Keeping up with Kamala
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This is exactly why wanted him to step down. I knew things would pick up!
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Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
That compares with a marginal two-point deficit Biden faced against Trump in last week's poll before his Sunday exit from the race.
The new poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally accepted the nomination and Biden's announcement on Sunday he was leaving the race and endorsing Harris.
Harris, whose campaign says she has secured the Democratic nomination, led Trump 44% to 42% in the national poll, a difference within the 3-percentage-point margin of error.
Harris and Trump were tied at 44% in a July 15-16 poll, and Trump led by one percentage point in a July 1-2 poll, both within the same margin of error.
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She was in Milwaukee today.
As she ended her 17-minute speech, Harris again sought to contrast her vision with what she said is Trump's.
“Ultimately, in this election, we each face a question: What kind of country do we want to live in?" she said. “Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and rule of law, or a country of chaos, fear and hate?"
"We each have the power to answer that question," she added. "The power is with the people."
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Interesting. They sound like some Never Trumpers.
A coalition of former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley voters pledged their support for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid on Sunday, hours after President Joe Biden announced that he was dropping out of the race.
https://www.newsweek.com/nikki-haley-voters-pac-announces-support-kamala-harris-1928198
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@wtg Ha! I sure didn’t see that coming!
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The GOP is trying to brand Harris as a failed border czar. The Dem response needs to point out that Trump killed the bipartisan border deal....remember this?
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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SCMP recaps recent polls. Kamala has closed the gap.
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The scientific communities:
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: ‘We must do more’: A look at Kamala Harris’ climate record
https://thebulletin.org/2024/07/we-must-do-more-a-look-at-kamala-harris-climate-record/LA Times: Environmental groups ‘ecstatic’ over Kamala Harris’ candidacy and California climate record
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-07-23/environmentalists-ecstatic-over-kamala-harris-candidacyNature: What Kamala Harris’s historic bid for the US presidency means for science
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02394-6Scientific American: What a Kamala Harris Presidency Would Mean for Science
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-a-kamala-harris-presidency-would-mean-for-science/ -
"First week" figures:
Kamala Harris brings in $200 million in first week of her candidacy
The fundraising haul was powered by first-time donors amid support from young voters.Of course, fundraising performance does not guarantee victory. (Remember Jeb Bush?)
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@Axtremus said in Keeping up with Kamala:
Of course, fundraising performance does not guarantee victory
No but I'm sure it helps!
Also, I know it makes the maga-ites quake in their boots, and that makes me happy.
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It’s starting to look like the first Obama campaign.
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The audacity of hope?
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@wtg said in Keeping up with Kamala:
The GOP is trying to brand Harris as a failed border czar. The Dem response needs to point out that Trump killed the bipartisan border deal....remember this?
She tackles the immigration issue.
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/30/nx-s1-5055670/harris-trump-border-immigration-georgia
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“Harris tries to flip the script on Trump on the border during raucous Georgia speech”
Here’s the problem right here. Tries? TRIES? Jeez!
She didn't try, she did it! NPR used to be better than this.
NPR is dead to me.
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Yeah, that’s pretty frustrating.
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Context. Gotta read the whole letter.
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Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign says it raised more than $310 million in July, driven by a record-breaking $200 million in the first week after she replaced President Biden as the likely Democratic presidential nominee.
Last month’s totals include a number of shattered fundraising records, the campaign says, including the fastest time to raise a billion dollars and the weeklong outpouring of donations after a struggling Biden said he would no longer run for president.
“The tremendous outpouring of support we’ve seen in just a short time makes clear the Harris coalition is mobilized, growing, and ready to put in the work to defeat Trump this November,” Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Harris for President campaign manager, said in a statement. “It is the product of a campaign and coalition that knows the hard work and fighting spirit needed to win in November – and when we fight, we win.”
Two-thirds of the donations made last month came from first-time donors, according to the Harris campaign.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/02/g-s1-14927/kamala-harris-fundraising
