Kamala Harris

By Guillermo Alvarado

A new atmosphere is breathing in the Democratic Party of the United States after the abandonment of President Joseph Biden's re-election race and the arrival of Kamala Harris, who is walking with a firm step towards the official nomination at the national convention of this political organization.

Biden's resignation became a clamor among his supporters, not only because of his poor performance during a debate against his rival, the controversial real estate magnate Donald Trump, but also because the head of the White House has been showing signs of intellectual weakness for some time.

Things are changing with the help of the current vice-president, who launched her candidacy with unexpected energy and managed to excite her supporters and, most importantly in this country, the donors who have already contributed more than 100 million dollars to finance the campaign.

Let us remember that in the Northern power, elections are more than a matter of sympathy or empathy between candidates and voters, they are a matter of money, a lot of money.

The ability to extract dollars from citizens has a great influence on the race and becomes a powerful campaign argument.

Harris has already proven her mettle in this regard, in addition to attracting the support of virtually the entire leadership of her party, including the until recently reluctant former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, who have pledged to do everything possible to achieve victory.

With little more than two weeks to go before the convention, there are other signs of enthusiasm that are multiplying in several states of this nation, and that is the massive influx of young people, especially women, to serve as volunteers in the proselytizing tasks.

According to the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, more than 600 people each showed up at Democratic offices in Michigan and Nevada, and there are another 400 "ready to get on the bus" and campaign in New Hampshire.

"There is a renewed enthusiasm in the Democratic Party for our candidate," said Minnesota state legislator Angie Craig.

Gone are the dark days when they feared the Republicans would not only take the White House, but control the House and Senate with absolute majorities.

The elections are about 100 days away, and we will witness the oratorical excesses of Trump, who has promised a third world war if he loses, and if Kamala Harris manages to neutralize him and maintain his upward trajectory.