Money and media.

On 21 July, "President Biden announced...that he would not continue his bid for reelection, saying it is in 'the best interest' of the Democratic Party and the country to withdraw from the race, and he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee." CBS. That is what the Republicans had been demanding but now they have to face a much different opponent. Kamala Devi Harris was born in 1964, which makes her 60 years of age. Her father was Donald Harris from Jamaica and her mother was Shyamala Gopalan from Chennai in India. wikipedia. As a mixture of black and brown she is one shade darker than Barack Obama whose mother Ann Dunham was white. wikipedia. Former President Donald Trump still maintains a slim lead in the opinion polls but it is only 1-3%. politico.com. A study of media bias shows that most of the major news channels are left of the midline. While BBC, AP and ABC are just a shade to the left, NBC, CNN, Vox and Washington Post are further to the left and Fox is to the right. guides.library.harvard.edu. Harris, therefore, starts with an enormous advantage, similar to the advantage enjoyed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from our 'Godi Media'. wikipedia. At around 11 minutes after 6 pm on 13 July, in Butler Pennsylvania, Donald Trump was shot and injured in his right ear. "As Secret Service agents tried to hustle him into his waiting SUV, Trump defiantly raised his fist several times and seemed to say, 'Fight'." Among the 3 other victims was "50-year-old Corey Comperatore - a firefighter, father and a big fan of Donald Trump. He was shot in the head and killed." CBS. So polarized are Americans that a poll conducted by Morning Consult found that "one-third of Joe Biden's supporters believe the attack may have been staged and was never intended to kill the former president, amounting to just over 33%." TOI. With just two parties in the US, it is not surprising that, of the 14 presidents in the US since 1950, seven were Democrats and seven Republicans. Britannica. What is surprising is that states with the biggest economies - California, Illinois, Massachusettes, New York and Washington - possibly with the largest number of rich people voted  for Joe Biden in 2020. archives.gov. "if you brought back either of the Roosevelts - Teddy or Franklin - from the grave, the most astonishing thing they would find is that the 'malefactors of great wealth' have become the benefactors of today's liberalism, and Democrats have become a party of the rich." "Most of today's rich love Barack Obama so much that Washington D.C. area airports ran out of space to handle all of the private jets flying in the well-heeled for both of his inaugurals." Forbes in 2014. Harris has most of the states with the most electoral college votes (archive.gov), most of the billionaires and most of the media in her pocket. Harris already has $200 million. TOI. Trump needs a big zinger (dictionary).