This will do your heart good. Pastor Warnock is preaching the word. He’s telling the parable of a Florida man who called up the Secretary of State of Georgia one day and asked for eleven thousand votes and the crowd is loving it. Now here’s the gag. That same Florida man is running for office again and he needs the State of Georgia. In fact, he cannot win without the State of Georgia. And you want to know the problem(s) with that — and they are legion? None other than the Governor and First Lady of Georgia won’t support Trump, the former Lt. Governor, Geoff Duncan, has come out in support of Kamala, you know that Brad Raffensperger, the Secretary of State, isn’t going to vote for him, nor any of the staffers who were involved in counting the votes three times. The deck is just too stacked against Trump in Georgia and ironically, he’s the one who stacked it. Against that background, listen to Senator/Pastor Warnock and howl, because his comedic understatement says it all.
Warnock: A Florida man called into Georgia and said I need 11,780 votes. I want you to think about that. Georgia, Donald Trump tried to steal your vote. Kamala Harris is trying to earn your vote. pic.twitter.com/zf3nxII92k
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 30, 2024
That is exactly the message. Get out and vote like you’ve never voted before. And what I love about listening to this clip is it reminds me of the old days and yes, I am talking about 2008. I am talking about the Obama energy. This is a lot like that. I’m thrilled to be feeling it again.
And what is completely comical about that, is that Trump has made so many gaffes about running against Obama, or believing that Obama was still in the White House. Well, Donald, we can’t pit you against Obama, but hey, we can do the next best thing and pit you against Kamala? How’s about that?
Another two polls should be out by Monday, let’s see how Trumpty is faring. Here’s where things stand today. Remember, Trump was up by four to six points matched against Biden. He’s lost that advantage and now he’s down one point to Kamala.
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris held a marginal one-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, closing the gap that opened in the final weeks of President Joe Biden’s reelection bid.The three-day poll, completed on Sunday, showed Vice President Harris supported by 43% of registered voters, with former President Trump supported by 42%, within the poll’s 3.5 percentage point margin of error.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll last week showed Harris up 44%-42%.Harris consolidated her position as the Democratic candidate over the last 10 days, after Biden, 81, bowed to growing pressure within his party and dropped out of the race. Harris has since received a surge of donations and endorsements.Overall, voters have come to view Harris more favorably over the past month. The poll found that 46% of voters held a favorable view of her versus 51% who viewed her unfavorably. That compared with 40% favorable and 57% unfavorable in a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on July 2.
It’s the bottom of the 9th at Wrigley with our beloved Cubs’ #s 3, 4. and 5 (for non baseball folks that’s the POWER hitters, the guys who hit homers) coming up. And the wind suddenly changed direction and it blowing OUT. (again for non-baseball fans, even American League teams know that when the wind is blowing out at Wrigley there will be plenty of homers and both teams are likely to score double digits before it’s all over. When you see a baseball score that seems more like a football one, something like 21-20 or 21-19 chances are it was a game played in Wrigley on a day the wind was blowing out)
It makes me angry that the state Democratic Party in FL and damn near every county Party years ago did the dog version of submitting (roll on it’s back and bare it’s throat) to the GOP down there. I don’t know anywhere near enough about that state anymore but early this year I heard bit (and I do mean bit) of rumbling that in some counties some of those old county Party leaders were being challenged. It seems that maybe the so called leaders down there having given up hasn’t gone over so well with rank and file Democrats. I don’t know if any significant changes have been made in any counties down there, much less if a newer group tired of the GOP’s bullshit have taken over much less in counties that could make a real difference.
The sad part about all this that makes me even more angry is that it’s probably too late for an open revolt from rank and file Democrats to take over operations and make the state competitive. A poll taken since Harris became our standard bearer has her down by seven. I expect that to close some by the end of the convention. Still, while I know in the days of the Biden/Harris campaign a lot of money and organization went into setting up field offices and a solid ground game in every state FL probably didn’t get nearly what it might have. I fear now, despite a new energy it won’t be enough, and that FL will be like TX has been cycle after cycle. A state we think is ripe for a surprise only to be bitterly disappointed we were fooled by what was only a mirage.
But who knows? IF Harris and whoever her running mate turns out to be look really strong in what we all know will be the key battleground states AND certain districts in those state that will swing thing if it’s close the campaign might make a play for FL if it looks like she’s within or only a point outside the margin of error. If it were me I’d be cautious about spending too much in FL that would likely be better spent elsewhere (GA, AZ and NV) but forcing Trump to spend resources shoring up FL means he can’t appear in or spend as much as he will need to in other states, any one of which he can’t afford to lose. Plus it will drive him up the fucking wall!
Hope is a wondrous thing Denis but hoping FL is ever going to go blue or even have some of the state-wide races go blue, is l like hoping you’ll win the PB jackpot. It’s filled with elderly folks who are more likely than not going to be republican/magat. The people who might be or become dems are just as likely to have a hard time getting registered and/or going to the polls. The republican party has been at this down there for quite a while. Not as long perhaps as TX but still, long enough.
Of course there is no chance in hell of this happening with the dems apparatus’ current condition.
After seeing the post here on PZ a few days back of the 500 golf cart parade of support at The Villages for VP Harris, I feel there’s hope.
The Villges have long epitomized senior citizen conservatism, but this lat3st show of support makes me feel that there are changes coming. The news feed of the Opera browser I use occasionally includes a letter to the editor from The Villages News, and recently, as often as not, there have been anti-Trump letters.
Yes, the party has to mobilize, but maybe some of the new-found national enthusiasm will have the desired effect.
Senator Warnock just gave us the latest text shorthand: WWSUWW – When We Show Up We Win!
Wow, this is turning into quite the political drama! 😂 Pastor Warnock’s parable about Trump and Georgia is a hit, and the stakes are higher than ever with the election ahead. It’s wild to see Trump down by a point to Kamala Harris now! 📉🗳️ Can’t wait to see the next polls! 📊👀