Republican National Convention ended today in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trump accepted the nomination to be the Presidential candidate for the Republican Party. (Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago from August 19 to August 22.)
Earlier, he nominated Senator J D Vance of Ohio State to be his Vice Presidential candidate. His wife, Usha Chilukuri, is of Indian origin. Her parents, originally from Andhra Pradesh, are settled in San Diego, California.
Last Saturday, an assassination attempt was made on Donald Trump while he was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania. His right ear was pierced by the bullet. He seems to be OK. Looks like he is going to get a lot of sympathy vote. Right now he is leading Biden by about 5 points.
After the assassination attempt on Mr. Trump, Mr. Biden called him and expressed his concern and sympathy. He wished Mr. Trump a speedy recovery. Mr. Biden also asked the Secret Service to give extra protection to Mr. Trump.
After disastrous performance by Mr. Biden during last month debate with Mr. Trump, many Democrats are calling for his withdrawal from the race and let some other Democrat to contest and beat Mr. Trump. But Mr. Biden is adamant and said he is not going to withdraw and will contest the election. There is a rumor that Barack Obama and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi are behind in the move to make Mr. Biden to drop out of the race. There is a Tamil proverb “Adi mel adi vaithal ammium nagarum” (If you keep hitting it, even the strong iron rock will move). My personal opinion is Mr. Biden will eventually drop out.
If Mr. Biden drops out, who will be the Presidential Candidate for the Democratic Party? Many people think Kamala Harris (now Vice President for Biden) will automatically get it. I think there are quite a few people waiting in the wings including California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Let us see how this develops in the coming weeks.
It will definitely be interesting to see who will be the next president.....For now I feel Trump has a good Chance.....
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Dee. Let us wait and see who will the democratic candidate.
DeleteYou have covered in your post all information and the likely trend. Some quarters believe that Trump is more than likely to win. It is difficult to predict how the apolitical voters would exercise their franchise..
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Mr. KP. Let us wait and see who will the democratic candidate. Kamala Harris may not be a good challenger to Mr. Trump. Gavin Newsom may be a tough guy.
DeleteIt's a fluid situation and will be interesting to see the political reality drama in the following weeks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Swarna.
DeleteThis time Trump will take the sh** out of any one contest from Democratic party. My question is if Trump wins, his VP Mr. vance and his wife Usha will visit Tirupathi in India ?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments seema. Rumor goes that Usha has prayed to Lord Venkatachalapathi that she will make her husband shave his head (mottai) in Tirupathi.
DeleteLet's see whom the Democrats select. When is the election btw?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Rajesh. The election is on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
DeleteI like to see a mottai as American President 😂
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Gowri. Since Vice President candidate J D Vance's wife Usha is Telugu, she has prayed to Tirupathi Balaji that if her husband wins the election, she will bring her husband to Tirupathi and he will have a Motta (head shave). Just kidding.
DeleteNow it is in news that Joe Biden is endorsing Kamala Harris for president in the upcoming elections as a Democrat candidate.
ReplyDeleteDo you think Kamala Harris will get support from her party members?
Thanks for your comments Kirtivasan. Kamala Harris is not that popular within her own party. She may get the support because outgoing Biden proposed her name. That will carry her through the nomination. Will wait and see if someone challenges her. One person everyone was expecting to challenge her was California Governor Gavin Newsom. Just a few hours ago, he said he will take a pass in 2024 and go for the nomination in 2028.
DeleteYou correctly predicted Biden will eventually drop out. Now I am hanging in suspense whether it is going to be Kamala or Gavin
ReplyDeleteThanks Gowri. It will not be Gavin Newsom, He said will pass 2024 and wait for 2028,
DeleteOkay. Thanks
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