5 hours ago, MichaelGL said:

I hope the maneuver to replace Biden is indeed worth it, lawd because if its not, then the blame surely will fall at the feet of Pelosi and Co.  

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).

7 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

It's going to be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for either of them to beat Trump, given his advantages.

That is not how it is looking right now.

Just now, Vee said:

That is not how it is looking right now.

I just don't trust polling (and even if I did, a lot of it is super tight). I hope Harris wins, but there are a lot of Trump advantages that are going to be hard to beat even in his decrepit final form.

The Trump ground game and turnout:

 

You can tell how pissed the Beltway is when Nate Cohn sniffs (inaccurately) that Harris is performing as well as 'any generic Democrat' would against Trump.

Fox also had Trump up by 1 yesterday.

A sure sign of success:

 

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This is good news in a region that has seen very little of it.

Sudan to allow use of Adre border crossing for three months to facilitate aid

 

23 hours ago, Vee said:

This will only grow IMO:

 

Hoping / wish one of those red States will switch to blue... but they continue to let us down, LOL.

8 hours ago, Vee said:

The Trump ground game and turnout:

 

omg. It's giving "This is a touring country faire and this is where the local talent perform."

9 hours ago, Vee said:

The Trump ground game and turnout:

 

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

23 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

omg. It's giving "This is a touring country faire and this is where the local talent perform."

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

 

1 hour ago, Khan said:

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

🤣

2 hours ago, Vee said:

A sure sign of success:

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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5 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

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. 

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.

6 minutes ago, Vee said:

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.

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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