trump as the means to the end of checking what they perceive to be the greater threat, namely, wokeism. They make some good arguments, but it is a binary choice. I'll go for Harris/Walz. The country can weather a bit of progressive excess, if it comes to that, and already the pendulum swings in the other direction. After a while the limits of progressive idealism will, in practice, become transparent and movement leaders put out of office by an electorate still free to make choices. That the electorate remain free to make those choices remains my greater concern. I for one take Trump at his word, a dictatorial autocrat in waiting. The idea of an aging, meandering narcissistic psychopath being in charge of the justice department and the nuclear codes gives me pause.
Point well taken. What specific progressive excesses do you object to?