2024 Field
- Thread starter Jaw
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Who is more likeable than a former military/former Astronaut whose wife was the victim of political gun violence?
Seems more likely that the popular picks either turned them down or were deemed far too centrist to match the direction the Dems are going. I also don't see how Walz helps with the swing states. Yes he should help pull MN, but MN is traditionally a left leaning state and recent polling suggests is a likely Harris win before Walz was selected.
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I think Kelly was seen as too anti-union for this fight, but I would have been happy with him too. This is a much safer move for the Senate too.
Edit: I’m not a big union guy, just reading the room.
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Because Shapiro will still be out campaigning for Harris. Not the same, but it’s not like they just told Pennsylvanians to go **** themselves.
Just as Democrats probably did overthink Shapiro and Kelly from a progressive perspective, I too think conservatives are overthinking Walz from a centrist perspective. The things that make him a big negative in your view aren’t necessarily things the average voter cares about.
I just don’t think that attack works in an election against Donald Trump. J6 isn’t the electoral wildfire Dems made it out to be the past 4 years, but I don’t think you can credibly campaign on riots in Minneapolis when Trump is so closely associated with an even more well-known riot.
I think you’re being naive if you think the general perception is that Walz has more to answer for than Trump on that front though.
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Expects Yuge Games
One thang I like is he blocked several merger attempts by hospital groups. Antitrust policy is one area a president/governor/attorney general can make a big difference.
We've had a 25 year bipartisan slumber that resulted in much reduced activity on the antitrust front, which helped corporate profits grow much faster than labor income.
That finally started to change under Biden. I'm glad he's suing and winning cases against the likes of Google. Harris and Walz seem to have some pretty good antitrust instincts, given their records as attorney general and governor. It is not an easy thing politically, given the campaign $$ that come from all of these companies looking for insulation against competition.
They will need to spin the narrative one way or the other. Passing over a popular Governor from the largest swing state in favor of a relatively unknown (and very liberal) governor from a traditionally blue midwestern state is.... perplexing to say the least. The current narrative being thrown around is that Shapiro either passed on the offer or the Dems view him as too moderate (and fair or not too Jewish) as the VP selection. Neither of these look very well for the Dems.
The other thing to consider is this pick was pretty mediocre overall. Another old white man on a Dem ticket (ok 60 isn't THAT old, but he looks a good bit older than 60 to be fair). It isn't going to give Harris the boost that a bigger name like Shapiro or Kelly or Cooper would have done. Imo, this pick stalls the momentum the Harris campaign had seen the last week and a half. I think next weeks polls will show that.
I suppose Dem voters should thank their lucky stars it wasn't Buttigeg though.
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