The atmospherics are looking good for Little Marco this week. (even though I am a Burgum, entrepreneurial, managerial experience valuer). Most likely Marco will give his vp nomination acceptance speech in Spanish. Little joke there. OR NOT. Dems are just hoping that Joe and Kamala can handle English. Kamala can handle English words but has not progressed up to sentences yet. Joe's speech is still a work in progress. We are told it will get better in the next four years.
They want to see how Harris polls if Biden drops out. That's the only way to read this. Biden campaign is polling on Harris' strength against Trump: Source The move came after Trump began attacking Harris at events, a source said. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-campaign-polling-harris-strength-trump/story?id=111853262 President Joe Biden's campaign is testing head-to-head matchups of Vice President Kamala Harris against former President Donald Trump, a source familiar with the strategy told ABC News. It's a strategic shift that comes with increasing scrutiny on whether Biden should end his 2024 reelection campaign, as a growing number Democrats are calling on him to step aside. The source cast the move as a response to the fact that Trump has begun to attack Harris in his public statements and speeches. President Joe Biden's campaign is testing head-to-head matchups of Vice President Kamala Harris against former President Donald Trump, a source familiar with the strategy told ABC News. It's a strategic shift that comes with increasing scrutiny on whether Biden should end his 2024 reelection campaign, as a growing number Democrats are calling on him to step aside. The source cast the move as a response to the fact that Trump has begun to attack Harris in his public statements and speeches. A new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll found Biden continues to run evenly with Trump: Americans were divided 46-47% between Biden and Trump if the election were today. But two-thirds of Americans, including a majority of Biden's supporters, said he should step down as his party's presumptive nominee. On the issue of age, 85% of respondents said Biden he is too old for a second term, up a few points from April. Were Harris to replace Biden as the Democratic nominee, the poll found Harris leading Trump 49-46% among all adults and 49-47% among registered voters. Harris recently defended Biden as she's hit the campaign trail. "Now, we always knew this election would be tough," she said on Tuesday at as the campaign launched an outreach effort to Asian American voters. "And the past few days have been a reminder that running for president of the United States is never easy." "But the one thing we know about our President Joe Biden, is that he is a fighter, and he is the first to say, 'when you get knocked down you get back up,'" Harris said.
I am hoping that old Joe does reasonably well at this soon-to-begin news conference. Because if he does it will add a couple more weeks to his process of recognizing the inevitable, which will continue to shorten the time available for a mini-primary and make it even more difficult. I don't want to see some kind of Josh Shapiro/Gretchen Whitmore type of wildcard show up as the ticket. It is almost too late to even look at that anyway but if Joe drags it out another couple weeks that would be great. Rooting for you Joe. You are welcome. Most likely you will fuck up though. It's what you do. Also there is a Lester Holt interview coming up on Monday so Joe needs to start resting right up after this press conference today to be ready for that. Rehoboth Beach here we come. Situation normal. Joe resting up for the heavy lift. Staffers a third of his age cannot keep up with him we are told.
For crisesakes Joe. Can you not even wait until the press conference begins before fucking up? It's Zelensky with a Z Joe. Refer to your cue cards with the pictures. 'Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin' - Biden with Ukraine leader US President Joe Biden mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin” while speaking to reporters about Nato’s support for Ukraine. He later corrected himself, before Zelensky took the microphone. https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ce78zklp77wo
This press conference went better than the debate and the interview with George Stephanopoulos -- but only by a very small margin. This high-stakes press conference will be widely panned and the media outlets will play all of his stumbles basically on a repeating loop over the next couple days, On Monday, Biden will have the NBC Lester Holt interview which will provide fresh fodder.
Quick Answer: No Do political conventions still matter? https://apnews.com/projects/electio...nventions-purpose-us-elections-episode-5.html
TRIGGER ALERT FOR DEMS Marjorie Taylor Greene scheduled to speak at the convention next week. Take your usual preparatory precautions. ie. have your paper bag nearby. Lookin' out for you. WHO WILL SPEAK AT THE RNC? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump Jr., Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Arizona Republican Kari Lake and the rapper Amber Rose are among those who will reportedly speak at the event. Iowa Republican Party Chair Jeff Kaufmann will formally nominate Trump on Monday afternoon, the Des Moines Register reported. Trump Jr. will speak Wednesday just before Trump’s vice presidential pick, Axios reported, and will likely introduce his father’s running mate. Burgum, Rubio and Vance are all expected to speak at some point.