Why isn't Kamala ahead by 50 points you might ask
Posted on 10/05/2024 10:21:46 AM PDT by Signalman
If you're running a political campaign, the one person you never want to be compared to is Hillary Clinton. The twice-failed presidential candidate went down in history after losing to Donald Trump in 2016, and plenty of speculation has revolved around whether her defeat was preventable. Most infamously, she never set foot in Wisconsin because she was confident the so-called "blue wall" states would hold.
Ultimately, they didn't, and Trump walked away with Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and the entire election. Now, Democrats are beginning to panic, and the comparisons to Clinton are getting scarier by the minute.
Democratic operatives, including some of Kamala Harris’ own staffers, are growing increasingly concerned about her relatively light campaign schedule, which has her holding fewer events than Donald Trump and avoiding unscripted interactions with voters and the press almost entirely.
In interviews with POLITICO, nearly two dozen Democrats described Harris as running a do-no-harm, risk-averse approach to the race they fear could hamper her as the campaign enters its final 30-day stretch.
With early voting by mail and in person already underway in more than half of the country, Harris spent just three days of the last week of September in battleground states. On Sept. 28, when Trump gave a speech in Wisconsin before flying to Alabama for the Georgia-Alabama football game, Harris was attending a fundraiser in San Francisco. And beyond concerns about her schedule, Democrats argue that Harris would benefit from venues that allow her to introduce herself to voters in a more authentic way, such as town hall events, more sit-down interviews and unscripted exchanges with voters.
When Harris first entered the race, she bested Trump in the number of events held for the first month. That has completely turned around, with the former president barnstorming the country while the current vice president plays it safe. But is keeping her from interviews and town halls actually the safest path to victory in November?
That's what has Democrats panicking. They see Harris repeating a lot of the mistakes Clinton made, both in showing such overconfidence and in being so risk-averse. That is only exacerbated by the fact that the vice president only got into the race in late July. If anything, her schedule should be busier than a typical nominee because there's so much ground to make up in a limited amount of time.
But while Democrats want Harris to seem more "authentic" by doing sit-down interviews and unscripted exchanges, there's a big problem: She doesn't have the ability to do them.
That was illustrated perfectly on Friday after her teleprompter went out during a speech. Instead of showing some command of her policy platform, Harris melted down, cackling uncontrollably while rambling about how many days were left before the election.
She had no off-the-cuff material to go to. She had clearly not even read the speech beforehand. This is a woman who is incredibly lazy and incapable of doing anything but reading from a script provided to her by her handlers. More interviews would be disastrous for her.
Comparing Harris’ campaign to other recent Democratic presidential nominees is difficult, as Biden’s 2020 campaign was affected by the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic. But an analysis of Barack Obama’s first campaign in 2008 and Clinton’s 2016 bid — based on data from Eric Appleman’s Democracy in Action sites — shows that Harris’ schedule more closely reflects the latter than the former.
Looking at the same time period in those two elections, Obama had just two days with no public events, and his schedule was packed daily with an array of campaign events, brief appearances at local restaurants, fundraisers, and other events. Clinton, by contrast, had roughly the same number of days with no events that Harris has had, including a brief stint where she was treated for pneumonia.
The Harris campaign has become complacent in the face of an overwhelming cash advantage. They don't want to put the vice president out on the trail every day because they fear she'll do more harm than good. But bombarding the airwaves with the same, tired political ads can only get her so far. Perhaps her schedule picks up as we move into mid-October, but for now, Harris is playing a dangerous game.
I hope the vote isn’t as close as 2016. Trump did bigly in the Electoral College, but the vote count in PA-MI-WI was very close. Another few percent turnout in Philly, Detroit & Milwaukee would have put Hillary in the White House (gives me chills to think about that).
Hillary is far smarter and more accomplished than Kamala. Hillary’s IQ is a lot higher.
Count Cackula…she looks like the vampire on the Monster Cereal box.
no way the president, jill biden, allows that to happen. She’s been slighted once, she won’t let it happen again
I preferred a side of beef, but sack of potatoes works as well
Evita is nowhere near as smart as she thinks she is! 😏
2020 Hillary never set foot in Wisconsin supposedly because
she was confident the so-called “blue wall” states would hold.
Yeah, but the inside story is that the Wisconsin union halls were labeled Chick-fil-a’s
on Google maps, and everybody knows a Democrat wouldn’t set foot in a Chick-fil-a.
Well, to be fair Kamala and Hillary have a lot in common. Both like their booze. And both can tell wild lies without the slightest hesitation.
Oh, and both got where they are only because they were involved with powerful men. If not for Bill, Hillary would be a failed lawyer in some little town somewhere.
And if not for Willie Brown, Kamala would be working in a brothel in Nevada.
(Oops! I probably shouldn’t have said that, as it could be seen as “disinformation”.)
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I can see it because they are too so difficult to like,and both seem to think they are a lot more important than they actually are.
The way I read this is that the Harris campaign believes she’s in the lead. But Dems outside her campaign don’t think so. Does her campaign not share their polls with them?
.....That was illustrated perfectly on Friday after her teleprompter went out during a speech. Instead of showing some command of her policy platform, Harris melted down, cackling uncontrollably while rambling about how many days were left before the election........
kamala cackles just like a witch out of some fairy tale!
And she’s too stupid to give a speech unless it’s written by her handlers!
Unfortunately, the Dims have plans to cheat to win this election! Lord have Mercy!
Democrats described Harris as running a do-no-harm, risk-averse campaign
they fear could hamper her as the campaign enters its final 30-day stretch.
Democrats STILL havent figured out ....Harris is spreading “joy” among the electorate.
Other than making her the first female POTUS, I don't understand either. The time to make such a move would have been a few months ago to give Harris time in the office.
They cheated senile Joe across the finish line...
I have to give Harris credit. At least she hasn’t murdered anyone yet, unlike Clinton. 🙂
Kacklin’ Kamala aka Kankles II
“Kamala is also evil, but she is really stupid, unable to speak without a script.”
Hillary, from Chicago, married a ‘chosen one’.
Michelle, from Chicago, married a ‘chosen ones.
I doubt that Joe will step down willingly. He does not show any fondness for Kamala and his pride won’t let him.
She is too stupid for that.
Why isn't Kamala ahead by 50 points you might ask
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