The Daily Populous Tuesday September 10th, 2024 morning edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by WhileFalseRepeat

If Trump is frustrated, he may resort to personal insults, taking aim at Harris’s race and gender and hurting voters’ perceptions, which some of his fellow Republicans have criticized as counterproductive. Trump could also go into one of his angry rants, which gets his MAGA base excited but could alienate independent and swing voters.

After President Biden’s poor showing in June’s debate with Trump, Biden faced criticism and pressure that led to him dropping out of the race. Harris’s entry to the top of the Democratic debate has reversed Trump’s momentum, making his campaign desperate for a winning attack line or other means to regain their polling edge.

So Trump’s team hopes that a strong, winning performance can improve his standing. Ever since Harris entered the race, the Trump-Vance campaign has floundered, with damaging revelations about Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance. His comments about people without children and his inability to interact normally with the public have not helped the campaign’s prospects.

BarbellsandBurritos on September 9th, 2024 at 15:03 UTC »

I just want Kamala to hit him with the “I don’t know what he’s talking about, and I don’t think he knows either” line that he used on Biden.

Sungreenx on September 9th, 2024 at 15:02 UTC »

Anyone think that these stories of Trump’s team freaking out are being leaked in order to set expectations so low that Trump can’t possibly underperform them?

trail34 on September 9th, 2024 at 15:00 UTC »

I sincerely hope the post-debate media report is as accurate and brutal as it was for Biden. I don’t want to see any of these “Trump appears fired up and strong, while Kamala stumbled on a question about the border” headlines.