I think they know that. I believe Harris is in Georgia today.
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I think they know that. I believe Harris is in Georgia today.
Kaine was very much an electoral pick, when Virginia was still seen as a big swing state before the rust belt switch, and he spoke Spanish. I can't even remember who the alternatives were, Evan Bayh was one I think? Either way, it was Hillary that lost it not him.
I am pretty confident that Wisconsin will go to Harris. Baldwin is very popular and will drive turnout and Johnson is an exception in WI where all the major statewide offices (Gov, Lt Gov, SOS, AG) are Dems.
I don't think its a coincience that all of these positions are held by people who are white, do you?
I mean.... it''s Wisconsin. Also, Barnes was Lt. Gov before his Senate run.
I disagree. Virginia wasn't really in play in 2016. Hillary thought she had won it already, so picked an old friend.
Sherrod Brown would have been a better pick as he wouldn't have forgotten about the working class in Ohio, MI, PA, WI like she did.
None of the states should be trusted. It is true that the Dems have a decent shot at all the rust belt states (turnout dependent), but it is also likely true that Harris is targeting NC and GA because they have heavy black populations and may (as in 2020 for GA) land for the Dems. If she manages PA and either WI or MI, and one of the latter two southern states, its over.
I'm surprised the republicans didn't pick a woman for a VP candidate, to be honest. It might have made them look a little more rational for any fence sitting voters and it might have alleviated some concerns about Trump being a big dirty rapist by giving a woman a powerful position.
Instead they got some character from The Boys.
Instead they got some character from The Boys.
Haley would've been the best option for them, but that was never a realistic given that she and Trump are beefing.
With respect to the "one heartbeat away from the Presidency" angle, I really don't think a large share of voters think like that. It should be fairly low on the list of criteria.
The way the race is looking right now, it does seem like picking someone that will help in a key state could be crucial. If Josh Shapiro didn't have real Zionist streak, I'd say he was the obvious choice, but it's an issue Harris needs to be more moderate on than Biden.
These are not "fake electors' though, they are elected/appointed election officials - that's a whole different thing
You don’t become a Command Sergeant Major without knowing how to lead.
That’s not strange at all. Some of the subject matters are valid concerns. She then pulls in irrelevant and out of context information to make her overarching point, seem far bigger.
It’s sensationalist bollocks that helps nobody. She’s been this way since at least mid-Trump term 1.
If you lead with sensationalist stories, you’re just doing what Fox does, and she does it all the time.
An added layer of funniness is that Ovid means shepherd. Ovis is sheep.
What Fox does is outright lie, and pander to fearmongering and hatred. Their lies cost them almost a billion dollars and they still aren't done with the other cases. Is the substance of what Maddow reports on lies? I get not liking her personally, or her delivery. But, as long as she has her actual facts correct and sourcing on the stories it is not "Fox of the left".
When the GOP actually had schemes for false electors, when they literally spread election fraud lies far and wide for years. It is not hyperbole to report the seriousness of the future scheming, and the actual laws and party platforms they are promoting.
It's a bit funny the GOP are calling Harris a diversity hire when the actual diversity hire will be the heterosexual white man who will be her running mate.
She's Rachel Maddow, and yes - like the vast majority of US TV journalists and commentators, she is deeply, deeply irritating. We should send the an army of Krishnan Guru-Murthys as replacements and maybe their democracy would be fairing much better.
Its actually a new GOP talking point they are testing out - that the Dems are the new party of segregating by race.
In the same way that Mike Pence was a DEI hire, in order to help bring Trump the Christian vote.
We know who the real DEI candidate is though.
Trump, as he is ....
Deranged
Incompetent
Egomaniacal
It was the only important state last year where the Dem senator was outspent. With such thin margins, it would absolutely have made a difference.
I do hope Harris' campaign gives up on rubbish like Florida.
Could be because he's a finalist, not because he's been secretly selected. In most instances, the person selected only gets the phone call the day of the actual announcement.
Fox often does exactly what she’s doing. They’re worse. But it’s still common enough to compare. Starting with facts and statements, then attaching barely connected dotted lines to dramatic nonsense.
As I said, there are issues there. Let the facts stand alone. It’s juvenile what she does. We can call it out. We owe her nothing.
If you held a party on a hill and invited everyone that thought 2024 Maddow was a trustable, Ethically robust journalist… I’d be able to cater it with the change in my pocket.
I only bother commenting as you’ve only got to go back a decade and she was a far more lucid and considered human. The Trump-Covid period seemed to see her chase engagement and validation rather than focus on real reporting. The bollocks and histrionics are childish.
What was the 'dramatic nonsense?'
She reads a lot into throwaway lines that are probably just Trump bragging about being so popular he doesn’t need any more votes.
Fox are 1000x worse. They are not even pretending to be neutral.
When President, Trump used to take calls from Fox news anchors like Hannity and Lou Dobbs, advising him on policy. You have Tucker Carlson speaking at this years RNC.
What are these badly sourced, untrustable stories that Maddow has spun? Please enlighten.
You lost the war, get over it.
If you watch and listen to the whole report, she links those same lines from Trump to this article...
https://www.rollingstone.com/politi...-state-officials-election-deniers-1235069692/
Trump is the one that is out there saying "we dont need the votes, we have so many votes". Why would he say that?
As usual, he says the quiet part out loud.
He is setting the stage to say that the election is rigged, again.
He is already saying the only way that Democrats can win in Minnesota is if the Democrats cheat.
Yes Minnesota, which has not voted for a Republican for President since 1972. The only way Trump can lose that is if Democrats cheat.
Post election, there will be legal fights and don't be surprised if those court cases tie back to the aforementioned Election Deniers.
Weird...
We'll see soon enough. The hopeful attendees are snarling up a bit of I-75.
Imagine someone competent like Buttigieg being POTUS, or nominee for that matter. I'm sure there are plenty of awesome reasons it won't happen (he's gay eew eew eeeeew), but it would be awesome. I's also quite amazing that after all the heinous shite the reps did the term "weird" is what finally seems to shake them 
Weird is a way too nice word to describe Vance if you ask me.
Weird is a way too nice word to describe Vance if you ask me.