My position for a while was that if Biden runs away with this, whatever shit Trump tries to pull still won't be enough. His best shot was always getting it to a place he can work around the margins using voter supression and blatant cheating. I just thought the trajectory was leading to a Biden blowout.

I don't think that anymore. I can absolutely see this one being >= 5 points come election day. I think the overall Dem aesthetic will start to wear thin on people. I really have no idea how the debates are going to go, but I see them swinging in Trump's favor.

If that's the case, you gotta beat the house on election day, and Trump is the house and you know what he's been doing.

I don't know, just sharing my thoughts. Good to be back with you homies.

  • worker_democracy [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    When Harris and Biden did their presser last week, NPR asked a Dem strategist if they were worried about Harris alienating the left-wing of the party. I shit you not his actual response: "Our rule of thumb for elections is that if we're alienating the left-wing of the party, we're doing something right."

    Every day I consider if I should bother voting Biden, and every day Democrats explicitly tell me not to.

    • Mike_Penis [any]
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      4 years ago

      “Our rule of thumb for elections is that if we’re alienating the left-wing of the party, we’re doing something right.”

      what the fuck. please let me die

      • dufftron [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        I literally cannot get this video out of my head:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqRNnIMDkUY&list=FLHaiWz9zB4eNNu2_MmgXC5A