2024 U.S. Presidential General Election Thread

[Wild self]

Stop presses! We got another insane Lore drop on RFK

I'm an animal lover, and this is just gross

RFK is one sick b*stard.

 

[taker597]

Has Montana ever been blue?

 

[Jx2]

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

The way that the Harris campaign is running their operation lets me know that Biden's admin was largely comprised of a bunch of dumbasses. Sure, he couldn't dodge the age issues but everything has shown what is going on now is light years away from what it was over a month ago.

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www.axios.com

This whole damn thing needs to be read to see what the Biden campaign was doing. No wonder Pelosi rolled up on Biden in the manner that he did. She was looking at this shyt with disgust, watching it play out in real time. They were literally weekending at Bernie's till November. I will forever admit that I didn't trust this outcome previously but I'll be damned if I'm not marveling at it all now. Kamala's ability to being able to course correct in this climate, at this speed, with this much pressure shows me that the woman has more than what it takes to be called Madam President. This could just be a right person for the right time sort of thing or she could be an all-timer now but brehs, what she is doing is some historic shyt.

The Harris campaign is casting a drastically wider net in recruiting House Democrats to stump for the presidential ticket, gauging the interest of almost every member, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Over a dozen Democratic lawmakers and aides described a "night-and-day" contrast with the surrogate operation under President Biden.

• To many House members, the shift is evidence of their new importance under the leadership of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a former House member.

What we're hearing: Harris' campaign has widely canvassed House members about their openness to being surrogates, an effort that began almost immediately after Biden dropped his candidacy in July.

• The center-left New Democrat Coalition polled their nearly 100 members at the campaign's request to "find out who's available," Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), the group's chair, told Axios.
• A senior House Democrat said the Harris campaign has "asked all members if they are interested in being surrogates," and those who agreed have been contacted each week about their availability to travel.
• "They've asked what our interest level is in a way I haven't been asked previously. Often it's the people who really want to go do it who say something. This time, they're approaching everyone," said Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.).

Zoom in: Several House Democrats who were not stumping for Biden have signed on to do so for Harris.

• "I wasn't a Biden campaign surrogate because I wasn't asked ... But Kamala, it's a different story," said Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.).
• A top aide to another House Democrat told Axios their boss has been tapped to travel twice and do swing-state media for Harris – a "glaring" difference from their non-existent role for Biden.
• "They have asked for as many members as possible ... to be surrogates," said Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.), adding that Harris made the request to her directly when they were at an event together.

Between the lines: The Harris campaign knows "the Biden team had an issue of many members not feeling included and are attempting to address the issue of including more people," said the senior House Democrat.

• Lawmakers saw Biden's approach as a function of his age and reliance on his tight inner circle and campaign co-chairs, including Reps. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.).
• "He has his circle, and they have their friends, and their friends have their friends, and that's it. And that's maybe what they're comfortable with," said another House Democrat.
• Biden was "leaning on the ones that were his surrogates when he was running the first time" in 2020, said Kamlager-Dove, while Harris "basically jumped into this a month ago."

Yes, but: Sources noted that the general election was just starting at the time of the disastrous debate that precipitated Biden's withdrawal weeks later.

• The Harris campaign has also retained most of Biden's staff infrastructure, including Hillary Beard, a former chief of staff to Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) who oversees relationships with House members.
• Harris is also facing a truncated schedule, with Pocan telling Axios the vice president called many members the day Biden dropped out because she "realized that if you're starting a campaign with little runway, you've got to hit [the ground] more than sprinting."
• And Harris is trying to expand the map. "You're seeing surrogates go to Florida, you're seeing surrogates in Texas," said Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).

Zoom out: House members, feeling more highly regarded by Harris and her team, are rewarding the vice president in turn with far greater enthusiasm.

• One House Democrat who expressed interest in speaking at the Democratic National Convention was told by their staff that while it may have been feasible under Biden, there is far more competition for public-facing roles in Harris' candidacy.
• The Harris campaign has been hearing from members proactively reaching out with offers of assistance, according to a source familiar with the matter.
• Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told Axios the campaign has "more interested surrogates than they know what to do with."

The bottom line: "It's night-and-day," said Kuster, who told Axios roughly three-fourths of her group's members expressed interest in being Harris surrogates.

• "Everybody wants in on this campaign, and they're excited about it."

 

[Spidey Man]

I'd rather see a town hall anyway. fukk listening to dementia 45

 

[the cac mamba]

whats the real context of this

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

I don't know if Trump is backing out of the ABC debate but he's definitely setting the stage for reasons why he performed like shyt and got buried. "The moderators weren't fair to me" will be at the top of the list.

 

[Wild self]

Democrats rush to quiet corporate backlash over price gouging plan. #bothsides

They said the same thing about insulin prices. Look where it is now...

 

[Jx2]

whats the real context of this

Did they get Melania for :05 in?!?!

 

[the cac mamba]

I don't know if Trump is backing out of the ABC debate but he's definitely setting the stage for reasons why he performed like shyt and got buried. "The moderators weren't fair to me" will be at the top of the list.

i hope the biden debate lulled him into complacency, and he absolutely bombs

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Its a wrap. Trump got too many of these alternate media ppl rooting for him

 

[FAH1223]

MAGA accounts are funny

 

[the cac mamba]

one of the gayest pictures ever

 

[KushSkywalker]

MAGA accounts are funny

hilariously ironic

 

[hashmander]

hilariously ironic

no self-awareness. have they ever been to florida? the villages attracting the worse of the north is what turned florida from purple to red in national elections. it's like 100k of them.

arizona and florida is where a lot of old people go to die.