Kamala Harris is off to a roaring start in her Presidential campaign, with $126 million raised since Sunday, 1.4 million donors making contributions, 2,000 applying to work for Harris, and over 100,000 signing up to volunteer!
Meanwhile, Donald Trump is faltering, very obvious in his appearance, his vacant look in his eyes, his inability to finish sentences, his rambling and making no sense.
Also, the assassination attempt, and the harm it did to him beyond the edge of his right ear, is unclear, but to believe he will be able to have the energy to be President for the next four years is to believe in Fantasy Land.
So the reality is voting for Trump is voting for JD Vance, who already is seen as a negative factor, more than any Vice Presidential nominee going back at least to 1980.
Imagine that Vance’s public opinion ratings are lower than Sarah Palin and Dan Quayle at this point of the campaign!
(Latest as of less than a hour ago)
Trump has gone even too weird, even for Elon Musk!
Elon Musk is backing off his commitment of giving Trump $45 Million per Month in campaign contributions.. (plus probably also linked to the fact that Tesla’s stock has dropped by 40% in value.)
https://youtu.be/RjuD3UirJD8?si=XiC9Z9UdCedPiYWr
CNN Poll: Harris improves on Biden’s performance against Trump in early look at new matchup
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/politics/cnn-poll-kamala-harris-donald-trump/index.html
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is the lone holdout among Senate Democrats to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee.
Tester has called for an open primary process, deviating from the bulk of Dems who have rallied behind Harris’ candidacy.
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/24/kamala-harris-endorsement-senate-democrats-jon-tester
AOC perfectly describes Vance’s stump speech.
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1815475217134961029
The GOP’s racist, sexist attacks on Harris are now in full swing.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-race-trump_n_66a048cee4b08943f2a17726
There has been a surge in voter registration in the past two days.
Trump could never, ever give a speech like Biden gave tonight.
Some Republicans are having buyers remorse over Vance.
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/25/jd-vance-kamala-harris-trump-election
The Harris campaign released its first video Thursday, featuring Beyoncé’s song “Freedom.” Beyoncé has given Harris permission to use the song throughout the campaign.
https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1816436341703397765
Obama plans to endorse Harris soon.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/obama-plans-endorse-harris-president-soon-rcna163279
CNN recently reported that Vance has a negative rating among voters—the first for a VP pick immediately after his or her party’s convention since 1980.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/23/politics/video/jd-vance-data-ebof-digvid-enten
The former Lt. Gov. of Georgia, Geoff Duncan, a lifelong Republican, is supporting Harris. Previously he was supporting Biden.
https://www.alternet.org/geoff-duncan-kamala-harris/
Vice President Kamala Harris is significantly more popular among America’s youngest voters than President Biden, a new Axios/Generation Lab poll shows.
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/25/poll-harris-biden-trump-young-voters
Harris had a meeting with Netanyahu today. She made a few remarks afterwards. She said it is time to get the ceasefire and hostage release deal done. She also put her support behind the two-state solution. She urged everyone to condemn terrorism, violence, antisemitism, islamophobia and hate of any kind.
She’s ready to debate Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-donald-trump-debate_n_66a29bb3e4b0ac6125bdd916
New poll from New York Times shows Harris narrowing the gap with Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-donald-trump-times-siena-poll_n_6699efb1e4b0e97079721e97
James Carville was on The ReidOut (Michael Steele covering as host instead of Joy Reid) today raving about Harris’ speech on the situation in Gaza. He flat-out said her speech made him giddy!
I agree with him on that. She sounded like a president! 🙂
From Reuters:
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sharply pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday about the humanitarian situation in Gaza in “frank” talks that were watched for signs of how she might shift American policy about Israel if she becomes president.
“Israel has a right to defend itself. And how it does so matters,” Harris told reporters after the meeting. She said she raised her serious concerns about the scale of human suffering in Gaza. “I made clear my serious concern about the dire humanitarian situation there,” she said. “I will not be silent.”
Reuters comment: “Harris has been aligned with Biden on Israel but has struck a tougher tone. Harris’ remarks, which were sharp and serious in tone, reflected what could be a shift from President Joe Biden in how she deals with Netanyahu.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-harris-meet-netanyahu-separately-gaza-ceasefire-2024-07-25/
Good. Bibi needs to be dealt with.
Here’s her remarks.
Bibi is meeting with his buddy, Trump, today.
The Obamas have endorsed her! 🙂
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/26/politics/barack-michelle-obama-kamala-harris-endorsement/index.html
Trump is still trying to dodge a debate with her.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-wont-schedule-debates-with-kamala-harris_n_66a2fa90e4b015f7c2b9bca3
Lawrence O’Donnell utterly trashed ‘Laziest, Stupidest’ Trump in a scathing monologue last night.
Of her VP picks, I’m also leaning towards Tim Walz. Here is some info about him.
https://bluevirginia.us/2024/07/why-im-leaning-to-mn-gov-tim-walz-for-kamalas-veep
Internet erupts after Fox News poll shows Harris beating Trump’s approval in swing states.
https://www.alternet.org/harris-ahead/
Vice President Kamala Harris has narrowed her potential list of running mates to three candidates, according to Bloomberg News. The three in the top tier are Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-27/kamala-harris-vice-presidential-search-focuses-on-3-candidates?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=3OTf8B4q
CNN’s senior political data reporter Harry Enten over the weekend examined how likely Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris may have more paths to victory over Donald Trump than President Joe Biden, who ended his campaign last week, did.
Enten described the current race between GOP nominee Trump and Vice President Harris as “tight, tight, tight,” still “way too close to call” with 100 days to go and with “no clear leader.”
But the “big change” is how Trump had been leading Biden by 6 percentage points before the president ended his campaign, and pollsters now have Harris down 1 point to Trump, said Enten.
Enten said two paths ― securing the Great Lakes states or the Sun Belt states ― could lead Harris to defeat Trump in November. Harris has “a lot more electoral paths” than Biden did, he added.
But there is “so much time to go,” said Enten, who warned “the unexpected, I honestly think, should be expected.”
You can watch full analysis here: