(08-06-2024 11:14 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Nebraska may ultimately change their allocation rules prior to the election. If so, a 269-269 tie goes to Trump.

If Nebraska goes winner-take-all this close to the election, Maine will, too. Democrats control all the power in Maine right now and they are basically watching to see if Nebraska does this or not.

The worst possible candidate for vp with the worst possible candidate for president. Perfect.
Trump will landslide these Uber lib clowns

(08-06-2024 11:03 AM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  

(08-06-2024 09:58 AM)oruvoice Wrote:  I don't for one second believe that Kamala made this choice and I don't believe they looked at Walz as the "best choice". I believe that the media and pollsters are lying about the numbers (imagine that) and that none of the other Blue Team VP choices wanted to derail their political careers, by joining a losing ticket and partnering with the dumbest human being to ever run for POTUS.

He's the only one that would accept.

I believe so.

I think Shapiro wanted it, and wanted it badly. Could have been a huge step-up for him in terms of laying the groundwork for the future.

(08-06-2024 11:31 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  I think Shapiro wanted it, and wanted it badly. Could have been a huge step-up for him in terms of laying the groundwork for the future.

Completely disagree. Has a failed VP run ever turned into that person later becoming President?

(08-06-2024 11:47 AM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(08-06-2024 11:31 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  I think Shapiro wanted it, and wanted it badly. Could have been a huge step-up for him in terms of laying the groundwork for the future.

Completely disagree. Has a failed VP run ever turned into that person later becoming President?

FDR.

But most of those guys were never going to be POTUS anyway unless the #1 guy died in office.

(08-06-2024 11:47 AM)oruvoice Wrote:  

(08-06-2024 11:31 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  I think Shapiro wanted it, and wanted it badly. Could have been a huge step-up for him in terms of laying the groundwork for the future.

Completely disagree. Has a failed VP run ever turned into that person later becoming President?

Not recently, no.

But a failed VP gets to play President for a few more months.

If we survive that long…

(08-06-2024 11:31 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  I think Shapiro wanted it, and wanted it badly. Could have been a huge step-up for him in terms of laying the groundwork for the future.

Fox is reporting that Shapiro made an ass of himself yesterday calling Kamala so many times to check on the status of the pick.

(08-06-2024 11:25 AM)450bench Wrote:  The worst possible candidate for vp with the worst possible candidate for president. Perfect.
Trump will landslide these Uber lib clowns

Trumps response to the pick

(08-06-2024 09:03 AM)mlb Wrote:  

(08-06-2024 08:50 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  There's no way the Dems win this without cheating at this point

I still don't believe Trump can hold it together between now and election day. He'll screw it up on his own.

And while this guy is definitely pretty far left, he is a veteran and a retired public school teacher. Those are 2 pretty large groups that he may be able to pull in at higher percentages than usual (especially the veterans).

There are times when you just scratch your head when reading this board and say “what in the total F is this guy thinking??”

mlb’s post here is one of those times. I mean, you gotta be kidding me.

(08-06-2024 01:27 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(08-06-2024 09:03 AM)mlb Wrote:  

(08-06-2024 08:50 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  There's no way the Dems win this without cheating at this point

I still don't believe Trump can hold it together between now and election day. He'll screw it up on his own.

And while this guy is definitely pretty far left, he is a veteran and a retired public school teacher. Those are 2 pretty large groups that he may be able to pull in at higher percentages than usual (especially the veterans).

There are times when you just scratch your head when reading this board and say “what in the total F is this guy thinking??”

mlb’s post here is one of those times. I mean, you gotta be kidding me.

Nope. Trump has shown his ability to screw things up on a massive scale in terms of PR. He did it in 2020.

I'm not saying this guy will move the needle for the Democrats, but every time the "conservatives" on this board brag about how the Democrats are done the polls come back saying the opposite. When Biden stepped down, it was over. When Harris became the presumptive nominee, it was over. I'm certainly not going to say that the race is over when they bring in a VP candidate like this. Each time they've come back stronger than they were before.

Vets who are not already liberal will not support that ticket.

Teachers and the teachers union voting democrat? Stop the presses.

(08-06-2024 01:46 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Vets who are not already liberal will not support that ticket.

Teachers and the teachers union voting democrat? Stop the presses.

I know plenty of teachers who are pro Trump. The union may not be, but the individuals are.

As far as veterans go, I don't know how many are in the moderate point of view, or have wives that may love some of Walz's views and, at minimum, have some influence on their husband's vote. It will be interesting to see how the next round of polls change (or don't change) based on him.

For the record, I still think either of the other 2 guys were a better choice.

The explanation I read somewhere (and my apologies if it was here, and I am just repeating the wisdom offered by one of you clowns) is that Harris decided against Shapiro because she was afraid that he would upstage her.

Josh Shapiro is at least 8x as intelligent as Kamala Kameleon. Mark Kelly is probably 4x as smart. Tim Walz is, at best, only twice as smart. She'll still be outmatched by her running mate, but not by nearly as much.

(08-06-2024 01:54 PM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  The explanation I read somewhere (and my apologies if it was here, and I am just repeating the wisdom offered by one of you clowns) is that Harris decided against Shapiro because she was afraid that he would upstage her.

Josh Shapiro is at least 8x as intelligent as Kamala Kameleon. Mark Kelly is probably 4x as smart. Tim Walz is, at best, only twice as smart. She'll still be outmatched by her running mate, but not by nearly as much.

Careful calling me a clown