Current Affairs 2024 POTUS race

[Huyton Layne]

Does this economy bad news not play into trumps hands?

What influence does the VP have over the economy though?
It's a stretch to blame Harris, but I'm sure it'll happen/has happened.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

What influence does the VP have over the economy though?
It's a stretch to blame Harris, but I'm sure it'll happen/has happened.

What influence does a President have over the economy?

MAGA world, which is the land of the decidedly anti-socialist/communist free market, would have you believe the President is in charge of the economy. And in 2024, if the economy is good it's because of the prior guy. And if it's bad it's because of the current guy.

It's all nonsense. And enough people are beginning to see through it.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Fwiw these will be the attack lines against him

 

[Huyton Layne]

Shapiro would have been a good choice as well. A vocally anti Bibi Jew would have been a good choice.

I think Walz is good as well. Much less of a "politician" than Harris or Shapiro. More folksy. I think that plays here and balances the ticket

My big worry, having been around people, is that we have a black/Indian WOMAN as pres candidate. Having a gay or a jew one step from the hot seat, in addition to Harris' non-male brownness, might have been a step too far for some of the country.

 

[Huyton Layne]

What influence does a President have over the economy?

MAGA world, which is the land of the decidedly anti-socialist/communist free market, would have you believe the President is in charge of the economy. And in 2024, if the economy is good it's because of the prior guy. And if it's bad it's because of the current guy.

It's all nonsense. And enough people are beginning to see through it.

Well unless the guy in charge makes mad tweets and terrifies the financial folk.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Tbh Shapiro, if Harris fails, has a good chance to be top of any 2024 ticket ( also provided we still have elections then),

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Fwiw these will be the attack lines against him

Good luck with that.

They seem like flimsy arguments. And how this guy doesn't appeal to the greater electorate, I mean, that's just bonkers to me.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Good luck with that.

They seem like flimsy arguments. And how this guy doesn't appeal to the greater electorate, I mean, that's just bonkers to me.

Yeah.

To me he seems to really tick the “like to have a beer with” box far more emphatically than any of Trump/Vance/Harris do.

 

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[davek]

Because the pundit class has wrapped themselves in self-importance and horse race commentary rather than, you know, actually educating their readers/listeners.

The announcement of Tim Walz has both AOC and Joe Manchin effusive in their praise. What kind of odds could one get on that?

A unified Democratic Party not only wins, it often leads to a blue wave.

I'm convinced this closing of the gap has less to do with the clueless Kamala Harris and more to do with the assassination attempt on Trump.

Obviously Genocide Joe had to be replaced first, but my guess - and this is counter-intuitive, I know - is that the assassination attempt turned waverers in the very opposite direction to which most people thought they'd go. They fear political crisis and a return to the spate of assassinations of the 60s and the social turmoil that followed.

 

[RAFUH]

Yep