I respectfully hope I’m proven right and you’re proven wrong.

You and me, both. But I've been living through this bait-and-switch pattern since Carter.

Biden was absolutely the worst of the lot, but hey maybe his VP will be different.

He’s the “not Trump” placeholder candidate, and Kamala has simply been along for the ride.

The entire pitch for Biden since January has been "if you don't zealously support him with all of your heart, you're going to let Trump do a fascism and destroy the entire American democratic system".

He is explicitly and unequivocally running as a block to Trump. And the only reason he got ousted was due to his failure in this role.

The Dems know this, they know their base will vote for a ham sandwich to keep Trump out of office, and so they're free to sell out to corporate interest at every opportunity on the grounds that voters don't have another choice.