Super Tuesday(March 5) gave the American people a choice. They could choose between two cognitively impaired candidates or one such candidate and a woman with a sound mind. America chose the former.
In Virginia, where party registration is not required, Democrats gave Biden a majority he didn't need instead of crossing over and voting for Haley. Like the non-MAGA Republicans who support Trump, Democrats refuse to leave their partisan bubble even if it means supporting a fragile older man with memory problems. We could have joined Vermont and said we want a new generation of leaders. We failed.
Nikki Haley spoke for the younger generation but could not break the chains that my generation, known as Baby Boomers, have wrapped around the political system. She knew she would not win early on but stayed in the race until Super Tuesday. Why? She wanted to inspire a younger generation, especially young women, and give people like me a chance to participate without feeling like being dragged into the voting booth by one of the parties. The Virginia Primary was the only opportunity I will have in 2024 to express, by voting, how I feel about the Presidency.
Nikki Haley can depart with her head held high. She did the country and its voters a service. The bumbling Baby Boomers, me included, will soon die off, and those who come up next will be impacted more by what she did in this election than anything done by either of the candidates we are stuck with now.