The Real timschochet

And yet most Minnesotans seemed very pleased with Walz’s leadership during Covid. AND the Floyd protests. His approval rating has always been high there.

It’s only a snapshot but for the moment Kamala has rebuilt the Obama Coalition: https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/g-s1-15701/election-poll-harris-trump Black voters, suburban women, independents- her numbers are 20 points higher than they were with Biden. Obviously we don’t have any polling on Walz yet. Most Americans have no idea who he is. But- a warning sign for Trump- just like Kamala’s first speech two weeks ago after Biden quit, Walz’s speech from yesterday is completely blowing up on TikTok.

Somebody made a great point tonight about Tim Walz: People like him. It’s as simple as that. It’s why none of the attacks against him are going to work. People like her too. Much as I wanted Hillary to win, the truth is that people didn’t like her. They like Kamala.

Actually he didn’t. Trump on the other hand encouraged rioting at the U.S. Capitol.

You are correct. The public disapproves of transgenders in general and for minors in particular. But they also don’t want the government involved.

Hey Jerry I was unaware of this thread. Very cool to hear you’re all clear for now. Excellent news

He’ll enjoy it. Seriously they like being able to try and tear down the President rather than play defense on the time.

Tim Walz tonight: “When Donald Trump was President, violent crime was up, higher than it is now.All crime was up. And that doesn’t include the crimes Trump committed!!” Trump is outmatched here.

The same thing or worse was said about Obama. It’s all such bullsh!t.

They just don’t get it. They’re going with this tranny thing. I doubt the Trump people are stupid enough to spend a lot of time on it. If they are it will be awful for them. Far better to keep it in the dregs of the internet (like here.) And @Patented Phil completely misunderstands what happened in Virginia with Youngkin. That was parents being angry- but not with trans or any other woke issue. They were angry about Covid keeping their kids out of school prior to the vaccines. Once the kids were back in school the anger faded. Conservatives have always assumed this was about ALL the liberal issues like CRT and transgenders. But most people couldn’t tell you what CRT is and don’t give a sh!t about transgenders.

You keep bringing up Virginia. It’s a terrible analogy for several reasons: 1. Voting for a school board or any local politician, or even a governor, has completely different priorities than voting for President. When it comes to voting for President, the issue of trannies, or any woke issue for that matter, is so far down the list of priorities that it’s usually not even mentioned. 2. You misjudge the public attitude on this issue anyhow. 60% of the public don’t want the government getting involved. That means they don’t want you making trans surgeries illegal for minors. They don’t want you making restrictions. They want you to stay the hell out of it.

Harris’ lead in the polls continues to widen: https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/08/06/trump-vs-harris-2024-polls-harris-leads-by-record-margin-in-latest-survey/

I would expect either during or just after the convention. I don’t think this will be a thing. I also don’t believe that Trump’s attacks on Kamala on her record as a Senator will have any effect. And I think that at this point the border stuff will have only marginal effect. In my estimation, there is only one way that Trump can still secure the win: if the economy continues to have days like yesterday and if it appears we are headed into recession territory. Even this doesn’t assure Trump the victory but it would give him a renewed fighting chance.

He was never in combat.

If the Trump team tries to attack either Harris or Walz on the trans issue, Trump will lose even worse than he’s going to lose now.

They don’t care. They’re not going to vote on it.

You’re suggesting that suburban women don’t like teachers?

Not gonna fly. You know why? He said tonight, “you guys need to mind your own damn business!” And that’s the libertarian answer to the social conservatives.

What convention? That’s next week.

I don’t see any socialists around here.

And it turns out… ….Walz is pretty damn good.

It started off great but I’ve heard a lot of it before. She needs some new material. Now for Walz.

It’s brutal that you guys think there’s something there. There isn’t.

Wreck? I’m celebrating. It looks to be a good 4 years coming.

I really like her. What can I say? I’m not fawning, just keeping it real. And how come you haven’t ripped the Trump sycophants in here? When @Tree of Knowledge gets going about “Father Trump” and @HellToupee posts pictures of Trump as George Washington, you don’t say crap. And my praise of Kamala doesn’t come close to that sort of nonsense.