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Peter  V's avatar

Immediately: Begin to run video of Trump saying "I alone got Roe V Wade repealed". Immediately, begin running video that says "Women must be punished". It can be a five second ad. Immediately: Run ads attacking project 2025 on Medicare and social security. Immediately: point at the convicted felon.

Wash rinse repeat. DEI my ass.

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I'm a born skeptic, so I'm waiting for something to go wrong with the Harris campaign, especially once the GOP attack dogs start to fear-and-smear her in every way possible and knowing that DJT's own deeply flawed persona will continue to get a free pass, as just Donald being Donald, every time he verbally abuses her and distorts reality.

That said, I'm also trying to see this from the 30,000-foot level, and from that vantage point, there seems to be so much more energy and vitality here than I ever thought possible. There appears to be a genuine enthusiasm to her campaign, one that most media outlets probably are underestimating. It is like a massive dose of Gatorade to a crowd that was dying of thirst. I listened to her speech in Milwaukee on the radio yesterday, and you could feel the electricity in the air. It has been a radical change, and I'm not sure how the GOP counters that with more of the same (DJT's rambling rants and lack of any real professional agenda) and a newcomer (Hillbilly) who is both boring to behold and as irritating as a mosquito.

Maybe it is just the moment, but it does feel like this is a real inflection point if the Democrats can keep up the pressure, ward off the inevitable attack ads by focusing on both policy successes and the real need for justice for DJT, and hammer home the message of it being about going forward versus moving backward. I'm looking forward to the next three-plus months -- something I don't think any of us were feeling deep down just three days ago. There is a lot of work to do, but it feels good to be back in the game and to see how energized the base has become. Onward.

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