Harris took more shit from the left for campaigning for Liz Cheney without conceding anything to her on policy than Trump took from the right for abandoning the idea of federal abortion restrictions.
Harder to win when the team doesn’t really want it.
Harder to win when the team doesn’t really want it.
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Us tragically cynical lefties don't think that means nothing was conceded.
Yes there is that whole “war in Iraq” and the ultra conservative nature of the Cheney’s but they were really pulling a Paul Revere.
Sadly cynicism won the day.
Jesus.
Over a million people died from covid after the first Trump Admin. Didn’t do enough to prevent a pandemic.
And now we hope the leopard doesn’t mortally wound our democracy.
It seemed like the Republicans wanted to win.
It seemed like Democrats wanted to win Twitter.
It seemed Joe Biden wanted to win a note saying "Died in office" on Wikipedia.
"Unpopular politician (daughter of unpopular politician)" is, on its face, a bad strategy.
Perhaps the left was mad because they wanted Harris to win. Did Harris or Biden?
The shit-giving left knows Cheney would serve in a Harris admin in some capacity
You mean libs didn't welcome Liz Cheney into the party with open arms? Like, OMG, no way, I can't imagine how that would happen.
Tone deaf.
Trump pulled in RFK and Tulsi, but (1) they played to his base, (2) it was entertainment, and (3) it was clearly knee bending.
We live in a streaming age, campaigns need to be attention grabbing.
"brat summer" was a really good strategy
It's just this politically gets no credit now.
Harris plus Cheney was an attempt to appeal to tribal identity (never Trumpers) with no discussion of anything material.
But the issue is that Cheney and the Never Trumpers are a tiny minority of our fellow college grads. They aren't who Democrats needed to attract.
If our candidate attacks anything of the left that is unpopular they will be pilloried for months on end.
The Republicans can enjoy a near-universal support by the right, with just token resistance. They also stay within their softball media sphere.
Frustrating.