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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I felt like she had so much traction in the beginning, and with Walz coming in on board and really hitting the MAGA in the stomach with their comebacks.

But then suddenly they just stopped, and MAGA was able to reposition and gain the upper hand for the remainder of the season.

So yeah, shit themselves in the foot a few months before the end. Such a shame, I think they would’ve ok.

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I distinctly remember when they told Walz to stop calling out how weird the Elon/Vance/Trump crew all were. It was working and I couldn't understand why stop. Some wormtongue consultant or PAC? It was baffling

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Many people point to the influence that Uber exec and Kamala-brother-in-law Tony West had on the campaign.

His pro-corporate policies helped Kamala raise a billion dollars, but accepting that corporate money is a deal with the devil: it shifted her policy proposals and rhetoric significantly to the right.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 23 hours ago

And all the consultants from UK labour party.

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I don't know if it's just the same Democrat consultants every presidential election, but the last three elections they've always, always reverted to, "The election is three months away but you've already won, so for the love of god don't do anything inspiring or unexpected, and just start focusing on getting Republican votes."

[–] orlyowl@piefed.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But then suddenly they just stopped, and MAGA was able to reposition and gain the upper hand for the remainder of the season.

Don't forget cozying up to Republicans. I think they took the campaign to the right because of some crazy idea that they needed to try for getting Republican votes. They stopped punching maga in the nose out of a misguided idea that they might steal some R votes from Trump.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

She was just inept. Remember her talking about how much she liked her handgun? She should have used Hapiness Is A Warm Gun as a campaign tune.