The prospects for a Democratic controlled 119th Congress (2025-2027) have been vastly improved by the Presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris, and her Vice Presidential running mate Tim Walz.
Things looked gloomy before Joe Biden decided to withdraw, but now the excitement over Harris and Walz have boosted the hopes for Democrats to regain control of the House of Representatives, and maintain and maybe gain seats in the US Senate.
Public opinion polls show a boost in the candidacies of incumbent Democratic Senators all over the nation, and the prospects for gaining seats in the House in New York, Florida, and California seem promising.
And there are hopes that possibly three Republican Senators, who are not very popular, could lose their seats.
Rick Scott in Florida, Ted Cruz in Texas, and Josh Hawley in Missouri face tight races for now at least, from Debbie Mucarsel Powell, Collin Allred, and Lucas Kunce, respectively.
If at least one of these unpopular Senators were to lose, that would be a major boost for the Democrats.
Trump is trying to chicken out on the debate with Harris.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/26/trump-harris-debate-abc/
Former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, who now identifies as an independent, has endorsed Team Weird.
200+ Bush, Romney, McCain alums have endorsed Kamala Harris, according to a letter obtained by USA Today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/26/bush-mccain-romney-trump-harris-2024/74947380007/
The DNC had a surprise guest of Covid.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democratic-national-convention-surprise-guest-covid-kamala-harris-rcna168298?utm_source=buzzfeed&utm_medium=iframely
Ewwww! Another weird animal incident by RFK Jr.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-f-kennedy-jr-whale-chainsaw_n_66cc47cfe4b0778aee5f636c?utm_source=buzzfeed&utm_medium=iframely
Tulsi Gabbard’s endorsement makes Trump’s circle of weirdos even more extreme.
https://bluevirginia.us/2024/08/trumps-circle-of-weirdos-gets-even-more-extreme-with-endorsement-from-tulsi-gabbard
This is very disturbing. RFK Jr. says he’s been tapped for Trump’s transition team.
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/26/trump-rfk-jr-transition-team-2024-republicans
Texas AG is having the homes of Latino civil rights group members raided.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/house-raids-texas-democrats-ken-paxton-voting-rights-lulac-rcna168216
Texas is also removing over one million people from its voter rolls.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/texas-removes-over-1-million-voters-from-rolls-since-passage-of-anti-voting-law/
CNN is reporting that Tulsi Gabbard is on Trump’s transition team as well.
Jack Smith files reworked indictment against Donald Trump in January 6 case.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/trump-superseding-indictment-january-6/index.html
Good to see that Jack Smith isn’t backing down!
While Harris is busy putting out ads about her economic plans, etc., Trump is busy selling digital trading cards for $99, which includes an image of Trump in an Iron Man-style costume.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-digital-trading-cards-election_n_66ce2e40e4b02e951604bde6
Desperate Don must be desperate for cash.
Trump’s utterly bonkers claim about Jesus.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-california-jesus_n_66cea620e4b0fa7cef5b2e63
Harris and Walz to sit with CNN for exclusive first joint interview since campaign began. It will air at 9 on Thursday and be conducted by Dana Bash.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/kamala-harris-cnn-interview/index.html
Some voting rights battles that are going on.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/voting-rights-states-what-matters/index.html
Trump aides got into an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-campaign-altercation-arlington-national-cemetery_n_66ce83a4e4b054d20856bb54
A Fox News poll released Wednesday shows Harris improving on Biden’s reelection polling in the key battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, putting her in a close race with Trump in those states.
The new polling, conducted in the days immediately following the Democratic National Convention and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropping out of the race to endorse Trump, finds Harris ahead by 2 points in Georgia and Nevada, ahead by 1 point in Arizona and trailing Trump by 1 point in North Carolina. (The margin of error for the individual state polling is 3%.)
Those numbers are a significant improvement over Biden’s from earlier this year — the president trailed Trump by 5 to 6 points in all those states.
Trump’s campaign, in a press release, immediately dismissed Fox’s polling as “atrocious.”
The Cook Political Report has moved the state of North Carolina from “lean Republican” to a “toss-up,” as Harris appears to be closing the gap with Trump in the Tar Heel State.
The former president won North Carolina by just over one percentage point in 2020.
Cook’s analysis also found that Democrats’ prospects have improved both in New Hampshire and Minnesota, which they now rate as “likely Democrat.”
Trump Reposts Crude Sexual Remark About Harris on Truth Social
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/us/politics/trump-truth-social-posts.html
Arlington Cemetery Confirms ‘Incident’ with Trump Staff as Campaign Denies Physical Fight
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/08/28/trump-campaign-had-incident-arlington-cemetery-staff-during-visit-abbey-gate-bombing-anniversary.html
If a Democratic presidential campaign had done something like, they would be TOAST.
Veterans groups are condemning his disgraceful photo-op.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/veterans-groups-condemn-trumps-arlington-national-cemetery-photo-op
Looming court deadlines and hearings threaten to snag Trump’s sprint to November.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/28/trump-court-hearings-deadlines-00176680
Harris widens lead over Trump with boost from women, Hispanics, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-widens-lead-over-trump-with-boost-women-hispanics-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2024-08-29/
MAGA nuts have come up with a stupid conspiracy theory about Tim Walz’s dog.
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/29/the-tragedy-of-magas-conspiracy-theory-about-tim-walzs-fake-dog/
In the CNN interview last night, Harris hit it out of the park. CNN, not so much.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-hits-it-out-of-the-park-cnn-not-so-much?ref=home?ref=home
“Harris and Walz were excellent, even if Dana Bash’s insipid questions merely recycled limp GOP critiques, and made clear why such interviews have so little value for voters.”
Personally, I am of the opinion that Dana Bash is a f’ing joke.
Kamala Harris is reaching out to rural voters. That will help her win — and govern.
Her bus tour with Tim Walz in Southeast Georgia revealed her strategy for November.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kamala-harris-tim-walz-bus-tour-rural-voters-rcna168615
That’s why I don’t particularly like to watch CNN.
Harris interview shows she’s ready—it’d be nice if the media could rise to her level.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/29/2266697/-Harris-interview-shows-she-s-ready-it-d-be-nice-if-the-media-could-rise-to-her-level