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Harris Hires Rural Vote Director
September 6, 2024 at 2:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 165 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/06/harris-hires-rural-vote-director/
"SNIP............
“Kamala Harris is bringing on a new campaign hire as part of her team’s push to clinch must-win states this fall by keeping former President Donald Trump from running up the score in rural counties,” Politico reports.
“Harris is tapping Matt Hildreth of the progressive Rural Organizing group as her rural engagement director… Democrats have been hemorrhaging support in rural America for years, but making even a small dent in Trump’s steep rural margins could determine the outcome in battleground states that may be decided by razor-thin margins.”
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Applegrove (posted elsewhere):
I hope they tout broadband internet Biden has implemented. It will mean people can start businesses or got to College without leaving their rural areas.
Nate Silver's swing state polls included Texas & Florida. So that's why
Nate Silver's swing state polls included Texas & Florida. So that's why way off. If you drop Florida and Texas, Dems get 78% of the vote in swing states.
https://www.natesilver.net/p/nate-silver-2024-president-election-polls-model
The method he used is to add up the swing state point scores of both Harris and Trump (including Texas and Florida) separately. Then add them together. That is the big total. Divide 100% by the big total of the swing state polls. That gives you the multiplier. Now take the separate total scores of Harris and Trump and separately multiply them by the multiplier. Do it with Texas and Florida included in the Trump swing state total score. Do it without. With Trump is at 58% or 60%. Without Texas and Florida, Harris is ahead by 78%.
That is how it is done. They it by making California and New York swing states and see what you get.
It is not really data at all.
Now Trump says he lost by a hair, or something, on November 2020.
So is he back tracking in an attempt to get above that ceiling of 45% or 47% or 48% or whatever it is? Because the people who didn't like Jan 6th, 2021 are staying away? Or will this be like abortion where he goes back and forth depending on the storm it causes.
Not to mention those wound up in it or too traumatized
who committed suicide. And those killed.
Tim Walz is the Spitfire of vp candidates. He can shoot
at his opponents and then take off and turn in on rounded wings into an new analogy. They can't follow his turn at that angle. They can't get him in their sights. Then he does it again. Picking him was one of the first decisions Kamala Harris made as a Presidential candidate. She doesn't seem to make a wrong move. And she herself is nimble in poking fun at Trump but never in a crass or unprofessional way: for instance she never says "lock him up" about Trump, she says "we'll let the courts decide". We have all been covered in such Trump gooey smog in the last decade. It is like we can breath again. Thank you Biden. Thank you Kamala for telling us to take a deep breath and get ready to work. Thank you Tim. Thank you to all the Democratic workers and volunteers. Thank you to all the people who donate. Thank you to the Democratic voters.
Biden Plays Second Fiddle to Harris
Biden Plays Second Fiddle to Harris
September 2, 2024 at 9:17 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 8 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/02/biden-plays-second-fiddle-to-harris/
"SNIP..........
“President Biden gave a demonstration on Monday that the Democratic Party now belongs to Vice President Kamala Harris, stepping to the microphone at a campaign event in Pittsburgh to introduce his No. 2 rather than taking the speaking slot of honor for himself,” the New York Times reports.
Said Biden: “Folks, we’ve made a lot of progress, and Kamala and I are going to build on that progress, and she’s going to build on it. I’ll be on the sidelines, but I’ll do everything I can to help.”
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Applegrove:
Biden is such a mensch.
Kamala Harris: "Hard work is good work"
/?xmt=AQGzfO_YAW1YVWCK0pN0VPuqj4KLRytRYM7iJy--Ie2RRA"Vice President Harris: This will be a tight race until the very end. So let’s not pay too much attention to the polls. As labor knows best, we are running as the underdog, and we have some hard work ahead of us. But we like hard work. Hard work is good work"
Applegrove:
We should contrast the hard work of labour and the work of regular people in this election to the MAGA billionaires just dropping a few million on Trump and not giving up anything in this race but planning on taking from the work of the working and middle class if they win.
Fox news pretends that Kamala Harris will get eaten alive by
Putin and the like. Harris is a long term prosecutor. I worked as an admin assistant in a detention centre for a few months. I was used to Government and NGO work where most people were open and very kind (not all). At the detention center I noticed how the closer staff got with prisoners the stronger their boundaries were...... like steel. Sure you could chit chat or joke (they once trapped me between closed prison steel barred doors with a prisoner .... i thought it was fine). But the boundaries on these staff members were something to behold. No chance of someone evil getting in there and mucking around in their hearts or minds un-invited. It was impressive. I had just been harrassed at another job, and had the emotions of a creampuff, so I was interested in other ways of being and they showed a way.
I welcome a a candidate who can learn all the details of US policy and when crossed can figuratively do this:
than someone who can't remember anything and literally does this:
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44852812.amp
and,
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-hr-mcmaster-book-b2603314.html
I look forward to her interview tomorrow. We know she is warm and open. I hope we see her prosecuter roots.
Could it be that the MAGA oligarchs don't have enough places to invest in the USA so they want
to kneecap the finantial power and intellect of the middle class and poor so they don't have to compete with them for investment opportunities? That could be part of their warpedness. If nobody except the rich have money to invest than they can get stocks cheap and won't be crowded out of investment markets like they are now..
Plus any question of Walz being inaccurate will be
met with all 50 of Trump's blatant lies in the first debate.
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