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September 1, 2024

Why is Kamala campaigning in New Hampshire next week?

I just saw this on Twitter and I'm a little surprised. Is she going to help out with the governor's race, or is there internal polling that looks bad there?

https://x.com/WMUR9_Politics/status/1830169989388661224

August 11, 2024

Is canvassing on a Sunday evening rude?

I've been canvassing with my 3-year-old in the Philly suburbs the last few weekends. He really wants to do some today but his nap ran over. I'm thinking this might be a good time to catch people home, but is it rude to knock on doors on a Sunday evening? How late is too late?

August 8, 2024

***POLL**** Marquette National Poll (A+): Harris 53 Trump 47

Just released at 1 am.

New Marquette National poll (A+), July 24-Aug 1

🟦 Kamala Harris 53%
🟥 Donald Trump 47%

🟦 Kamala Harris 50%
🟥 Donald Trump 42%
🟨 Kennedy Jr. 6%

https://x.com/umichvoter/status/1821411037217722512

I've been hesitant to get my hopes up until now, but this is Obama 2008 level. Which means maybe she has a fighting chance despite the GOP electoral advantage and the fact that Trump seems to do better than polls suggest...

August 6, 2024

Someone on Morning Joe said Obama was in favor of Harris picking Walz

That was a bit of a surprise to me, since Kamala and Shapiro are both OG Obama supporters and he's pretty close with both of them, from what I understand. I expected he would be in Shapiro's corner.

The cynical part of me wonders if maybe Shapiro decided he didn't want to be on the ticket, or had too many demands or limits on what he would do on the campaign trail, because he wants to preserve his brand for 2028.

The other possibility is that Kamala just vibed better with/trusted Walz more and Obama advised her to go with her gut.

Thoughts?

July 29, 2024

If you can't wait until 1/20/25 to hear Kamala be called "Madame President"

This clip popped up on my YouTube feed, when she was presiding over the Senate and sparring with Cornyn over police reform. I have to say, I like the sound of it.

July 23, 2024

Interesting article about President Biden's meeting with Schumer last week

From this article on Politico, it looks like, as I suspected, President Biden was already contemplating stepping aside even while publicly being adamant about staying in. I think the president made the right decision, and would have eventually made that decision no matter what, but I wish the party leaders had given him the week he asked for without leaking so much to the press to make it look like he was being forced out, especially knowing that he had already signaled openness to Schumer a week ago. What was the point of all the public defections and leaks that made everyone look bad?

Schumer later held a one-on-one meeting with Biden in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. He tried to urge Biden to consider his legacy and the implications of a second term for former President Donald Trump, including what that would mean for the Supreme Court, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting.

According to that same person, Schumer finished the meeting by telling Biden, “I do not expect you to walk out of this room making a decision, but I hope you will think about what I said.” The president said he needed another week. The two then hugged.




July 22, 2024

History will be kind to President Biden - if we win this election

If we win the election, Joe Biden will go down in history as a hero, who selflessly stepped aside for the good of his party and the country. He'll be the man who saved us from Trump not once but twice.

If we lose, the party will be bogged down in in-fighting, with some people blaming Biden for taking so long to step aside and others blaming him for dropping out (and those who pushed him out) when maybe he could have won.

So we have to win. For him. So that he will be remembered the way he deserves to be.

July 21, 2024

My 3-year-old is going to be really sad about Biden

I was in the process of writing a post about how my 3-year-old was Ridin' with Biden when I heard the news.

This is my first presidential election as a mother. I was heavily pregnant with my older son, Z, when I voted for Biden 4 years ago, wearing a shirt that said "Nasty Women for Biden-Harris".

I should mention that Z is on the spectrum and is hyperlexic, which means he taught himself to read starting around age 2.5 and especially likes to read signs. I should also mention that we are a divided political household.

A few weeks ago, he noticed and read a Biden sign on someone's lawn, and I explained that Biden is the president and is running for president again. Since my husband and I agreed to be fair with what we tell our kids about politics since we disagree, I just told Z that Mommy likes Biden and Daddy likes Trump and asked who he liked. He said Biden, either because he had just seen that sign or because he is going through a phase where he usually likes Mommy better than Daddy. I also tipped the scales a little in Biden's favor by telling Z that Trump says "you're fired" a lot. Z knows that this means because we occasionally "fire" him from "helping" with things around the house if he starts getting chaotic and deliberately putting things in the wrong place or making a mess.

A few weeks later we saw a big Trump billboard and he wasn't happy about it, so last Tuesday he and I went on a quest to find more Biden signs. We drove a few miles south where I knew Democrats had about an 8:1 advantage in voter registration, and eventually we found a few more Biden lawn signs. Surprisingly, there are not a lot yet for either candidate around here, despite being in a swing area of a swing state. It's been really fun watching Z get into this with me, especially since I have fond memories of getting into the 1992 election with my mom when I was 8 years old and making up a little song to promote Bill Clinton. Z even took to asking people at his gymnastics class "do you like Trump or Biden?" which was hysterical. I was even planning to see if I could take him canvassing with me to ask that question, recognizing that he'd probably last 10 minutes if I was lucky.

A couple days ago, I told Z that Biden may decide not to run for president anymore and that he might ask his friend Harris, who was on the signs with him, to run instead. I asked if he would want Harris to be president instead if Biden didn't run. He was pretty adamant that he only wants Biden, so now I am scared of losing him to the dark side. Although I do think I could bring him on board in the highly unlikely event that Michelle Obama were to run, because he likes the word "Obama" because it's very phonetic and he recognizes it on some of my t-shirts. He even chimed in about a year ago when my husband and I were having a heated political argument about Obama and said "Obama starts with O!"

Z is napping now, and I am dreading telling him when he wakes up. I'm really hoping I can get him on board with Harris or whomever we nominate, but I am not so confident.

He is such a pure soul, though: with a little coaching from Daddy, he decided the other day that he wanted to write Trump a card that said "I'm sorry you got hurt, I hope you feel better" and write Biden a card saying "I'm sorry you got sick. I hope you feel better." He also wanted to include "please don't win" on Trump's card, but we suggested that he write "please don't let Trump win" on Biden's card instead.

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