I honestly dunno, Jared. Again, you seem to be the only one seeing these things. The takeaway I've been seeing on my Facebook feed has been WAY different. Many of my fellow Democrats feel as if Walz clearly won on points if nothing else. "Slick" was the operative word of the evening with Vance, but everyone knew he was a liar.
I'm not seeing the perception that the Harris campaign has moved to the Right. Support for it is as strong as it's ever been. I do not hear talk about her lead having "evaporated." A cooling-off period was inevitable after the initial rush of excitement, and I think that's a more plausible explanation of where we are now. It has nothing to do with anything her campaign did or didn't do.
I do think, however, that after this debate that Democratic strategists do need to talk amongst themselves and see where they can pick up the slack. I don't know why they suddenly stopped calling the Republicans "weird," for example, because that was working. They need to go back and lean into that sort of stuff more, as well as highlight policies.
But I think the Democrats have just been handed a gift with this new bombshell report that Jack Smith handed in. It just reinforces everything we already knew about Trump, but if they're smart they can make good use out of it.
Once again I love hearing your response and analysis and feeling less insane. I hope this IS a wakeup call. Sitting down now to another GOTV writing session as a mental cleanse activity!
Is the Democratic Party laying the groundwork for another Gore/Kerry election surrender? “Oh well, we tried but I guess you’ve won.”
I honestly dunno, Jared. Again, you seem to be the only one seeing these things. The takeaway I've been seeing on my Facebook feed has been WAY different. Many of my fellow Democrats feel as if Walz clearly won on points if nothing else. "Slick" was the operative word of the evening with Vance, but everyone knew he was a liar.
I'm not seeing the perception that the Harris campaign has moved to the Right. Support for it is as strong as it's ever been. I do not hear talk about her lead having "evaporated." A cooling-off period was inevitable after the initial rush of excitement, and I think that's a more plausible explanation of where we are now. It has nothing to do with anything her campaign did or didn't do.
I do think, however, that after this debate that Democratic strategists do need to talk amongst themselves and see where they can pick up the slack. I don't know why they suddenly stopped calling the Republicans "weird," for example, because that was working. They need to go back and lean into that sort of stuff more, as well as highlight policies.
But I think the Democrats have just been handed a gift with this new bombshell report that Jack Smith handed in. It just reinforces everything we already knew about Trump, but if they're smart they can make good use out of it.
Once again I love hearing your response and analysis and feeling less insane. I hope this IS a wakeup call. Sitting down now to another GOTV writing session as a mental cleanse activity!
Hopefully for independent voters and moderate GOP voters, the Jack Smith filing reinforces the decision to back Kamala Harris.
Walz would have to be a different person to battle Vance. He would have had to be Kamala.
Before the event I was really hoping you were advising Walz, I saw quickly that wasn't the case!
I assume you meant "Trump/Vance fearmongering in Springfield" 🙂