Kamala Harris lost. Donald Trump won. How come?

Ten reasons.

1. Kamala Harris. She lost because of her. Not because of anything she said or did; she was a great candidate. She lost because of something she couldn’t control. She’s a woman. By now, it’s clear that America isn’t going to vote for a woman to be president anytime soon. The Democrats have tried twice. That glass ceiling will remain intact for years to come, and that is a sad thing.

2. The Democratic VP pick. Tim Walz is a nice guy. He has a rural, aw-shucks persona that is hard to dislike. But – as this writer said, over and over – the fight was always going to come down to the so-called blue wall (Michigan, Wisconsin and, notably, Pennsylvania). So why didn’t the Dems pick Josh Shapiro, the very-super-highly-popular Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania? Because he’s a proud Jew, it seems. Harris’ team were nervous about the antisemitic vote in Michigan and chose wrong. Shame on them.

3. Joe Biden. Full disclosure: I worked, hard, for Joe Biden when he won. I believed in him, for his decency and his experience. But the presidency aged him, badly. The one debate he had with Trump showed that to millions of Americans. After that train wreck, Biden delayed........

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