Get ready Kamala fans...this is just the beginning
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Keeping him hidden for 4 years was a lot of work.
Now it's a lot easier to shove him aside and hope that no one remembers how they deceived the public.
I realize you cling to that delusion, but it doesn't make it true.
The GOP managed not to this year, which is quite impressive.
The GOP sure is acting like there is.
What evidence we have says it is.
People haven't left Trump, but all the third party candidates have dropped.
That implies people who were parking their vote there as protest/complaint have shifted.
I am sure we both agree that none of this is static, though.
After 9 years, it seems well established that Trump's floor and ceiling are both resistant to change.
No it isn't.
You should always choose the lesser evil in everything you do if you can.
That's how you get less evil in the world.
I really don't understand these people who announce they don't want to reduce evil.
It's fucking bizarre.
The nature of flawed systems.
There is no way to get the perfect, bestest candidate for executive office since probably lots of people who might be considered best would never want to run.
That's even if you bypassed the whole fact that you have to navigate the systems in place to have a shot and those don't necessarily select for the actual governing skills.
(And no system designed could ever flawlessly select for the best person since there is no fixed goal that is "best". )
You are always going to get flawed candidates and since people genuinely disagree about what needs to be done, even the BEST candidates aren't going to be viewed as best by a significant portion of the population.
It's mostly a continuation of Biden's policy, so yes.
He was a FAR better president than I had anticipated.
Do I agree with all of it?
Of course not.
I would be absolutely shocked if I ever had a candidate I agreed with on everything.
The GOP has been VERY effective at stopping things from getting fixed.
That's a flaw with the US system - far too many veto points and too much ability for counter-majoritarian rule.
Yes, but those are usually the internal polls by the campaign themselves.
I am not saying never report on polls.
I am saying focusing on polls and obsessing over every shift still within the margin of error is bad journalism.
Reports seem to be putting it as low as 3,000 and maybe as high as 20,000.
As always, crowd counting is difficult and often disputed. (We may get some good estimates later when there can be overhead shots of the march or of a fixed rally point.)
Definitely well below the 100,000 people were talking about at the beginning of the weekend.
Anti-price-gouging laws.
Which are already common. (30-40 states have them, I can't remember the total number.)
I didn't see any specific detail released other than talking about it in the speech, so maybe I've missed some additional material, but I've been assuming it would be similar to Warren's bill on Federal price-gouging prevention.
Kamala Harris suffers triple polling blow before DNC starts
Kamala Harris came behind Donald Trump in one national survey and two Pennsylvania polls released over the past few days.
www.newsweek.com
A little grounding for both sides. Still tied.
If we believe the polls...HIlary should've been president...Kamala Harris suffers triple polling blow before DNC starts
Kamala Harris came behind Donald Trump in one national survey and two Pennsylvania polls released over the past few days.
A little grounding for both sides. Still tied.
The inflation deflection is not a great look for her. Just a lot of pandering and posturing. I don't think it really helps her.
Americans know if the govt. prints excessive amounts of money prices go up. Businesses see more demand in nominal dollars. It was a systemic process across the world. The price increases go all through the supply chain to the basic commodity prices. More dollars chasing the same amount of goods.
Cracks in the wall of media praise for Harris? Multiple outlets eviscerate VP over price control plan
Mulitple liberal outlets shredded Vice President Kamala Harris' price control policy proposal after she unveiled it on the campaign trail this week.
www.foxnews.com
There might be price-gouging laws on the books, but they are likely never enforced because they rarely make sense.
Are we pushing this idea that the media is conservative again? It doesn't make sense when journalists' and their managers' campaign donations are tracked. Seems like a fair metric to most of us.
Perhaps the media in general doesn't support Bernie Sanders' or a pure progressive platform. However, the media does not support Republicans. They almost have to be shamed into covering topics and issues that favor the Republicans. As in that issue ain't going away, so maybe we need to give that story airtime or print.
Even last night's convention media interviews were more friendly and convivial than Milwaukee. I expect journalists in attendance to have big smiles on their faces all week while they lob softballs at Democratic leaders.
There was a big bump in the preceding two plus weeks leading to the Republican convention. Kamala has had a great couple weeks leading up to the Democratic convention. We will see if she can make further progress in polls. Clearly unless someone doesn't something really stupid, Trump and Harris are fighting over a shrinking middle. (Both candidates in my opinion have a propensity to do stupid things. I will say Trump has a higher propensity, but he is also the known commodity in the race.)
