(July 22, 2024 at 12:22 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote:

(July 22, 2024 at 12:00 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: A lot of voters literally vote at the last second. The last memory those voters have of a candidate matters.

I won't say otherwise, though I remain skeptical as to effectiveness of aforementioned strategy. Time will tell I guess.

I don't offer this as a strategy, just as an incidental possible benefit.

One of the knocks on Biden was that he wasn't terribly popular with young voters. If Harris can leverage her (relative) youth to connect with them, and drive turnout from them, this could be a game changer.

Ms Harris came out punching.

I hope she takes off the gloves. Joe was gloved up in a bare knuckles brawl.

(July 22, 2024 at 3:49 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(July 22, 2024 at 12:22 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: I won't say otherwise, though I remain skeptical as to effectiveness of aforementioned strategy. Time will tell I guess.

I don't offer this as a strategy, just as an incidental possible benefit.

I still remain skeptical, though it would be better for world at large if this possible benefit would materialized.

President Biden did what Donald Trump would never be able to do: He set aside his ego for the better of the country. People can point to all the polls and Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff pushing him toward this, but ultimately it was his decision. And that couldn't be clearer from the fact that everyone got on board behind Kamala Harris immediately. Democrats are a sort where if you have ten people in a room and ask them to order lunch, you'd have to place 11 orders. But they came together and everyone got on the same page (Except Joe Manchin, but honestly fuck Joe Manchin.) What he did took more courage than anything Donald Trump has done in his entire life.

I know people might not like the timing of it all. But in other countries, elections don't last months and months. And honestly, I think it benefits Kamala to not have a long drawn out election. People get fatigued by all the election news. She provides something fresh and exciting and something people have been asking for: A candidate under the age of 70.

This should help drum up excitement for the Democratic party, and the convention next month. And it should help with voter turnout.

I hope so.

All Kamala needs to do is find the energy reserves for a 3-month sprint. Have at Trump and tear him apart. She's a prosecutor and he's a career criminal. She ought to be up to it.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1815454907291627927

To paraphrase AOC: "Real Jeb Bush Energy There"

Attacking Trump can easily backfire. We'll have to see what she does.

(July 23, 2024 at 8:12 am)Angrboda Wrote: Attacking Trump can easily backfire.  We'll have to see what she does.

Trump is clearly going to attack her, so I think tit-for-tat would play pretty well. Enough of this ‘when they go low, we go high’ bullshit.

Boru