2024 Field
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I’m actually confused. Is this charge specifically for children or is it the standard charge for picking specific seating? Because I feel like the constitutionality of such a law varies very widely on what charges they’re referring to.
Meh, I think that’d lose the powers that be a lot of money.
It sounds vaguely like they’re talking about the fact that some airlines charge for picking your own seat. But if that’s true, I’m not sure how you could get around a legal challenge if someone wanted the charge waived and they weren’t under 13. I can see (though I wouldn’t want) making some sort of subsidy for children traveling, but I can’t see a *law* requiring a fee be waived for people under 13 being allowed to stand, particularly under the current court.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Yeah. It won't be until a couple weeks after the Democratic convention before they mean much.
Assuming it is Shapiro, that was the best possible choice they could make. It won't guarantee the Dems PA, but PA had been a solid Trump lean for awhile, even factoring in Harris recent surge. It obviously helps them in the rest of the Rust belt too.
If the ticket were reversed, and this was Shapiro/Harris, I wouldn't hate it. I wouldn't vote for it, but Shapiro is centrist enough to make me not hate it. But man, I shudder to think what 4 years of Harris will look like.
I really think Trump should debate Kamala now. Attack her on policy, which she is SUPER weak at. She was pretty awful at debating 4 years ago and I don't imagine she has gotten any better.
If the ticket were reversed, and this was Shapiro/Harris, I wouldn't hate it. I wouldn't vote for it, but Shapiro is centrist enough to make me not hate it. But man, I shudder to think what 4 years of Harris will look like.
I really think Trump should debate Kamala now. Attack her on policy, which she is SUPER weak at. She was pretty awful at debating 4 years ago and I don't imagine she has gotten any better.
chop2chip
Well-known member
Whether you think Trump is good or bad at policy in practice, I won’t argue with you. But he’s extremely mediocre talking about policy. I don’t think he’s capable of winning a debate on Kamala focused on policy.
acesfull86
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I hope she picks Shapiro. Nice FU to the Hamas wing of the (D) party. He’s also pro-school choice. Ended up backing off it due to pressure from his own party, but at least he has good instincts.
sturg33
I
Correct. Trump is neither disciplined nor intelligent enough to effectively hit anyone on policy
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
A prominent Republican campaign-finance lawyer has started a new super PAC to attack Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a liberal aligned with Democrats, the latest sign of concern among party members that Mr. Kennedy, who is running as an independent, may be poised to take votes away from former President Donald J. Trump.
The group, set up by Charles Gantt, is funneling money to Republican operatives and funding paid ads, mail and text messages that praise his position on abortion rights.
“Pro-choice. Progressive. Democrat,” the piece of direct mail, sent to a Democratic voter in Philadelphia and viewed by The New York Times, reads in bold letters.
It’s a tactic similar to one increasingly deployed by Republicans and Democrats in recent cycles, in both general elections and primaries: Strategists sometimes target candidates in subversive ways, seemingly pitching their opponent to the other side in order to make them less attractive to their own voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/01/us/trump-harris-election-news
tsk tsk
Not too surprised to see this. Recent polling makes it pretty clear he is taking more votes from Trump than Harris. Keeping my fingers crossed he stays in the race. Hopefully his running mate blows her entire fortune on it.
The group, set up by Charles Gantt, is funneling money to Republican operatives and funding paid ads, mail and text messages that praise his position on abortion rights.
“Pro-choice. Progressive. Democrat,” the piece of direct mail, sent to a Democratic voter in Philadelphia and viewed by The New York Times, reads in bold letters.
It’s a tactic similar to one increasingly deployed by Republicans and Democrats in recent cycles, in both general elections and primaries: Strategists sometimes target candidates in subversive ways, seemingly pitching their opponent to the other side in order to make them less attractive to their own voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/01/us/trump-harris-election-news
tsk tsk
Not too surprised to see this. Recent polling makes it pretty clear he is taking more votes from Trump than Harris. Keeping my fingers crossed he stays in the race. Hopefully his running mate blows her entire fortune on it.
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This felt intuitive from the start. The only people I *ever* heard talk about Kennedy as a viable candidate was the Right. I know that was strategic, but that faux excitement was just never met by people left of center.
Runnin
Well-known member
Peggy Noonan's take -- The Fight of Trump’s Political Life
Those who think about politics and history as a profession can’t resist comparing presidential years. “This is 1968 all over again.” “We’re back to the dynamics of ’72.” We do this because we know political history and love it, and because there are always parallels and lessons to be learned.
But it should be said as a reminder: This year isn’t like any previous time.
This is the year of the sudden, historically disastrous debate, the near-assassination of one of the nominees, the sudden removal of the president from his ticket, the sudden elevation of a vice president her own party had judged a liability, and her suddenly pulling even in a suddenly truncated campaign.
We have never had this year. And it continues to astound.
Those who think about politics and history as a profession can’t resist comparing presidential years. “This is 1968 all over again.” “We’re back to the dynamics of ’72.” We do this because we know political history and love it, and because there are always parallels and lessons to be learned.
But it should be said as a reminder: This year isn’t like any previous time.
This is the year of the sudden, historically disastrous debate, the near-assassination of one of the nominees, the sudden removal of the president from his ticket, the sudden elevation of a vice president her own party had judged a liability, and her suddenly pulling even in a suddenly truncated campaign.
We have never had this year. And it continues to astound.
Runnin
Well-known member
And give Orange One a scapegoat, not that he is running low on those.