Regarding the poll results Jamie mentioned: "For those voting for Trump, they think - by 82 to 11 percent - that Biden won only due to fraud. For those voting for Haley, they think - by 87 to 8 percent - that Biden won fair and square."
This does seem to be a notable line of demarcation for the GOP these days. Clearly many of those who have decided to back Trump will do anything, say anything, *believe* anything in order to justify their continued support of someone the rest of the electorate finds unsupportable.
This gives me concern - that so many people fall in to this category - but also gives me hope, because it demonstrates that there's a noticeable percentage of independents and Republicans who simply won't be able to bring themselves to vote for Trump, even though they may have previously voted for him.
It seems clear to me that in the intervening four years Trump's tactics have helped him to consolidate enthusiastic (and vocal) support among the central core of his base - but if, as I believe, those same tactics (and antics) have served to carve off even a small percentage of those who voted for him in those key swing states the last time, how can he possibly hope to win the general election?
Of course, extraordinary events between now and election day could change everything, but right now I don't see anything that he has done, or is doing, that would draw enough new voters to his side to tip the scale.
Re: “As for that Jan. 6 verbal miscue by Trump - where he confused Haley repeatedly with Nancy Pelosi - Haley pretty much ignored it in her final stops. Yes, she does jab at Trump’s age, but didn’t go near the Jan. 6 attack.”
Because why would you use to your campaign’s benefit, a blatant display of your double digit-leading opponent’s addled tapioca pudding-like brain, gift wrapped and handed to you on a silver platter. 🤦♂️
In a parallel universe somewhere, there’s a version of this dumpster fire where the GOP called out TFG for his lies & abysmal behavior, impeached him for J6, spoke truth to power, and boldly stated they made a mistake the first time and have learned from their mistake. Because he was impeached TFG couldn’t run so the GOP was able to focus on more productive work that actually impacts the people of our country, focus on running a decent candidate, cleaned house of TFG’s enablers, and as a result there was no Freedom Caucus around to add fuel to the fire of dysfunction.
Regarding the poll results Jamie mentioned: "For those voting for Trump, they think - by 82 to 11 percent - that Biden won only due to fraud. For those voting for Haley, they think - by 87 to 8 percent - that Biden won fair and square."
This does seem to be a notable line of demarcation for the GOP these days. Clearly many of those who have decided to back Trump will do anything, say anything, *believe* anything in order to justify their continued support of someone the rest of the electorate finds unsupportable.
This gives me concern - that so many people fall in to this category - but also gives me hope, because it demonstrates that there's a noticeable percentage of independents and Republicans who simply won't be able to bring themselves to vote for Trump, even though they may have previously voted for him.
It seems clear to me that in the intervening four years Trump's tactics have helped him to consolidate enthusiastic (and vocal) support among the central core of his base - but if, as I believe, those same tactics (and antics) have served to carve off even a small percentage of those who voted for him in those key swing states the last time, how can he possibly hope to win the general election?
Of course, extraordinary events between now and election day could change everything, but right now I don't see anything that he has done, or is doing, that would draw enough new voters to his side to tip the scale.
Re: “As for that Jan. 6 verbal miscue by Trump - where he confused Haley repeatedly with Nancy Pelosi - Haley pretty much ignored it in her final stops. Yes, she does jab at Trump’s age, but didn’t go near the Jan. 6 attack.”
Because why would you use to your campaign’s benefit, a blatant display of your double digit-leading opponent’s addled tapioca pudding-like brain, gift wrapped and handed to you on a silver platter. 🤦♂️
In a parallel universe somewhere, there’s a version of this dumpster fire where the GOP called out TFG for his lies & abysmal behavior, impeached him for J6, spoke truth to power, and boldly stated they made a mistake the first time and have learned from their mistake. Because he was impeached TFG couldn’t run so the GOP was able to focus on more productive work that actually impacts the people of our country, focus on running a decent candidate, cleaned house of TFG’s enablers, and as a result there was no Freedom Caucus around to add fuel to the fire of dysfunction.
Loving the extra coverage Jamie.