October, 2024
Lincoln — Back in 2020, my preferred presidential candidates were Steve Bullock, Jay Inslee, Michael Bennet, Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris, and Mitch Landrieu, more or less in that order. All were relatively young, with much practical political experience and a minimum of ideological baggage.
So now comes the opportunity in 2024 to pick one of them, Kamala Harris. She, with Tim Walz, who also fits that profile (and has rural Nebraska roots), make a good ticket.
My thoughts on the other choice, the Trump and Vance ticket, are well expressed by Sam Meade Cordes, formerly an agricultural economist at the University of Nebraska. He asks, "Where is the rural America that raised me?" It is a profoundly disturbing question. I ask it as well:
https://dailyyonder.com/commentary-where-is-the-rural-america-that-raised-me/2024/10/09/
There's a lot of work to be done whatever the outcome and I welcome the opportunity to pitch in on a wide variety of problems, foreign and domestic. Now more than ever.
