I am en route to Utah for a speech. So, if you’ve got advice on where to eat in Salt Lake City, hit me up!
But, even while I am jetting westward — and, no, they still don’t let me fly the plane — I am thinking about the week that was in politics.
The seeming shakiness of Kamala Harris’ Blue Wall
Donald Trump’s very weird decision to campaign in a bunch of blue states
Tim Walz’s crusade against the Electoral College
The fact that “they” can control the weather
I mean….
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I am really upset about the misinformation coming from republicans. There should be some severe repercussions besides at the ballot box for being so harmful
Chris, to my eye, Harris is running a very conservative campaign, the type that a frontrunner might typically run. She is assiduously avoiding opportunities for significant missteps and is also deliberately staying somewhat vague on certain positions. Hillary Clinton also ran a frontrunner campaign late, but as we know, she came up just short. I fear Harris might suffer the same fate unless she embraces more risk.
I understand that a) Harris has had an exceptionally compressed candidacy and b) given the short schedule, any misstep could potentially be fatal as there isn't time to correct it. However, it seems to me that she's trying not to lose the race rather than trying to win it. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the race Harris has been running in recent weeks.