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OAITW r.2.0

(32,133 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2024, 11:51 PM Aug 2024

I'm calling it. Election is over - Kamala Harris is the Next President.

Now lets invest in countering the coming Republican legal offense....and it is going to be offensive.

Democracy Docket is where I am putting my money.

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I'm calling it. Election is over - Kamala Harris is the Next President. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 OP
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I took a look. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #5
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No doubt. rubbersole Aug 2024 #2
I think we can win with a blowout, but just to be safe, I'm gonna work on it too struggle4progress Aug 2024 #3
I'm feelin' it too Blue Owl Aug 2024 #4
I share your desire for true justice. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #10
Did you not listen to Bill Clinton? iemanja Aug 2024 #6
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They aren't nearly as good as in 2016 iemanja Aug 2024 #11
it's a convention high, we should focus on winning better than razor thin margins in a few states. AlexSFCA Aug 2024 #9
The current house has no role in certifying the election results--- it will be the new house Jack Valentino Aug 2024 #22
I think she'll win the popular vote Retrograde Aug 2024 #12
Being confident is good. H2O Man Aug 2024 #13
Well; Mr. Waterman, my point was not really to supress the vote. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #14
I didn't say H2O Man Aug 2024 #15
Mark Elias and his Democracy Docket seems to be the most important Legal Defense Network OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #16
Marc is good. H2O Man Aug 2024 #17
If you really believe it, I'd put money on Harris in the betting markets. Self Esteem Aug 2024 #18
Where can you do this ? JI7 Aug 2024 #20
Here... Self Esteem Aug 2024 #21
No, the feeling is great but even if polls showed 10+ points ahead JI7 Aug 2024 #19

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Response to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #5)

Blue Owl

(59,095 posts)
4. I'm feelin' it too
Wed Aug 21, 2024, 11:56 PM
Aug 2024

There’s an unstoppable momentum going on here, and a rejection of Diarrhea Donny’s doctrine of doom.

But I don’t wanna just edge out tRump — I want us to blow that miserable fuck away in a landslide — there is still work to be done!!!!

OAITW r.2.0

(32,133 posts)
10. I share your desire for true justice.
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 12:05 AM
Aug 2024

Trump will wish that Joe Biden was elected because Kamala won't be supporting any institutional decorum when Trump is sentenced to jail time.

I hope Hillary gets to walk with Don as he enters the Presidential Pen that he is assigned to.

iemanja

(57,757 posts)
6. Did you not listen to Bill Clinton?
Wed Aug 21, 2024, 11:57 PM
Aug 2024

I hope you plan on working hard to get out the vote. The election hasn't even begun.

Response to iemanja (Reply #6)

iemanja

(57,757 posts)
11. They aren't nearly as good as in 2016
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 12:07 AM
Aug 2024

when Clinton was substantially ahead. Obviously, that didn't turn out as we had hoped. We need to work to turn out every single vote.

The OP, however, seems invested in telling people there is no work to be done. This is the second such thread.

AlexSFCA

(6,319 posts)
9. it's a convention high, we should focus on winning better than razor thin margins in a few states.
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 12:04 AM
Aug 2024

The suppression efforts in GA are extreme. Also, what is Mike Johnson’s role in certifying election results? Will he have any role at all, or it’s only VP that matters (Harris)?

Jack Valentino

(5,011 posts)
22. The current house has no role in certifying the election results--- it will be the new house
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 02:13 AM
Aug 2024

elected in this election--- they take office before the J-6 congressional certification of results....

So we really need to elect a Democratic majority in the House to eliminate chances for Republican monkey business there.

Retrograde

(11,419 posts)
12. I think she'll win the popular vote
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 12:07 AM
Aug 2024

overwhelmingly, but it's the electoral vote that counts. And as we saw in 2016, it only takes a few people in a few key states to swing that.

Hope for the best but expect a slew of GOP tricks come November. And if you're in a swing state, get your friends, relatives, and neighbors to vote blue all the way down.

H2O Man

(79,048 posts)
13. Being confident is good.
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 12:11 AM
Aug 2024

Being overconfident is foolish. We are in a tough fight. If we all do our part, we can win big. If we take victory for granted, it will be a serious problem.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,133 posts)
14. Well; Mr. Waterman, my point was not really to supress the vote.
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 12:17 AM
Aug 2024

it was a re-direct funding to the legal fight that is coming.

H2O Man

(79,048 posts)
15. I didn't say
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 12:24 AM
Aug 2024

it was to supress the vote. I have no idea where that came from. But the focus now -- until November -- needs to be on getting the votes out for Harris. That includes getting independents' votes. There is no reason to assume that we have the luxury of focusing on anything else.

Just for the heck of it, what funds are you suggesting be re-directed, and where should they go?

OAITW r.2.0

(32,133 posts)
16. Mark Elias and his Democracy Docket seems to be the most important Legal Defense Network
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 12:33 AM
Aug 2024

we have. I posted about other Democratic options earlier.

H2O Man

(79,048 posts)
17. Marc is good.
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 01:10 AM
Aug 2024

The Democracy Docket is a good newsletter. It reaches lots of people, and provides information on voting rights and election litigation. I think it is a great resource. I'm not sure the funding sources, but suspect it would be better in invest in the current elections. We want more than the White House. We want the House and Senate, and offices at the state and city levels, too. If, for example, the DNC and Harris campaign wanted people to refocus their attention on the newsletter, I will speculate that they would communicate exactly that. But it seems more likely that President Obama told the audience last night that we have a very tough fight ahead.

 

Self Esteem

(2,248 posts)
18. If you really believe it, I'd put money on Harris in the betting markets.
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 01:41 AM
Aug 2024

If you're right - and I hope you are - you've got a chance to make some money with that confidence since the betting markets right now have her the underdog.

JI7

(93,615 posts)
19. No, the feeling is great but even if polls showed 10+ points ahead
Thu Aug 22, 2024, 01:47 AM
Aug 2024

it's never over until people vote.

I do feel better than 2016 and even 2020. But the message still needs to be on getting out the vote .

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