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Originally Posted by curves2000
Women's rights, the diversity angle and more just are not really important to as many people as some think and it's not a #1 issue for a lot.
I think they need to stay in the middle, stay away from the little political games and stay laser focused on workers, improving peoples lives and coming up with some popular changes for the little guy. There are thousands of changes that can be made to improve the lives of all American's. They also need to do a really good job of explaining foreign policy and how it relates to American's prospects. Shutting down Ukrainian support is easy for a lot of people to understand, especially Republicans. Explaining why America, NATO and more need to support them is harder cause you need to come clean about why it's important.
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I'd disagree on 3 points.
1) The midterm elections showed a major pushback against the GOP due to Roe v Wade. It was supposed to be a red wave, and instead they barely managed to squeak in enough to win the house - which resulted in their speaker getting canned in embarrassing fashion. Women's issues were HUGE as ruby red states like Kentucky went hard for pro-choice rights both there and in the special elections. This will continue IMO.
2) Having a visible minority at the top of ticket brings out minority voters that might not have gone for Biden otherwise. It's one thing to have her as VP - but as President is hugely motivating.
3) There is only 100 days until the election. There's no convincing people on policy at this stage. All you do is motivate people who were not going to show up, or were going to vote for Trump because Biden was demented that there is now an alternative. Being "not Trump" is probably enough so long as you aren't drooling on stage or stumbling down stairs - just like it was in 2020.
It's cruel - but Joe Biden simply became too frail. Father time is undefeated. Thankfully it's now only a concern for Trump as his dentures pop out and he becomes more and more unhinged as he rambles. Let's talk about electrocution vs sharks please.
Don't think for a second the assassination attempt isn't going to have an impact on that guy. Above everything else he's a narcissist. The idea that someone hated him enough to shoot him is going to keep him up at night.