General Discussion

burnt ash soul."

I have a slightly better opinion of Liz Cheney, because as odious as her policy positions are, I see her as more of a patriot than Darth "Cheney" Vader. He's a war criminal and profiteer.

Still, in spite of the assertion in the OP that it is a bad sign because our backs are to the wall, the good of it is that the Harris campaign is building a permission structure and really enlarging the coalition. The fact that many old-school Republicans are coming in, as well as some evangelicals, and first time voters are registering like crazy seems encouraging.

Yeah, Trump could still take it (though I pray not every day). But each day I'm thinking we have a better chance than the day before.

Let us hope Trump has a really bad debate and puts his dementia on display for the nation. Then maybe we can breathe normally, but we still have to play through the whistle as Walz would say.