Posted on 09/05/2024 5:45:23 PM PDT by lightman
As we reported, that honeymoon for Kamala Harris is looking like it might be over as the American people take a better look at her and her running mate, Tim Walz.
I wrote on Wednesday about Nate Silver's latest forecast, a new local Michigan poll that puts former President Donald Trump up in Michigan, as well as the Trafalgar Group/Insider Advantage polls.
New Michigan Poll and Latest Nate Silver Forecast Are Going to Cause Dem Meltdowns
Now Silver's numbers just got better for Trump and worse for Harris, from what I wrote on Wednesday.
As Silver noted, part of that is not very positive state news for Harris, citing the local Michigan poll and sees Pennsylvania as an issue, too. That's a must have for Democrats.
I found this comment humorous.
Don't be bullish on her because she has Biden-ese. She just can't unburden herself from it and her patchwork, slapdash campaign.
There was a surge of enthusiasm for Harris post-Biden dropout, but that might have happened no matter what. Thought convention speech was good, but bypassing Shapiro beginning to look bad and they haven't really found a 2nd gear after Hot Brat Summer
Translation: They may have made a big boo-boo in not picking Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, the state they have to have. Plus Republicans have the enthusiasm advantage. In the meantime, picking Tim Walz didn't even help them in Minnesota — then they had to deal with all his scandals, stolen valor questions, and lies.
What was funny on top of Silver's opinion about them possibly blowing it with not picking Shapiro was this report from journalist Josh Kraushaar.
"Hearing lost of rumbling today that Harris camp regretting not picking Shapiro," he said.
Whoops. We could have told you that was probably a bad political choice, when you need Pennsylvania and he might have helped deliver it.
They seemed to have picked Walz off of "vibes" because they liked him attacking JD Vance. They don't seem to have done a very good job of vetting him. Then of course he was also more what the left wanted because he wasn't Josh Shapiro. So the Harris team was trying to appeal to the left — some might say their antisemitic left. They're also trying to appeal to people in Michigan. But Walz may not be helping them there either. So that may have just cost them big time.
Too late. No take backs, and now they have to deal with someone who's the Howard Dean scream in the flesh, with all sorts of baggage they're trying to ignore.
But this report from Kraushaar seems to be typical of Harris who can't seem to keep her position on anything straight. And that's really the bigger problem here than who her running mate is. Her decisions are lousy, she has a bad record she can't get away from, no matter how much she tries to remake herself.
I think she's already hit her heights in terms of numbers, if things remain the same.
Omg. Stop the presses. I hope you all realize what this simple truth entails. The steal is going to be very hard to sell this time.
I really worry that she will find 120 million ballots and dare people to do anything about it.
Trump will be in Riker’s, and 20M illegal voters will be raring to go in swing states. PA and MI among them.
Merchan is a true believer. Watch him and watch New York.
What can be not hindered by what has been!
...In other words, watch her dump tampon tim
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Honestly, I'm relieved that she passed over Shapiro.
I had low expectations which, frankly, are easily exceeded
He has NOT raised taxes.
He has pizzed off the PSEA/NEA by attempting school choice vouchers.
We have done worse, MUCH worse under Tommie ("the Commie") Wolf.
I’m not telling you it’s not a legit concern. The only thing I can urge you to do is bank your vote. If a “pipe” brakes, your vote for Mr. Trump still counts. Hate me for wanting him to win. NFG.
Picking this Chinese-puppet weirdo Walz was the biggest political own-goal in generations.
Yes, Shapiro would have been better, except there were a lot of elements in their own party that would have fought back against it.
But he’s so folksy. I hear that he had a pork chop on-a-stick and a vanilla shake at the Minnesota fair. How could you NOT vote for him?? [/s]
Oh, I’m definitely voting. Telling all my friends to vote. I hope Trump wins. I just think that if the Dems blatantly steal it, they will get away with it.
Harris is so inconsequential, a moron like Walz was upstaging her.
Added to his past record of stolen valor, the Somali theft, his ditzy wife, empowering a radical
Muslim cleric, kissing-up to illegals, Walz’s public behavior is unnerving (to say the least).
Looked to me like her team sedated him for the Bash interview.........snx.
I thought they were going to pick the Astronaut if they couldn’t pick Shapiro.
The election is close enough that they can steal it in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. All states have Democratic Governors. Right there, Harris will make it to 270.
My thoughts precisely. When I first heard that she had picked Waltz rather than Shapiro I immediately broke into an Irish jig.
>> dare people to do anything about it
We should all prepare for the possibility that, this time, We The People *might* just call her bluff...
They don’t “regret” not picking Shapiro. Shapiro turned them down, as did anyone else who wants and believes they have a legitimate chance at the White House…
Walz was probably about somewhere in the 20s on the list of who they wanted and everyone above him turned them down
All I can say is that if people decide to gather in Washington in early January 2025, it’s bad idea to go there intending to stand around waving signs.
>> How could you NOT vote for [Walz]?? [/s]
Let me count the lies... er, I mean reasons...
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/09/lying-liars-lie.php
Lie upon lie upon lie... pathological.
Ahhhh. That is where we differ. I’m am saying that a steal would be so obvious, how can we not shoot ATF members between the eyes? Which of us is more disconnected? I pray it is me.
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