With less than 40 days until Election Day, how can it be that Trump has taken a small lead in Arizona and Georgia — two swing states he lost to Biden in 2020? How can he be narrowly leading Harris in the swing state of North Carolina? How can he now be essentially tied with her in the other key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin?
More generally, how can Trump have chiseled away Harris’s advantage from early August? How is it possible that more voters appear to view Trump favorably now than they did several months ago when he was in the race against Biden?
How can Trump — the sleaziest person ever to run for president, who has already been convicted on 34 felony charges and impeached twice, whose failures of character and leadership were experienced directly by the American public during his four years at the helm — be running neck-and-neck with a young, talented, intelligent person with a commendable record of public service?
Since his horrid performance debating Harris, he’s doubled down on false claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets in Ohio. He’s been accompanied almost everywhere by right-wing conspiracy nutcase Laura Loomer. He said he “hates” […]
The answer to Mr. Reich’s question is quite easy. Actually, one must work hard not to see the facts before your very eyes, but Democrats and Republicans are quite practiced. Both candidates of the major parties are poor choices. There are millions of us who are politically homeless ( independents) or third party supporters. The system is corrupt and does not represent us or our values. We do not support the actions of the empire or the shredding of the constitution which has been occurring at faster and faster rates since 9/11. Certainly, the Democrats and Republicans don’t want to recognize the truth of the bankrupt system, nor will the media discuss it. So, whose left? Those poor folks pulling at an increasingly dysfunctional system trying to give it the appearance that it might actually work. Want a different outcome? Think and vote outside the box.
I see too many people in my daily life who are only interested in complaining, interested in the negative things in life. Recently I found a news site that reports what stories left and right media are printing. After a dive into what they presented I was surprised to see that right media isn’t really covering the politics of what’s happening, they’re covering violence and vengeance. Netanyahu’s vow of retaliation was getting all of the interest, not stories about the attack that provoked it, for instance.
I think, then, that Trump’s appeal is his complaining, negativity, and vows of retaliation, which they view as entertainment from someone just like themselves. It’s got nothing to do with politics and the potential results of who is elected. How otherwise can you explain the Evangelical following of someone who so solidly defies everything they believe in. . . . except pointing fingers and relishing God’s retaliation against their enemies?
All those questions about polling are valid, but are they true? It turns out that the polls when Hillary ran were way off and it ended up that he won. It is inconceivable that Trump is ahead given all the things that are noticeable about him whenever he’s on the air—-foggy thinking, many, many lies, autocratic plans when he’s president, and yet not a word about health care, or any policies actually. So we have to really stop trusting the polls and just hope for the best next month. There should be no way that Harris should lose, but you never know!!!!!
Re polls, I hope that the polling balance is related to the fact that most polls are still done by phone. Young people don’t ever answer the phone and many of my older friends don’t. I get almost daily 800 number calls that I don’t pick up, and a few others.
Think for a moment what the profile might be for someone who is compelled to answer the phone every time it rings. Would it be the most aware and thoughtful or would it be some demographic that is conditioned to respond to a ringing bell automatically without thinking, that leads an unthinking life?
I believe all the disruption is due to unrecognized, unacknowledged atavistic fear of climate change. I new this was coming when I was paid by the Italian govt in the 80s. Italy was ahead already experiencing problems in the south. And the English military also released a report the same time. Big newspapers in `London and NY released and then it gradually was hidden until Greta, McKibben, and The English news outlet the Guardian that’s read in the US reported it. Va Beach and the Navy’s largest base experiencd it. There was a lot delay. But a new book was just published…titled What if We Get It Right? There’s a huge shift happening..High profile Climate Activists are involved. And the protest energy is rising. If one refers back to enormous challenges humans faced, the arc of energy for change is similar. I believe that energy is affecting the universal field of consciousness, which in turn will call up a gathering similar to then the West entered WWII. There will be disruption which feels like necessary cleansing that will bring people together. And I believe the youth will be very actively involved. The coming together is going to be a beautiful thing. A challenging, sometimes dangerous but inspiring..
I believe high ranking military knew but no one knew how to prepare for it. And at first, the primary focus became silence. I remember VA Beach flooding.. it was in some of the news reports..