So he can look into the camera and say "jd, you're fired".I don't see why that would happen via press conference.
So he can look into the camera and say "jd, you're fired".I don't see why that would happen via press conference.
Apparently Trump has announced a press conference later today. Probably just some bullshit about the debate or his policies, but I give it a 3% chance that he has ditched JD.
True, but he proved with his latest appearance that not all limelight is good for him, so will be interesting. The more the momentum swings, the more desperate and vile he will get.He's desperate to reclaim the limelight, which I suspect will happen when he says something ridiculous today.
I don't see why that would happen via press conference.
Expound a bit on the last line of your post.
VPs famously don't share major positions with Presidents, and agree to serve anyway.
You're clearly judging her policies before seeing them.
Weird one from Rasmussen:
but...
That’s not weird from Rasmussen, they’re notoriously Republican bias. I think it was said to have reduced a bit last cycle but that was only because the rest of the polling field also had an R bias and they weren’t so much of an outlier.
Weird one from Rasmussen:
but...
Believe these may be two separate polling sources. As for the original Rasmussen, they usually skew about 2-3 points R so a 5 point Trump lead should entirely be within the margin of error.
I don't know if policy disagreements are all that significant when there is a fundemental disagreement about the validity of democracy as a system of government.
The current Republican party is pushing an authoritarian political movement that rejects the principles of of liberal and neoliberal democracy that the US has been based on. The core issue that splits the two parties today is not policy, it is the political system itself.
Unfortunately that argument is too complicated for the electorate, most of which have no idea what a liberal democracy is, which results in a belief that this is about policy (back Ukraine vs not, tax vs no tax, progressive vs Conservative, abortion access vs ban, hawk vs diplomacy etc). Biden tried to make that point, but it just didn't stick and he just came across as a worried old man.
A lot of the "noise" around the election is concentrated around policy and value disagreements that are completely fair in a democratic system - but the most important difference is the fundemantal disagreement in how to run government, elections, presidential power, the international system and the role of the various branches of government.
In the US you have three main forces, two of which are driven by voters who haven't been helped by the neoliberal democracy model and one that fights for the status quo.
Two of them are in the Democratic party - progressive who want a return to classic liberal democracy and neoliberals or "moderates" who want to maintain the status quo with the belief that neoliberalism has secured US position as an undisputed hegemon. Within those two groups there are policy differences that put them left and right of centre - but there are almost no one arguing against the system. Within the Republican party the neoliberals have more or less been pushed aside by the authoritarian MAGA movement.
While the neoliberals and liberals all agree on principles about how the system is supposed to work - MAGA authoritarianism rejects those principles. As an ideology it is incompatible with liberal and neoliberal democracy. Therefore any disagreement on policy becomes essentially meaningless.
For instance; liberals and neoliberals argue about how much influence a president should have, MAGA pushes for unitarian monarchy. Liberals and Neoliberals disagree on specifics on abortion legislation, MAGA rejects the legislative branch. We see liberals and neoliberals disagree on who should vote and the structure of the electoral college, while MAGA rejects the very concept of elections.
How do you have policy discussions when faced with that?
That’s not weird from Rasmussen, they’re notoriously Republican bias. I think it was said to have reduced a bit last cycle but that was only because the rest of the polling field also had an R bias and they weren’t so much of an outlier.
So, you were discussing the one off interaction that occurred on stage? You realize that isn't policy? We will clearly learn at the convention the policy platforms.As per my initial post that trigger interactions, her response to the protesters is not correct. She could:
After they shut up, having something prepared for a rally regarding what this sensitive policy? even if I don't agree. Something
Saying that is not the moment to discuss this in the rally in this sensitive problem. We are working on this yadayada
Something else
What you can't do when someone says something you don't like, is not having a response and see that the sandman is coming for you. Basically have nothing
Is a "Scott Rasmussen" poll different from a "Rasmussen" poll? I know the guy left the company a fair while ago.
So, you were discussing the one off interaction that occurred on stage? You realize that isn't policy? We will clearly learn at the convention the policy platforms.
She responded to reckless in a manner that shut them up / a manner that engaged the rest of the crowd. The hecklers could have been griping about anything & it would have elicited the 'Trump is worse' line, it's not a response exclusive with pro-Palestinian protesters.Is not one off. Is the first off because is what republicans had been doing since 2016. And yes, is not policy. That is the problem I am not asking to expose point by point the policy, but more than "Trump is worse"
Yeah. The national poll wasn't what I was concentrating on, rather what appeared to be a discrepancy between that and Harris' lead in Wisconsin. As @Raoul points out though, it's probably two different sources with similar names.
What's the unusual here ? It's Montana, is the expectation for the Trump to be larger or?
I mean, a democrat is not winning Montana in a million years. Its just moot to even post it.Does there has to be anything unusual? Its just a poll, and its been a little while since last in Montana.
Harris polls better than Biden did, Tester, unfortunately, doesn't seem to get a bump.
I mean, a democrat is not winning Montana in a million years. Its just moot to even post it.
Tester is the incumbent, so him being behind in it is worth noting.I mean, a democrat is not winning Montana in a million years. Its just moot to even post it.
Sure , was referring solely to the presidential electionTester is the incumbent, so him being behind in it is worth noting.
Why would you assume a poll result from one state could/would be extrapolated across a national poll that also considers 49 other states? Wisconsin has gone Democrat in eight of the past nine presidential elections.
To be fair it worked out for Joe.Is the new stick to bash Harris with that she isn't doing interviews? It's a bit hard to keep track.
Is the new stick to bash Harris with that she isn't doing interviews? It's a bit hard to keep track.
This sucks, but it will probably happen. There won't be any path to Dems holding senate if Tester loses (GOP will easily get West Viriginia with Manchin retiring).
Of all the critiques of Harris, this is a perfectly legitimate one. Not a single person has voted for her to be nominated as President, and yet she finds herself in a situation where she is being fast tracked through all the usual checks and balances every other candidate has to go through to be considered for the job. She has to therefore start doing interviews that challenge her policies, otherwise she will quickly risk being perceived as an empty vessel that is being undemocratically imposed on the electorate, who are being instructed to look the other way because the alternative is Trump.
Because the presidential elections with Trump on the ticket give the following outcomes:
2016: Wisconsin: Trump +1, National: Clinton +2
2020: Wisconsin: Biden+0.5, National: Biden +4
In both these cases Wisconsin leans Republican relative to the national vote. It would therefore be pretty surprising if in a Trump +4 environment Wisconsin went Harris +3. That's the complete inverse of what's happened before. Instead of it being Republican +3 compared to the national vote share, Wisconsin would become Democrats +7. A 10 point swing! Something enormous must have happened to the Wisconsin electorate, or for everywhere else except Wisconsin for something like that to occur. Nothing springs to mind.
Edit: At any rate this is all moot because the data that I thought came from a single pollster actually came from two different ones.
She could answer every single question with the bolded bit and that'd be a good enough performance to earn election.
As for no one voting for her to be nominated President, several million people in 2020 thought she's perfectly qualified to take over the top job if something happened to Biden, like, on day 10 of his presidency. So, not a big deal this time around.
There are more risky seats than WI. Montana and Ohio will be very hard to defend, West Virginia is gone. Nevada, Pennsylvania and Arizona are as hard as Wisconsin to hold.Sucks that the people of Wisconsin simply couldn't handle having a black person as senator, thats what ultimately will cost dems the senate this cycle.
I'm afraid that voting for Biden in 2020 is not the same as voting specifically for Harris in the present, especially as there was no competition among Dems to replace him. She was literally anointed in the absence of a democratic process. She's going to have to publish her policies and defend them before the election and stop hiding behind the fear of Trump being reelected.
There are more risky seats than WI. Montana and Ohio will be very hard to defend, West Virginia is gone. Nevada, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Arizona are as hard as Wisconsin to hold.
The thing is, Dems cannot afford to lose anything except W Virginia and even that might not be enough if Trump wins. To be fair, the goal is to lose as few seats as possible so they can regain the senate in 2026. No way they can hold the senate now.