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You reallllllly don't want to go there, I hope. The comparison will not favour your Sainted Barack.

Hey man, you can't label me! As for Obama, who decided he was "black enough"? What a pathetic and pandering thing to say. Although you may have a point. Perhaps it would be better to say that an elitist snob, Ivy League graduate, multi-millionaire, should not be hectoring working class men about race and sexism.

I may identify as such. Why would that be important?

Obama as a surrogate and political speaker at rallies is good. Very good. Obama as a hectoring scold is bad. Very bad. Especially when he tries to come across as one of the "brothas", it is obviously fake and contrived.He knows next to nothing of the African American experience, growing up in comfort and ease in Hawaii. His family background is not connected to the vast majority of African Americans, who are the descendants of slavery. He just sounds pompous and condescending.

Given that Trump is currently on top in 6 of the 7 swing states, 313 Trump, 225 Harris.

Actually, I seem to remember seeing Hilary doing a beer AND a shot at a bar during her campaign. Looked like it wasnt her first time. That evening. Certainly not as obviously phony as Pow Wow Chow Senator Warren and her faux "think I'll have me a beer" video performance, where she actually drank about 0.25ml of the beer before whisking it away.

Some folks would prefer sub 2% inflation, low mortgage rates, and cheap gas. Strange, I konw.

That is a fair point. A combo of the President plus Congress (who controls which House) plus prevailing conditions may be more accurate. But the results speak for themselves. A rather simple question for voters- were they better off under Trump (preCovid) or under Biden for the past 31/2 years?

Sure. Keep thinking that. I would call it improving on what Obama did and extending it. Inflation kept dropping, unemployment kept dropping, etc. Plus Obama had jack <deleted> to do with the peace we enjoyed under Trump- the Abraham Accords etc. Or the very real reforms to the prison system. At least you admit that there were three good years under Trump. It's a small step, but an important one.

I was kinda referring to the three very very good years before Covid <deleted> the world, the years with low inflation and low unemployment and two dollar gas, but you be you.

Not random weather events, that's for sure. Just off the top of my smooth-brained head, I would say; a/ evidence of a sustained change in a particular attribute over a long period of time b/ evidence that the change in that particular attribute is attributable to human action c/ evidence that stopping the human action will stop the change d/ evidence that not stopping the change of that attribute will cause catastrophic and irreversible damage Not perfect, but good enough for only one cup of coffee.

I will take the climate alarmists more seriously when they stop buying or building houses next to the ocean. Barack Obama, do you hear me? Bill Gates?

I am a bit skeptical of the good Governor suddenly taking an interest in the Electoral College. He has been a politician for 20 years or more, yet I guess he never realized that this is the system used to decide the Presidential election. Not sure what i think. Either a/ he is a moron and never before had a deep thought about the Constitution, or b/ it is a craven political move in order to excuse the inevitable GOP victory next month.

True. I get the feeling that Biden is starting to get angrier and angrier at being shoved under the bus by the People In Charge of the Democratic Party. So he is trying to sabotage the Harris campaign as revenge. Not overtly of course, but with a little dig here and there, disguised as a compliment.

Ironically, this might actually be a good strategy. Trump is a known quantity, not too many people will change their mind at this late date. Harris is still trying to formulate her public persona. Unfortunately, she isnt very good at it. If Trump gives her the chance to screw up, she will.

On that at least, we can agree. As for Biden lying about the input and importance of Harris as VP? I kinda believe the old coot. She cast the tiebreaking vote in the Senate more than once to see their legislation get passed. Plus she was an utter failure after Biden put her in charge of slowing the migration from the south to the USA.

That's reasonable. I can get behind.... most of that. And obviously better than Harris, should she win the election. Don't you agree?

According to President Biden, she was there every step of the way, involved in every decision, the last person to leave the room. Basically a shadow president. So now she has to own that. It is the fundamental problem with her campaign. She is trying to campaign as a change agent, when in fact she is the incumbent and represents the current government. She's been in office 1400 days and hasn't solved the problems she complains about. Doesn't say much for her competence.

Fair point. For her, I think the fact that she represented what everyone thought were the worst aspects of Official Washington, and the people were hungry for an outsider. I think she was also a bit p!ssed off at being spurned in 2008 when Obama was selected by the DNC. And it showed in how she campaigned, as if she were, of course, the logical next choice, especially against Trump. That sense of entitlement to the job rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. There was no Cult of Trump at that time, but he represented a breath of fresh air to a lot of folks.

Matters jack sh!t. What matters most is performance. He performed well as president. Kamala has been a disaster as VP. I can't see her in a meeting with Xi or Putin or Kim and being anything but incompetent.

The obvious answer is "of course, just not THIS woman". Plenty of smart and savvy ladies in politics in the US, in both parties, that could be considered presidential material. Hell, even Hillary Clinton, with whom I disagree on just about everything, would have been a better president than Kamala. Hillary is at least smart, sharp, and has experience in the world.

It seems like shades of the 2020 Democratic primary. The more Harris is exposed to the public, the less they like her. But sadly, her campaign tried the 'hide in the basement' strategy a bit too early. Even a compliant media can cover up her faults for only so long.

Ah, the "good team" argument. Seen it before. If your candidate was any good, you wouldn't need to discuss her team, especially before she has even chosen one. I don't think Trump was or is great. His presidency was quite good until Covid hit. Biden has been consistently bad.

Oh, absolutely. I've said he was not my first choice for the GOP nomination. But, given the situation where there is only a binary decision between him and Harris, the choice is blindingly obvious. Warts and all, Trump did a good job as President. Harris was an abject failure as VP. That is what matters, not personalities.

Kinda sad, really. Now he just licks the boot and panders. Entertainers gotta know when to quit and move on with their lives, not linger like a silent fart.