Mr.TaterSalad

So the real angle to hit Trump and Vance on is that they are phony politicians, who don't really give a crap about the working and middle class and only care about serving themselves. I could see that being a successful angle to campaign on.

We all think Vance is a terrible pick, but will the average independent and swing voter see it that way?

This unity message is off to a poor start if we're chanting fight enmass.

How come God is all powerful, all knowing, and all loving and yet never stops to intervene on wars, diseases, famines, terrorists attacks, school shootings, car crashes, firearm accidents, and on?

I think Youngkin is his best choice and I could see it ending up being him. The Trump team may think they have a shot at Virginia with Youngkin on the ballot.

What are the odds it gets successfully appealed and the case goes before a new judge post appeal? Can that legally happen or would Cannon stay on a a judge?

If God was watching out for Trump why didn't he watch out for that Firefigther and father who was there and protected his daughter? Why didn't God look out for that man's life?

WTHR NBC 13 News: Neighbors question 'hanging' Barack Obama display Click the article for the picture of the actual, awful display itself.

You think the shooter is the one who made the donation via Act Blue to the Democratic organization based on the zip code?

Remember, folks on the right want MORE people with guns. They want to make it EASIER for an individual to obtain any style of firearm. They OPPOSE background checks, mental health screenings, and red flag laws. Their theory of the case on the gun violence reality we all live with is that a good guy with a gun always or almost always stops a bad guy with a gun and if only we had more armed civilians that we'd all be safer.

Remember that Trump posted this photo, this year, of Joe Biden being bound and tied up on the back of a truck.

The mental health argument after tragic shootings often rings hollow when you realize Republican lawmakers attempted to cut mental health budgets and services. It rings hollow when they refuse to expand healthcare coverage like not expanding Medicaid as apart of the ACA. There is a clear need for an expansion of preventative mental health services and screenings in this country and yet frequently when lawmakers make even modest attempts to expand coverage and services, you have Republican elected leaders and their supporters out deriding it as socialism and an evil government takeover. That has to change.

I don't like the guy one bit, not one. But political violence has NO PLACE in our country or our society. This should be and will be fully condemned by almost everyone, unlike January 6th.

Where were all the good guys with guns?

Duplicate post.

That is a million dollar question and one that should have been answered waaaaaaay earlier. I wanted a competitive primary process where we had Harris, Mayor Pete, Newsome, Warnock, Whitmer, etc. all competing for the nomination. Folks were either too cowardly, too disinterested, or pushed to the side by Biden's campaign team and folks within the party. I agree with you in principal that this is a dangerous time and place to have this argument. I agree that we are playing with fire doing it now instead of a year ago. I agree that if Biden is the nominee we need to then do everything in our almighty power we can to get him elected. What I don't agree on though is that he is the right person to articulate and prosecute the case against Donald Trump and serve as President for the next 4 years. I'd prefer Harris as our nominee to better articulate and make that case. As well, to be able to be President for the next 4 years. If it is Biden though and he's staying in, then so be it. I'll be out there doing what I must to get him re-elected.

This simply isn't true. The ABC/Wapo poll has Harris up +2 over Trump. It has Trump and Biden in a tie. The CNN poll from July 2nd has Harris down 2 and Biden down 6. The Bendixen & Amandi International poll has Harris up 1 and Biden down 1. Data for Progress has Harris tied and Biden down 1 in one of their polls. The CNN/SSRS poll from June 20th has Harris down 2 to Trump and Biden down 6 to Trump. Also the leaked internal Democratic poll from Open Labs shows Harris out preforming Biden, but still losing, in battleground states. Harris is out performing Biden, albeit by very small margins, in most all swing states. If the nominee is Biden, than it's Biden. I'll accept it, work hard, and hope to a God I don't believe in that he wins. But to say there is no data at all that shows Harris doing better isn't true.

Wouldn't Harris already be qualified for the ballot given she was apart of the Biden's teams efforts to be on the ballot in the first place? Also, wouldn't the fundraising for Biden be transferrable to Harris' candidate committee? I could be wrong about that though. As far as the money goes, Biden's team and adjacent Super PACs have been spending tens-of-millions in battleground states and it hasn't moved the needle for them at all. Biden is still down in swing state after swing state. The Clinton campaign outspent Trump in 2016 by hundreds of millions of dollars and still lost, so money and spending may not be the biggest factor anyways.

I think the press conference was fine and no worse or better than any other Biden presser. I thought he didn't knock it out of the park, but didn't do poorly either.

I thought the speech part of tonight, before the presser, was good on his part.

Hillary Scholten is the first Michigan Democratic national representative to call for Biden to step aside. Congresswoman Scholten is sorta in a swing district, though it's not the toss up it once was. But there seems to be a pattern of candidates and elected leaders in swing districts or swing states for the Senate calling on him to step aside.

It's one poll and one poll shouldn't dictate a change. One poll also doesn't fully create or dispel a narrative. But it is a good sign that Harris is polling favorably in the highly unlikely event something were to change.

I have a question about Trump's support. We know from 2016 to 2020 that Trump drove his turnout and Republican turnout up overall. He got more votes in 2020 than 2016. What type or demographic of voters is Trump losing from his 2020 coalition and how many of them will he really lose in the end? Are there really a significant number of voters that voted for him in 2020, but won't do it again? Enough that it could push swing states on the margins towards Joe Biden?