Ed I appreciate your balanced reaction but think you are perhaps less enthusiastic than what her performance indicated to me and the polls already out from the “undecided”. 90 percent said she won the debate and the numbers from Republicans isn’t much better. She got Trump to show his ridiculous and outlandish approach to governing and his negative views of America. I only wish she talked more about the current administrations great economic results like the lowest unemployment in 50 years , a GDP that far exceeded any year Trump was president, stock market at record levels, more jobs created than any year Trump was president and long overdue infrastructure needed. While inflation was high for 18 months actual incomes surpassed inflation numbers. Let’s not forget what caused inflation to rise, which includes shortages due to the pandemic and very aggressive monetary policy with 0 interest rates of which the current administration had no control over. And finally Trump left office with the biggest deficits are country has ever seen. I understand Harris needs to differentiate herself from Biden but she does need to run from their success.
My guess is it won't move anyone an inch. Harris was poised and well prepared. Trump just put on his George Patton war face and doubled down on his racist xenophobic mantra that his followers love. She did pin him in a corner on his treasonous inciting of the Jan. 6 riot: he said somebody just asked him to make a speech. Wonder who--the guy in the mirror? He also misquoted himself on his own "Will be wild!" tweet before the event. And who, pray tell, is gonna make it wild, sir?
I still remember the woman who talked for him at the caucus I attended. She said they might as well stick with Trump because "they're coming for us anyway." Who exactly is coming for whom? I think we know. Trump's fans think he's going to save the white people from the folks who aren't and the foreigners. So that's justification for overthrowing the government. The bottom line here is Trump's ruthless manipulation of people in pursuit of gratifying his own vainglory.
Walz likened it to shutting down a bully from his days as an educator. The sooner people lose their fear of standing up to him, the better off we all will be. Harris stood up to him with a look and a smile.
Debates don't win elections by themselves, but they can lose them. It all comes down to getting your supporters out to vote. And like it or not, you better know how to read an Electoral College map. 2016 should have taught everyone that.
The debate was decided by one was very Positive and the other was very Negative. If anyone in the country is still undecided---please don't vote. The current polls have the race as dead even. That's BULLSHIT, Harris will win easily with over 300 electoral votes---and Trump will say the election was stolen----AGAIN.
Trump didn't do himself any favors with the perpetual "mean" look, tomahawk chop right hand movement and looking like a modern day Jack Nicholson from A Few Good Men. Now, he'll have to handle the truth, regardless.
That said, I'm somewhat dubious that it moved any voters who were already mentally committed. We'll see if the "uncommitted" three people in the country are moved.
Ed I appreciate your balanced reaction but think you are perhaps less enthusiastic than what her performance indicated to me and the polls already out from the “undecided”. 90 percent said she won the debate and the numbers from Republicans isn’t much better. She got Trump to show his ridiculous and outlandish approach to governing and his negative views of America. I only wish she talked more about the current administrations great economic results like the lowest unemployment in 50 years , a GDP that far exceeded any year Trump was president, stock market at record levels, more jobs created than any year Trump was president and long overdue infrastructure needed. While inflation was high for 18 months actual incomes surpassed inflation numbers. Let’s not forget what caused inflation to rise, which includes shortages due to the pandemic and very aggressive monetary policy with 0 interest rates of which the current administration had no control over. And finally Trump left office with the biggest deficits are country has ever seen. I understand Harris needs to differentiate herself from Biden but she does need to run from their success.
My guess is it won't move anyone an inch. Harris was poised and well prepared. Trump just put on his George Patton war face and doubled down on his racist xenophobic mantra that his followers love. She did pin him in a corner on his treasonous inciting of the Jan. 6 riot: he said somebody just asked him to make a speech. Wonder who--the guy in the mirror? He also misquoted himself on his own "Will be wild!" tweet before the event. And who, pray tell, is gonna make it wild, sir?
I still remember the woman who talked for him at the caucus I attended. She said they might as well stick with Trump because "they're coming for us anyway." Who exactly is coming for whom? I think we know. Trump's fans think he's going to save the white people from the folks who aren't and the foreigners. So that's justification for overthrowing the government. The bottom line here is Trump's ruthless manipulation of people in pursuit of gratifying his own vainglory.
Walz likened it to shutting down a bully from his days as an educator. The sooner people lose their fear of standing up to him, the better off we all will be. Harris stood up to him with a look and a smile.
Debates don't win elections by themselves, but they can lose them. It all comes down to getting your supporters out to vote. And like it or not, you better know how to read an Electoral College map. 2016 should have taught everyone that.
The debate was decided by one was very Positive and the other was very Negative. If anyone in the country is still undecided---please don't vote. The current polls have the race as dead even. That's BULLSHIT, Harris will win easily with over 300 electoral votes---and Trump will say the election was stolen----AGAIN.
Trump didn't do himself any favors with the perpetual "mean" look, tomahawk chop right hand movement and looking like a modern day Jack Nicholson from A Few Good Men. Now, he'll have to handle the truth, regardless.
That said, I'm somewhat dubious that it moved any voters who were already mentally committed. We'll see if the "uncommitted" three people in the country are moved.
I love politics!