MtnCaddy ain't right.

" Seek professional help...."

The burly ones, with a human butterfly net and loaded syringes.

Yeah, me too. Sigh.

nypoet22 [6] -

I'm still not convinced that the "shy Trump voter" is real. But then, I'm an eternal optimist...

Heh.

Don Harris [7] -

And that might offend CW's big money contributors.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it."
-Upton Sinclair

BWAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!!!!

[pauses to breathe... whooooo]

HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!!!!!!!!

My "big money contributors"?!?

Dude, seek professional help. Seriously.

MtnCaddy [12] -

Perhaps you're right, but he still won't be Trump. That's enough for me, right now.

[15] -

See? There's always hope...

:-)

-CW

Personally, I think a second coronavirus wive (upwards of 60-70K new cases a day) would change things... for the worse, for Trump.

Just a thought.

-CW

Good question. The only response I have is that Americans are kind of conditioned to believe "rich = smart." If you're rich, you must be smart. If you're smart, then why aren't you rich?

Trump's personal brand (his TV reality-show brand, in other words) is that he's a mega-successful businessman, the king of the art of the deal, etc.

A lot of people bought into this for like a decade of TV shows. That's a headwind that is hard to fight -- and it's why Michael Cohen says the biggest reveal in Trump's taxes is going to be that he is nowhere NEAR as wealthy as he claims to be.

-CW

That said, I cannot find the video of him actually answering the reporter that he was not worried about catching the virus, himself, because he was so far away from the crowd online. I definitely saw the video, and heard Trump say it...but now I can only find articles quoting him without the video. So if you find a link for it, please let me know! Thanks,

Russ

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sisolak had ordered that indoor events have no more than 50 people. Trump suggested that the order did not apply to his event and that he was not afraid of contracting the virus.

“I’m on a stage and it’s very far away,” Trump said. “And so I’m not at all concerned.”

Notice that Trump says he isn’t afraid he will get infected because he is not wearing a mask because HE is far enough away from the crowd to be at risk (and there are likely a slew of air purifiers surrounding his stage). There was NO social distancing at all by attendees — they were standing shoulder to shoulder and nut to butt to be as close to Trump as possible! Finding anyone with a mask on was like playing a human Where’s Waldo game.

It is infuriating to know that despite Trump’s actions making it appear that there is no increased threat of being infected by the coronavirus if you follow Trump’s lead, rally attendees were still required to sign a waiver saying they won’t blame Trump for them getting infected at his rally.

I agree with your math Chris. My only reservation is regarding cheating. The death cult will stop at nothing.

I think that might be the understatement of the year, sadly! Trump is literally telling us that the only way that he does not win the election is if someone interferes with the election. The ONLY way Trump could know this is if HE has already rigged the election so that he is guaranteed to win. Trump and his staff are prepping the country for his refusal to accept the election results that do not go in his favor. Heck, he once again pushed for him staying in office for a third term because people treated him so badly when they had the nerve to try to hold him accountable for his actions! Horror!

That WOULD solve a grip of problemts and get America rolling. For everyone who wants it.

If true, I share your decidedly underwhelmed reaction to these positions. Not even crumbs for us Progs? Beside Left-Leaning economists, of course. Ahem.

Although...

Jacking the tax brackets back up to pre-JFK World War Two level 91% top brackets would make me happier about the bullsh*t I have to go a

Trump Death Cult Exhibit C: Last Easter: those Churches that double dared social distancing and face masks. Faith vs Covid, Covid won. Exponentially.

Agreed. Herman's commitment to the death cult is very impressive. I can't imagine what would top tweeting from the grave.

herman cain's family said they were planning to change the name on the account, but yeah it's kinda creepy that they were raising cain from the grave, so to speak.

Should Biden take the White House and get a Democratic Senate, it will likely all translate into an immediate push to roll back President Donald Trump’s corporate tax cuts, slap significantly higher taxes on wealthy Americans and push through a multitrillion-dollar stimulus spending package aimed at fighting the Covid-19 virus, sending cash directly into people’s pockets, renewing enhanced unemployment benefits, rescuing struggling state budgets and investing in new infrastructure projects.

*Maybe this sentence is a bit much, no?

Ditto, Brother Don.

andygaus,

Maybe next Friday Chris will devote all of the talking points to the economy and how Democrats can, once and for bloody all, expose and obliterate the Republican cult of economic failure. Then I can send it to Biden HQ. Heh.

Allow me to BernieBro'plain it to ya.

"Same old same old," or a "return to normalcy" ain't gonna get it. Recall how Repug voters took a flyer on Trump over 16 Establishment Republican Candidates. And recall that (with lots of help) America chose Trump over Establishment Hillary. Alas, Joe offers more of the same. If Joe were to say the following magic words he'd kill Trump on the economy issue, to wit:

For forty years Republicans have been giving tax cuts to the sliver of America that least need them. This has been to the detriment to all of the rest of us. They used to claim it would "trickle down" but Trump didn't even bother with that. As President and with a Democratic controlled Congress I shall reinstate pre Reagan tax rates and invest it in all of the problems that desparately require our attention. An America that doesn't work for ALL Americans isn't "a more perfect union, is it?

But. Good luck getting the Establishment Democrats to let Joe do that.

Trump Death Cult Exhibit B: Herman Cain

Yeah, there are a lot of things that polling organizations can't take into account that can have a huge impact this time around.

It's going to be the most interesting election I have ever watched as results come in, over the course of hours, days, weeks, months ...

... and the Democrats will probably not hesitate to pounce on the issue. If Trump is really winning on the economy now, I don't think he will be by Election Day.

What are you thinking will change between now and then? If the Democrats aren't pouncing on it now, I doubt they ever will.

Maybe next Friday Chris will devote all of the talking points to the economy and how Democrats can, once and for bloody all, expose and obliterate the Republican cult of economic failure. Then I can send it to Biden HQ. Heh.

Exhibit A: Terd Cruz twittered over the weekend.

many liberal males never grow balls

Now, Drumpf very publicly called his wife ugly and accused his father of complicity in JFK's assassination, not to mention the things he said about Terd himself. He's still on board. Talk about no balls! Worse yet, his wife hasn't divorced him.

Insane.

I know you don't focus on the issues in these pieces but, how large will economic issues loom in voters' minds this time around? Is it still "the economy, stupid"?

And, if so, then why does Trump still lead Biden on the economy. Why don't Democrats jump all over the Republican cult of economic failure, at long last?

The only answer I can come up with is that Democrats think 'the economy' is a losing issue for them and/or they are worried about offending the higher income earners in the country. None of which makes any sense.

If Trump keeps winning on the economy, then no one should be surprised if the final poll results are quite different from what you outline here.