Harris was asked what she would have done differently from Biden, and she answered:
Nothing comes to mind.
Trump won against Clinton in large part because of the stories they told:
Trump’s was. “I’m going to make America great again.”
Clinton’s was. “America is already great.”
So people who wanted change voted for Trump, if they could stomach him.
It’s that simple.
Economists will go on and on about how great the Biden economy is, but they’re basing that on statistics no one believes, nor that they should believe, like the inflation numbers, which are complete bullshit.
There’s a point at which people will believe their lying eyes, especially when it comes to grocery prices.
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Kamala’s just another mediocre member of the elite. The system worked for her, so she figures it’s basically a good system. She doesn’t have the empathy or intellectual honesty to see that it isn’t good for many, many other people and that she needs some of those people’s support.
This was her election to lose, just as Clinton should have won in 2016. All she had to do was show some genuine concern, some empathy and offer some significant change, even if she was lying. (This was Obama and Bill Clinton’s strategy, and it worked well. Bill was very empathic as he screwed over the working class and poor.)
She couldn’t even manage that. Polls are now basically dead-even, and battleground states are in the wind. Generally Democrats, because their votes are concentrated in urban and suburban areas need to be a few points ahead.
I won’t predict who’ll win. I don’t know. But I know that Harris is making unforced errors and acting like she doesn’t really want to win.
As for Trump, he’s clearly senile, out to lunch and would make a terrible President, but at least he wants it.