comparing Biden's 2020 run with Barbara Lee's senate run is not an apt one...Dems didn't have many alternatives in 2020 and Biden was polling the best vs Trump among all possible Dem candidates. That's just not the case here...even worst possible Dem candidate will win the California Sen race.
And if that seat MUST be held by a WOC, why not London Breed and not somebody who’s almost 80 years old and would probably only serve a single term?
Here's a good example of a phenomenon I observed recently:
This forum has always been fascinated with the idea of London Breed winning higher office, but there doesn't seem to be any reason there except that she's a black woman and I guess not everyone here can name other black female politicians in California.
I think it's perfectly defensible to support Breed. Of course, she isn't going to appeal to the vast majority of the group of people supporting Barbara Lee (especially non-black voters supporting Barbara Lee), and pretending they are comparable candidate just because they are both black women is inappropriate (though it might be relevant in a state where the black vote overall mattered more as that is the one area where there would be some overlap in support).
"Nobody wants Breed" is not true simply because "progressives don't want Breed" is true.
In any case it's irrelevant as the establishment has already lined up behind Schiff so there is no lane for Breed.
