At least Sarah Palin came with the illusion of bringing a demographic McCain didn't already have in the bag, Vance is just doubling down on the MAGA crowd while alienating a portion of them. It's fantastic
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It's more like the 30% who always vote R will vote for whoever, the 30% who always vote D will vote for whoever. Kamala's task is to get the 1-2% independents who always vote, yes, but also convince as many of the 40% who never bother showing up as possible to actually show up like some have started to in the last elections where reproductive healthcare/etc have been on the line. If she can motivate people for herself and simultaneously underscore that trump is an octogenarian with dreams of fascism and Project 2025 is what he would do, I think we'll have a landslide. That's a big if though.
Not a lot but every wedge is probably worth it
Does it really? I've seen one single poll, conducted by CNN just after the debate, with 1045 people reached by telephone that showed Harris doing 4% better with a 3.5% margin of error. The more recent polls I've seen that lead has disappeared again. If there are other polls, especially polls with better power, that prove your point I'd love to see them. I'm by no means a Biden fan, but I also don't think Harris has a dependable edge.
I don't know a single person IRL who likes Harris more than Biden, during the 2020 primaries Biden was the milquetoast, too old candidate and Harris was actively hated for her history as a prosecutor. My grandfather is the only person I know who thought Harris was a smart VP choice. Biden at least gets some of the centrists and disaffected Republicans while losing the progressives, as a black woman Harris loses most of those, the progressives don't like her, my black friends don't like her because of the aforementioned prosecutor role, I just don't know who her support base is except for you. Her campaign didn't even do well enough to make it to the primaries, let alone compete. Bernie or Harris? I can see. Kamala I can't
I've definitely seen similar things but with motorcycles! If you search 'motorcyle camper' there are lots of results
I used reddit on a mobile browser. At some point they completely blocked that and made it app-only on mobile, and I started looking for an exit. When the API bullshit happened shortly after I found one and took it
During Obama's first campaign Bill Clinton came and spoke at a local college (maybe for Hillary? I'm not sure tbh, I was like 12), and I climbed up a statue plinth outside the speech zone to better see. Some guy in a black suit came and told me to get down immediately
I think it applies equally, the fallen victims will be held up and honored no matter what they had done, the shooter will be an evil antifa devil no matter who he was, and Trump will be the barely escaped Messiah no matter if this was a lone wolf attempt or a conspiracy
I don't buy it, tbh. I've been hearing some variant of "Tesla isn't growing more and the stock is overvalued" or in the last five years "Musk is an idiot and is going to tank the stock" since I started paying attention to the markets circa 2012. Musk is a fascist piece of shit, but he does have some quality--and it may just be having more money than God and thus having a sort of wealth inertia--that keeps the stock merrily tripping its way upwards. I bought three shares several years ago on a whim, and between the upward growth and the stock splits I've sold my initial investment amount 3x already and could sell it three more times today and still have Tesla stock leftover
I've been on the pixel A train the past few years, and wait until they offer me >$300 for a trade in. I got a 3A for I think ~$300 or so in 2020, and a 6A for $150 in 2022. Almost jumped to an 8a which would have been like $200 I think but there's no reason to really besides shiny new toy so I'm holding out for another year or two in hopes a 4a-style size reduction comes again
Beats me... Cycling pull-off so faster vehicles can pass?