A PRRI survey out Wednesday shows that nearly a quarter of Americans support political violence heading into the 2024 presidential election, as an overwhelming majority believe democracy is at risk.
A PRRI survey out Wednesday shows that nearly a quarter of Americans support political violence heading into the 2024 presidential election, as an overwhelming majority believe democracy is at risk.
My honest hope is he does drop dead right after the election and we get Harris for two terms. I’m not a huge fan of hers, but she was an order of magnitude more progressive than Biden.
The economy comment is the one that scares me. All the kids on this forum are dismissive of it, but yea, my stocks were performing much better under Trump, my salary was higher, and generally I had more money in my pocket.
I think that had more to do with trailing indicators from Obama than Trump, but that’s a subtlety the public doesn’t understand.
As a general rule I try to never hope someone dies. Harris is very intelligent and very capable but she has zero charisma and like it or not charisma is important. Reagan had it, Clinton has it, Obama has it, Trump has it, and I think Biden used to have some of it too. Harris doesn’t have any and that’ll make getting elected hard. I know a lot of black folk, almost university men, who don’t like her because of her record as a prosecutor. I honestly think it would be very hard for her to win a national election. I think her best chance would be a scenario like you described where she would have time to show Americans how intelligent and capable she truly is.
I do too, thus my hope for misfortune. I think it’s our only shot at a real progressive in the white house. If she takes over and kills it, would she get re-elected? Don’t know.
Aye…Obama is a hard act to follow up on. I think he’s easily the best orator we’ve ever had as president.