The Daily Populous Monday July 29th, 2024 night edition
Authored by bloomberg.com and submitted by bloombergopinion

The Republican approach to Vice President Kamala Harris is terrible, no good, absolutely awful and all over the place. Compared to Harris' upbeat, future-oriented campaign backed by the banging chorus of America’s greatest pop star, Donald Trump looks like a late-stage Elvis stuck in a doom loop.

While Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has urged his caucus to focus on policy and not personality, Trump and his allies will obviously ignore this good political advice over the next 100 days. This will damage his campaign — and the country — but it’s the only way Trump and his followers know how to run. Racism and sexism are very powerful forces in American politics and have often worked to great effect. Trump and his allies obviously know this, so they have trotted out their greatest hits of tropes that amplify the two, hoping to further hype up the MAGA base.

The problem? Voters have heard it all before. Specifically in 2008 (Barack Obama) and 2016 (Hillary Clinton).

BobB104 on July 28th, 2024 at 13:01 UTC »

America has Trump Fatigue Syndrome. We just want our lives back, without having to hear about an old, deranged, self-impressed moron who has to see his own face in the news every single day.

leontes on July 28th, 2024 at 12:31 UTC »

How could a party in this day and age let a man in such a deteriorated condition run for an office that is 4 years in length? Trump is increasingly unhinged, incoherent.

It’s becoming clear the Democrats have benefited from moving away from a candidate that reflects natural cognitive decline and no party should let a person with such a status remain at top of ballot.

Mind you, Biden still had the clarity and courage to step away maybe Trump doesn’t have that capacity.

Rock_Creek_Snark on July 28th, 2024 at 12:29 UTC »

Old, tired and afraid. They are very afraid. See Stephen Miller's absolute meltdown last weekend. Threats to sue to keep Biden on the ballot.

Kamala is the future and voters feel it.