I'm not overly concerned about the NYT poll right now simply because it's May, but at this point, I've just made peace with a potential Donald Trump win. If Americans decide to elect Donald Trump despite the fact that he isn't a serious person, he attempted a coup, he sexually abuses women and is he probably going to be a felon at the en…
I'm not overly concerned about the NYT poll right now simply because it's May, but at this point, I've just made peace with a potential Donald Trump win. If Americans decide to elect Donald Trump despite the fact that he isn't a serious person, he attempted a coup, he sexually abuses women and is he probably going to be a felon at the end of the month, I think that's on us as Americans more than Joe Biden and his campaign. We're not a serious electorate already (which is how we ended up with Kari Lake, Dr. Oz, and Doug Mastriano as 2022 nominees), and that'll be even more apparent if Biden loses.
Kari Lake, Dr Oz and Doug Mastriano all lost in 2022. They were that bad. Even GOP voters didn't vote for them. Like 2016, the presidential election in 2024 is for the Dems to win. Unfortunately, Biden-Harris risks being like Clinton-Kaine.
I think James sums it up very well here. I haven't given up hope, since it's still be about 50-50 to eke out another win like 2020. But, win or lose, the fact that it's even close shows that the American polity is, and has been, unwell. I don't believe someone with Trump's "resume", given James's accurate description above, would have a prayer in any Western country, say Canada, Britain, or France. So, yes, "that's on us". Sad but true. Still, we may yet pull it off again. Despite the polls, the (forward-looking) betting markets have it 50-50, so don't abandon hope.
I want the Bulwark folks to start discussing what we are going to do if trump wins… the right is organizing for either eventually and we need to do the same
I'm not overly concerned about the NYT poll right now simply because it's May, but at this point, I've just made peace with a potential Donald Trump win. If Americans decide to elect Donald Trump despite the fact that he isn't a serious person, he attempted a coup, he sexually abuses women and is he probably going to be a felon at the end of the month, I think that's on us as Americans more than Joe Biden and his campaign. We're not a serious electorate already (which is how we ended up with Kari Lake, Dr. Oz, and Doug Mastriano as 2022 nominees), and that'll be even more apparent if Biden loses.
Kari Lake, Dr Oz and Doug Mastriano all lost in 2022. They were that bad. Even GOP voters didn't vote for them. Like 2016, the presidential election in 2024 is for the Dems to win. Unfortunately, Biden-Harris risks being like Clinton-Kaine.
I think James sums it up very well here. I haven't given up hope, since it's still be about 50-50 to eke out another win like 2020. But, win or lose, the fact that it's even close shows that the American polity is, and has been, unwell. I don't believe someone with Trump's "resume", given James's accurate description above, would have a prayer in any Western country, say Canada, Britain, or France. So, yes, "that's on us". Sad but true. Still, we may yet pull it off again. Despite the polls, the (forward-looking) betting markets have it 50-50, so don't abandon hope.
I’ll think it’s 50/50 if Biden was up 10 a week before we start voting.
I want the Bulwark folks to start discussing what we are going to do if trump wins… the right is organizing for either eventually and we need to do the same