The episode with the Black Journalists is a write-off, and actually a little bit genius if one wants to be cynical. The audience for his antics wasn’t the journalists, it was his own base. He can say look, The Blacks are mean to me and they will be mean to you too because I’m one of you. I actually give him some morbid credit for that one.
The other main thing I'm watching this week is who Harris picks as her running mate. Personally I'm fine with all the choices, in fact I think they're all pretty great. But there is talk among some that if she were to pick Shapiro, a whole bunch of extremely online progressives will lose their shit because Gaza.
How much of that would translate to affeccting actual voting results from actual voters? Dunno. My hope is that if she picks him, there's a strategy for addressing the concerns, and that it also means they've run the equation every way imaginable and he's a net gain for the ticket no matter what.
I guess the question is, does every winning scenario go through Pennsylvania, and do they want to make 100% sure that's banked before they do anything else?
Guess we'll know the answer to some of these questions by Tuesday.
I’m visiting family in Georgia right now and in the first 6 hours have heard FOUR of my conservative (college-educated professional) kin say they’re planning to write in Nikki Haley. They say many of their (formerly Trump-voting) friends plan to do the same. Looking forward to seeing what the polls say about this trend.
Further predictions: in a desperate attempt to "normalize" JD Vance, the GOP Female Transformation Squad will make Usha Vance into a Kimberly Guilfoyle / Kardashian clone, using unshared Egyptian recipes from the reign of Cleopatra.
Usha will be sent on a tour of women's clubs to explain her secret bedroom techniques.
Vance will admit he uses eyeliner, and will start his own line of male cosmetics.
The episode with the Black Journalists is a write-off, and actually a little bit genius if one wants to be cynical. The audience for his antics wasn’t the journalists, it was his own base. He can say look, The Blacks are mean to me and they will be mean to you too because I’m one of you. I actually give him some morbid credit for that one.
The other main thing I'm watching this week is who Harris picks as her running mate. Personally I'm fine with all the choices, in fact I think they're all pretty great. But there is talk among some that if she were to pick Shapiro, a whole bunch of extremely online progressives will lose their shit because Gaza.
How much of that would translate to affeccting actual voting results from actual voters? Dunno. My hope is that if she picks him, there's a strategy for addressing the concerns, and that it also means they've run the equation every way imaginable and he's a net gain for the ticket no matter what.
I guess the question is, does every winning scenario go through Pennsylvania, and do they want to make 100% sure that's banked before they do anything else?
Guess we'll know the answer to some of these questions by Tuesday.
(Picard voice) Make it so.
I’m visiting family in Georgia right now and in the first 6 hours have heard FOUR of my conservative (college-educated professional) kin say they’re planning to write in Nikki Haley. They say many of their (formerly Trump-voting) friends plan to do the same. Looking forward to seeing what the polls say about this trend.
Out here, hanging on your every word.
Further predictions: in a desperate attempt to "normalize" JD Vance, the GOP Female Transformation Squad will make Usha Vance into a Kimberly Guilfoyle / Kardashian clone, using unshared Egyptian recipes from the reign of Cleopatra.
Usha will be sent on a tour of women's clubs to explain her secret bedroom techniques.
Vance will admit he uses eyeliner, and will start his own line of male cosmetics.
None of it will work.
You are my people, babe. Keep doing your thang.