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We were told Biden was ‘moderate’ which proved entirely incorrect. Now you want us to believe Kamala who had the most liberal record in the Senate is moderate? You are taking us for suckers.

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I really dont see where Welcome is going on this. If we are to support moderates, then just saying Kamala is moderate, as opposed to encouraging her to act moderate are two different things. As CC below noted her voting record in the Senate was not moderate at all but consistent with Sanders and Warren, and I could give her a pass on that, being she was from CA, if she would disavow some of the bologna on the Left.

She has lost her convention bounce and today Nate Silver is giving Trump a 60% win probability. Her edge on Trump has shrunk to 3.2 from 3.7 two weeks ago, and she needs 4-5 to overcome the EC and Dem polling bias. Biden in 2020 this day was at +7.

Trump is hammering her on what works for them - immigration, crime, taxes, inflation, and calling her far left. Trump knows how to play defense as he is disavowing Project 2025, any cuts in SS or Mcr, and a national abortion ban, stating to leave it to the states. What I dont see from her is that level of defense. If she is not easy on crime then she should come out and attack the 'defund the police' ask for more money for cops, distance herself from the social justice crowd whose goal is getting people out of jail. She was a prosecutor so that should be believable. In answer to her being far left she should denounce Communism, Maduro,. and could get in some chops on ex KGB Putin. Trump is very deliberately distancing himself from the right extremists, but I dont see Harris doing that on the left. If she wants to play defense on taxes she cant be proposing all kinds of new major spending, and in an ideal world would advocate for a balanced budget, not seen since Bill Clinton.

I think Dems are in a groupthink now where they can just coast on joy after Joe dropped out, but it is naive. They somehow assume Donald's success is some magical insanity, but need to consider that it is all about that many views tied to the Dems are unpopular and if you don't disavow them as Trump is doing with the nutcases on the right, you will own them.

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