Harris May Be in Trouble in a Couple of Weeks.

[candycorn]

Walz won't overshadow Harris. Why would he?

Likability for one thing. I gave up on the whole anti-israeli student protests when they had their issue with Jerry Seinfeld. Everyone has a threshold (call it the "smell test" if you want) where you just say, "wait a second". I'm not saying Harris isn't likable but Walz has an everyman quality about him that is compelling. Its also the "back up quarter back" syndrome. The most popular guy in town is the guy who has never lost a game, threw an interception or fumbled a snap or hand off. I think the dems have a pair of aces myself. Is that the best thing for a ticket though when viewed through the lens of politics?

 

[IM2]

Likability for one thing. I gave up on the whole anti-israeli student protests when they had their issue with Jerry Seinfeld. Everyone has a threshold (call it the "smell test" if you want) where you just say, "wait a second". I'm not saying Harris isn't likable but Walz has an everyman quality about him that is compelling. Its also the "back up quarter back" syndrome. The most popular guy in town is the guy who has never lost a game, threw an interception or fumbled a snap or hand off. I think the dems have a pair of aces myself. Is that the best thing for a ticket though when viewed through the lens of politics?

Yes to your last line. Walz does have that down to earth thing going. That is true. He does seem to be very likeable and that is a good thing. I thnk that it shows the type of leader Harris is. She makes good choices and those two are indeed a strong team.

 

[candycorn]

Yes to your last line. Walz does have that down to earth thing going. That is true. He does seem to be very likeable and that is a good thing. I thnk that it shows the type of leader Harris is. She makes good choices and those two are indeed a strong team.

By overshadowing, I was talking about strictly acceptability to the average voter. Resumes, experience, etc... Harris all the way.

 

[MarathonMike]

Just my opinion here--no links will be provided.

She’s going to give a speech tonight and it will be well received by the audience and the public. Everyone is going to clap, cheer, etc.. However on September 13 or whenever....there may be a lot of folks wishing Walz was on the top of the ticket based partially on that speech he gave last night and the fact that he’s striking all the right chords with his presence. Wow.

It inspired me to make a donation to the campaign (something I don’t normally do). More Walz and less Vance/Blob is what the nation needs. Some optimism, some regular guy/gal energy. Harris has my vote and she would have without Walz but there is a lot of wattage at the bottom of the ticket.

Did you have a stroke recently? I'm worried about you.

 

[IM2]

By overshadowing, I was talking about strictly acceptability to the average voter. Resumes, experience, etc... Harris all the way.

Walz has a nice resume. But the average voter can accept them both. Harris experience is typical of a lot of average people and so is Walz. I think Walz scores better with midwestern rural types and could possly pull some of them from Trump.

 

[Roudy]

The entire Harris campaign and theme of the DNC convention is one giant illusion and conspiracy to deceive Americans into thinking that the last four years it has been Trump that has president.

 

[hadit]

My hunch is that she knows that she sucks.

At speech, I mean.

And there’s only so much of her past from which she is able to be unburdened.

She won’t be unburdened from her past record, for example, since it will be the foundation of any challenges to whatever she now says.

Not that our liberal media will actually ever throw her anything but soft balls.

That’s right. I said it.

The question that MUST be front and center whenever she speaks is, "What have you been doing for 4 years while you were in the White House?".

 

[hadit]

The entire Harris campaign and theme of the DNC convention is one giant illusion and conspiracy to deceive Americans into thinking that the last four years it has been Trump that has president.

If one just listens to their rhetoric, one could be excused for not knowing an election even occurred in 2020. She's trying to borrow Obama's hopey-changey stuff without realizing she's going hopey-changey against herself.

 

[JimH52]

The ticket ISN'T a "strong one", but it doesn't need to be.

You are probably right. It is going to be a dogfight, for sure. You have the first multi-racially person, a woman, running against the same old tired show. But the country is evenly divided...which in a very real way...IS SCARY AS HELD.

How do you choose a man who has been found liable for sexual harassment, who is convicted of multiple felons, who has numerous indictments hanging over his head over a former prosecutor? Well, she has lots of hurdles to cross over. Last night was her first and she cleared the bar with inches to spare.

VOTE BLUE!

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[JimH52]

Nope. I was on the team. I was also in the chess club. Concert and jazz band too.

But I'm glad you had fun in your checkers club.

Checkers is giving the MAGA person a little too much credit.

 

[Couchpotato]

The debate will be in a few weeks and I don’t think it will change anything

Right now, Kamala has the momentum and Trump seems hell bent on helping her

We will see. Kamala (just like Joe now) does well in scripted scenarios when she can read off the teleprompter. She was doing great in 2019, and then the debates started and she had to speak on her own and she didn't make it to Iowa. We will see if she's just a preprepared soundbite machine at the debate, and she would be smart to be. And please don't give me the she was a prosecutor and that's a thinking on your feet job because it isn't. The best lawyers have scripted questions and know the answers before they are given.

 

[Couchpotato]

Likability for one thing. I gave up on the whole anti-israeli student protests when they had their issue with Jerry Seinfeld. Everyone has a threshold (call it the "smell test" if you want) where you just say, "wait a second". I'm not saying Harris isn't likable but Walz has an everyman quality about him that is compelling. Its also the "back up quarter back" syndrome. The most popular guy in town is the guy who has never lost a game, threw an interception or fumbled a snap or hand off. I think the dems have a pair of aces myself. Is that the best thing for a ticket though when viewed through the lens of politics?

Werent you on here saying the same thing about Biden?

 

[hadit]

We will see. Kamala (just like Joe now) does well in scripted scenarios when she can read off the teleprompter. She was doing great in 2019, and then the debates started and she had to speak on her own and she didn't make it to Iowa. We will see if she's just a preprepared soundbite machine at the debate, and she would be smart to be. And please don't give me the she was a prosecutor and that's a thinking on your feet job because it isn't. The best lawyers have scripted questions and know the answers before they are given.

The first question that SHOULD be put to her in the debate is, "You were in the White House, second in command in the previous administration. Why are you saying you are going to fix the problems that you ignored for 4 years?".

The second question should be, "Your party has controlled the executive branch of the government for 12 of the last 16 years. Why are you still claiming you're going to fix the problems you haven't fixed yet?".

 

[hadit]

Werent you on here saying the same thing about Biden?

It's a scripted, pre-programmed response. They simply change the name of the person they're talking about.

 

[Couchpotato]

The first question that SHOULD be put to her in the debate is, "You were in the White House, second in command in the previous administration. Why are you saying you are going to fix the problems that you ignored for 4 years?".

The second question should be, "Your party has controlled the executive branch of the government for 12 of the last 16 years. Why are you still claiming you're going to fix the problems you haven't fixed yet?".

The problem is the VP isn't in charge so while I agree the Trump campaign should try and staple the Biden admin to her it won't be as easy as you might think. She has credible deniability. That said it's a fine line because she will want to use her VP chops, as cred and experience, at the same time. My guess that's the a possible reason they haven't pushed Joe completely out. It may have also been part of the deal when he bowed out of the campaign, "bow out or we will 25th you Joe and smoke your legacy".

 

[hadit]

The problem is the VP isn't in charge so while I agree the Trump campaign should try and staple the Biden admin to her it won't be as easy as you might think. She has credible deniability. That said it's a fine line because she will want to use her VP chops, as cred and experience, at the same time. My guess that's the a possible reason they haven't pushed Joe completely out. It may have also been part of the deal when he bowed out of the campaign, "bow out or we will 25th you Joe and smoke your legacy".

I agree that her path to victory is not a simple one and requires a fine balance between powerful competing forces.

 

[MarathonMike]

Walz has a nice resume. But the average voter can accept them both. Harris experience is typical of a lot of average people and so is Walz. I think Walz scores better with midwestern rural types and could possly pull some of them from Trump.

Yeah right, Walz is going to get Trump supporters to vote for Harris. He has deep ties and love for Communist China, his continuous lies about how he served in Iraq, allowing rioters to run amok in Minneapolis for 3 DAYS burning, pillaing destroying a Police Precinct, shooting peaceful Minnesotans sitting on their porches with paint balls.....

Those are not traits that appeal to Trump supporters, only to people like you.

 

[BackAgain]

The question that MUST be front and center whenever she speaks is, "What have you been doing for 4 years while you were in the White House?".

We all know the actual answer:

Not much of anything.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

And your opinion is because Obama was black.

I rest my case.

 

[IM2]

I rest my case.

I find it very sad that there are whites who want to act like it wrong for somebody to call out racism.