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The media isn’t selling her. They’re responding to her. Same way they responded to Trump in 2016. A lot of my liberal friends criticized the media back then for giving Trump so much attention. But that wasn’t it; they simply responded to what the public was interested in, same as now.

Not at all. The policy is great. What Taylor will do is energize young people who are already for Kamala but might not bother to vote to do so. You seem depressed lately @BrahmaBulls I think you see the trends changing? Don’t worry it’s still very likely to be a down to the wire election. Your man will be in it until the very end unfortunately.

The betting odds have tightened too: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/29/presidential-election-odds-100-days/74582240007/ Within a few weeks Kamala may be the favorite.

You can argue that all day but I think the ads will be very effective and will help to neutralize Trump’s main attack against her. (The fact that border crossings have gone way down, and are currently less than they were during Trump’s last year, should help as well.)

And now she has released an ad dealing with what is supposed to be her biggest weakness: the border. She offers her plans to fix it and accuses Trump of killing the bipartisan deal in order to run on the chaos: https://thehill.com/homenews/4801766-kamala-harris-donald-trump-border/amp/ She’s running a brilliant campaign. He’s got no answers.

11 points in Michigan is hard to believe. But I think she is ahead at this point, as well as in Pennsylvania. And she’s making a big play for Georgia as well- crowds there are going crazy: https://apnews.com/article/harris-georgia-trump-rally-atlanta-4454ff5825d8f6cf90929147f5b84a71

Rumour that Taylor Swift will attend the DNC and perform a song…

Access to medical care. Thats awesome; I like her even better.

I’m sure they’ll let you in Max.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/29/biden-supreme-court-reform-presidential-immunity-term-limits/74583088007/ Term limits and a code of ethics. Also a Constitutional amendment limiting Presidential immunity though that’s not really a Supreme Court reform. None of this is new. The term limit idea was actually pushed by many conservatives, including the Heritage Foundation, right after gay marriage was made legal. It will be amusing to watch them oppose it now. Personally I think the term limits is a good idea. I have always been opposed to term limits for public office holders because elections solve that. But this is not that and lifetime appointments have always seemed foolish to me. I’m less sure about the code of conduct because I’m not sure how it would ever be enforced and any investigation would immediately become a political tool. In the worst scenario impeachment already takes care of that, at least theoretically. Thoughts?

Harris jumps out to a 4 point lead in Pennsylvania: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-polling-pennsylvania-1932248 Still way too early. But if she wins Pennsylvania she wins the White House.

It’s working.

Honestly it depends on the day. In addition to the properties I’m involved in several business investments- importing/exporting.

Appreciate the response and it deserves just as long a rebuttal. But later, gotta go to work.

Not sure about the Dakotas, but we have a West Virginia because the folks there refused to secede from the Union.

So yesterday Lara Trump likened Kamala to a bag of trash, and Senator John Kennedy called her a “ding dong” and a “loon” and when challenged, claimed this is what the polls say. What polls? I don’t think this name calling is going to hurt Kamala at all. Conservatives can hurt her if they focus on the issues but they’ve seemed incapable of election discipline so far.

JD Vance about his wife: “She’s not white but I love her.” https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/128887725.html?

She hasn’t. Her ideas are about the same as Biden’s. But they can’t stand her, so they’re willing to lie about her. Always a strong endorsement.

Since Jesus was a Jew, he might have some issues with you.

A great reason to vote for Kamala: the NRA hates her: https://www.nraila.org/articles/20240729/kamala-harris-is-an-existential-threat-to-the-second-amendment-and-supports-gun-confiscation

Is that why Trump seems terrified to debate her?

Do what you want but I advise against this. I disagree with @jerryskids on most issues but he is one of the best posters in this forum IMO. Always engages, rarely insulting, always provides thoughtful commentary and debate.

I don’t. I don’t think an unlimited stream of immigrants and refugees destroys America. I do think it challenges us and will force us to rethink many things. But there’s plenty of room for them. Our resources are, because of capitalism, ultimately unlimited. We need to solve climate change. We need to put as many resources as necessary into the development of nuclear fusion. We need to increase trade without tariffs and spread prosperity throughout the globe. Every problem, no matter how great, brings enormous opportunity. We need to move forward not backward. That’s a big part of the reason I believe Kamala will win: because her overall message is so much more powerful than Trump’s.

The increased numbers make a comprehensive solution much more urgent but they don’t change the fundamentals of the issue.

No. Trump will try (and the attempt will be catastrophic) but he won’t succeed. They’re not going anywhere.