147 points

It’s really nice to see a Democratic campaign actually play to win.

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Holy shit, right? I genuinely have not been this optimistic about a presidential election since 2008. Don’t get me wrong - shit could still go sideways. But Harris at this point is absolutely SLAYING, and is mostly saying the right things on the right topics, and furthermore is CLEARLY on top of her game, and fully understands the stakes.

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It’s a fait accompli.

Time to start planning for another business-friendly Democrat administration. It probably won’t have majorities in both houses, but it wouldn’t matter much even if they did manage to pull that off. Bipartisanship is the name of the Democrat game, and the next question is whether the Republican remnant will play ball or fall into infighting after whatever bloody nonsense their nutjobs get up to this time.

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34 points

Doomers and bothsides-ers can fuck off. While you people keep bitching and moaning, the adults in the room are trying to make the world a better place.

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Hey so maybe wait to see what Harris does after she takes office before you start shitting in the punch bowl?

Like, I get it. I’m jaded as fuck about politics and the electoral system we’re forced to use. But I take it as a VERY promising sign that Biden actually stepped aside. Sure, maybe it was for the “wrong” reasons (age and senility, instead of wrongheaded policies and decisions and being desperately out of touch with younger generations), but I’m happy to take the win where we can get it. Harris is saying a lot of things that are overall resonating with a lot of people, including myself. I’m not deluded enough to think she’ll be a perfect champion of social justice and equality, but at the same time, what she’s saying so far is a damn sight closer to that than any politician I’ve heard since Obama was campaigning in ‘08.

I’m willing to give her a shot. You should too.

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22 points

Now that the Boomers finally got out of the way.

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1 point

Even Harris is a Boomer Gen-X cusp. A late Boomer.

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2 points

Dang, you’re right. Boomers went through 1964, and she was born in October 1964. So, still a boomer… She definitely acts more like Gen X. I bet being a poc has a hand in that.

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10 points

i really really hope that the kamala campaign is the start of a new left, much like the trump campaign was the beginning of a new right. If we continue moving this way, i forsee good things in our future.

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We don’t need a new left, we need a new democratic party in this moment. They are different things.

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1 point

i’ll take both if i can get both.

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We need a left.

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“The Harris campaign released a new schedule that shows she will be appearing in the same city at the same time as every scheduled Trump rally. The campaign has employed official ‘crowd counters,’ who will be monitoring both the attendance and crowd retention for every rally. The Harris Campaign will then post live updates on crowd size and early exits on its new account on Truth Social.”

Edit: Forgot to add /s

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47 points

/s

Fuck you. I was hoping for Dark Kamala!

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38 points

You simultaneously made my day and ruined it. What a roller coaster of emotions. thank you

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21 points

That’s going throw Donald into an incandescent rage. Incredible.

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7 points

How much money is he going to throw at hiring actors to pad out his rally and retention numbers when it won’t make any difference in anyone’s voting decision in the end?

Alternatively, how many votes is he going to inadvertently throw away after stiffing actors hired to pad out his rally and retention numbers, when statistically some of them will already be supporters, possibly even planning on going to the rally for free but getting excited about the idea to get paid to do what they were going to do anyways but might see him differently after he fucks them directly?

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3 points

Is this quote in the article?

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12 points

I really, really wish it was.

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52 points

What she really needs to do is start pushing some of the truths of P2025 and how they’ll impact people who may lean right. Specifically hit labor groups and how it would ban Unions.

And it should also hit how much the orange turd hates the military with a big push about the Arlington fiasco, his VA cuts and what he’s said specifically. Push that hard.

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Yeah, I’m a little worried that everyone seems to have forgotten about P2025 already. And especially worrying that I’ve seen no mention of reinstating Chevron. Of all things this miserable SCOTUS did, that is easily the most damaging.

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2 points

Worse than citizens united?

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1 point

Also awful and needs to be reversed, no question, but I’d at least think Chevron is a more critical pillar to maintain.

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I’m ok with that, and I’d like her to actually define her positions better within the framework of definitions regular people use, not redefining of terms by lawyers and politicians.

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36 points

It really is wild to think about it. Kamala has only been the candidate for a bit under two months at this point. And so much of that was spent politely waiting for the DNC and housekeeping like picking a VP.

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33 points

This wasn’t the aggressive campaigning?

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24 points

No, it was joyful

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