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It's going to be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for either of them to beat Trump, given his advantages. The main difference may be downballot. The downballot effects are what pushed them to want Biden out. If it ends up being a bloodbath in November, then they were wrong, but I can understand their reasons (I'm just sorry it got so ugly, especially that George Clooney op-ed).

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Robert Altman and Michael Ritchie couldn't have conjured up a scenario more comically absurd than that "rally."

All you needed was Miss Azalea Festival tap dancing and twirling her baton to "Stars and Stripes Forever."

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He is a sick man going all the way back to what he got up to during the first campaign.

I'm not surprised Trump is nostalgic for 2016 and believes he can repeat that success with another woman running against him and a media who love him and need to have him in power. The very tight polls being another bonus for him.

I've noticed them (especially CNN) tripling down on any negative story they can find about Walz (the latest is about his DWI). The positive of that is it means there's still less to focus on negatively about Harris.

I'm also seeing that the Daily Mail is posting "relatable" photos of JD Vance goofing off in college and high school to try to endear him to people. 

Nevada is an odd state in terms of polling. They often undercount Democrats. I don't believe Rosen is that high up but if Harris squeezes out a victory, I could believe it.

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That'll do it!

I really don't think anything on Walz's 20 year old DUI is going to leave a real mark, particularly since he spoke openly about it in 2018. But you can tell the mainstream media folks are excited to have literally anything to gin up material from, since all the stuff on stolen valor has thus far failed to penetrate outside of the right wing fever swamp.

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I was put off, if not surprised, that the "K-File" guy who writes those stories made sure to initially only tweet framing that paints him as a liar and not to mention until a tweet or two later that he was in honest in 2018.

I think CNN is or was also trying to find their own version of a Jeremiah Wright moment for him.  

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