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RandySF

(70,745 posts)
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 04:55 PM Nov 2

Harris in 'more competitive crouch' in Georgia as election nears

But now, three days before Election Day, even some Republicans acknowledge the vice president’s additional paths to victory.

Harris has spent two full days this week amping up supporters across the Sun Belt, including here at the Atlanta Civic Center in downtown Atlanta on Saturday afternoon. She heads next to North Carolina, where she will speak to supporters in Charlotte on Saturday night; and she spent all day Thursday in the West, with rallies in Phoenix, Reno and Las Vegas.

“She definitely is in a more competitive crouch than Biden was,” said Brian Robinson, a GOP strategist in Georgia. “The numbers for Biden in Georgia were atrocious. I mean, there were some, like the New York Times polling back in the summer or spring, it had Trump up more than 10 points — you never see that in Georgia.”

The scene in downtown Georgia Saturday afternoon — Harris, rallying thousands of supporters against the backdrop of the city’s skyline, flanked by signs that said “freedom” — showed just how far Democrats have come in the state.





https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/02/kamala-harris-trump-sun-belt-swing-states-00186923

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Harris in 'more competitive crouch' in Georgia as election nears (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2 OP
I'm sorry but i loathe headlines like this LearnedHand Nov 2 #1
I know what you mean, Learned... slightlv Nov 2 #2
All that and ... LearnedHand Nov 2 #3
Oh! Don't eat your own teeth! slightlv Nov 2 #4
BWAHAHA DUzy LearnedHand Nov 2 #5

slightlv

(4,378 posts)
2. I know what you mean, Learned...
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 07:00 PM
Nov 2

these headlines drive me crazy. It seems like all the media have forgotten how to put together a meaningful headline. This one, for example, means just the opposite to me from what the article, itself, says. If you say "competitive crouch" to me it suggest being on the lost dog end of a poll. Instead, they mean it to say she's competitive against T. Well... duh... she's MORE than just competitive if the polls weren't so skewed towards T. We can't get a decent poll. And that's all going to play into T's new "stop the steal" court cases. ARGH!

LearnedHand

(4,118 posts)
3. All that and ...
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 07:35 PM
Nov 2

It's a sports metaphor that alienates half the population, and it reinforces the horse-race notion instead of the true stakes we're facing. I hate it so much I want to eat my own teeth.

slightlv

(4,378 posts)
4. Oh! Don't eat your own teeth!
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 07:44 PM
Nov 2

My dog did a very good job os it when I got my first uppers. I was in a panic, but the dentist had heard it before and laughed when I finally got out the words "My dog ate my teeth!" (LOL) Wasn't funny at the time, but I sure can laugh at it now.

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