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[andym]

56. Democrats didn't understand 2024 was a "change" election. With the sitting VP as candidate, that meant bold change

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all the time, being shouted from the rooftops-- Kamala needed to break with Biden with bold plans, which was going to be very difficult as Kamala is loyal. Outside of being VP, she was a natural to be the change candidate, as she is young and energetic.

Being anti-Trump was not enough, because outside of the insurrection, the anti-American value of which was not universally appreciated, Trump didn't do too much damage to the USA in his first term, so voters looked toward the low interest rates during his first term as something they could get again. He handled Covid badly at times, but did allow Operation Warp Speed to succeed. Much of that was because the people in place in the government were knowledgeable like Fauci. Americans have a bad case of "see no evil."

Now I'm sure many are surprised at just how awful Trump's judgment really is when he has surrounded himself with sycophants.

It was champagne and fireworks time at the Trump campaign when Kamala stated she couldn't say what she would have done differently from Joe. I agree with Tim Walz that Kamala and Tim needed to be more bold in their plans.