Vee

I'm not going to freak out over Ron in a subordinate position. He was a very solid staff writer at OLTL for many years and his episodes surrounding Asa's death (right after he took over) remain well-regarded. I am surprised to see him working under MVJ and Guza, lol. With Guza especially it seems like oil and water to me. I am not going to begrudge this show using a ton of skilled hands as writers or directors out of the gate (so to speak). You can't teach all this shít on the fly after almost 100 years on radio and TV.

Like I said: She got a gimme out of it. The media was obsessing over whether she would be 'forced' to stick by or divorce herself from Joe for months, he (inadvertently or not) gave her an opening to do it in the cleanest way possible without being driven by gotcha interviews. It also keeps the PR mess in the news. In the end it's a positive for the campaign IMO.

It's gonna be a two day thing tops. They'll try to get it going to maximize the horse race but there's really not much there, and it's honestly too late anyway. But I'm not surprised at all that Alex Thompson, Rachael Bade and Politico/Axios are breathlessly trying to make it an endzone goal overnight. Bade especially (and both outlets in general) have always been in the tank for the GOP, and Thompson, who lost a book deal re: Biden, purely has it out for Biden and now Harris. I have no idea what he's going to do when/if we win. Maybe go looking for Kamala's old neighbors and HS classmates. If anything it gives Harris an interesting opening to distinguish herself from Joe - something some corners are so eager on - though Joe has already addressed it.

The MSG story was less than 48 hours ago and is still huge. There is no way this is going to get nearly that amount of traction, I'm sorry. Especially not after major reporters like Lemire directly carrying Biden's clarification. And at this point there are as many strong confidence reports out of the Harris campaign in the news as the Politico concern trolling reports - one is not automatically more valid than the other. Same with the good polling/EV numbers that have been quoted here; are they just to be discounted? We can weave a narrative from anything, but there's no need to automatically take the Trump campaign/right wing framework at total face value. I will forever pass on Randy Rainbow.

Not what he was saying. He was taken out of context from his full remarks (which were referring to the MSG speeches), which were quoted by Times reporters and he has already gone out to clean it up. I'm sure we'll hear the usual overblown predictions of doom from credulous anchors and the right, but it's not gonna go anywhere serious.

Surprising results from Trafalgar:

Good thread:

I'm sure you're wondering "but Vee, is there more Mark Robinson news?" The answer is yes.

It's classic Frank and co. GH. No real risks taken and if anyone tries they quit or get fired.

What a treasure.

Ridiculous they let it out without those two actually getting on with a proper affair.

Ignore the usual Politico game where they find any bedwetting Dem they can to write concern troll articles (a practice that goes back over a decade - I remember people telling me we were in real trouble in 2012 because Politico kept saying so) and keep at it.

What is not being said above is that due to some wonkery in NV a few years ago re: party registration and identification, it's common knowledge that much/most of the Other/Independent vote is likely blue. So you have from the outside what looks like a weakness in Dem voting but is likely being funneled through the third category.

To last night's discussion:

I didn't think it was. It's just a fun thing she often does with the actors or fans.