Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:40     Subject: She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow the GOP are freaking out.


To the contrary Kamals played right into their hands by selecting a VP from a deep blue state


So why did Trump choose JD Vance from the deep red state of Ohio?
Or Trump choose Mike Pence from Indiana?
Or Biden choose Kamala Harris from California?

Actually, when was the last time someone from a swing state was chosen as the VP?

While VP candidates can certainly be a burden (JD, Palin, Quayle), their upside potential is limited.


Even with Kaine, VA was close.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:40     Subject: She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow the GOP are freaking out.


To the contrary Kamals played right into their hands by selecting a VP from a deep blue state


So why did Trump choose JD Vance from the deep red state of Ohio?
Or Trump choose Mike Pence from Indiana?
Or Biden choose Kamala Harris from California?

Actually, when was the last time someone from a swing state was chosen as the VP?

While VP candidates can certainly be a burden (JD, Palin, Quayle), their upside potential is limited.

also, MN isn't deep blue.

https://www.270towin.com/states/Minnesota
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:37     Subject: She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow the GOP are freaking out.


To the contrary Kamals played right into their hands by selecting a VP from a deep blue state


So why did Trump choose JD Vance from the deep red state of Ohio?
Or Trump choose Mike Pence from Indiana?
Or Biden choose Kamala Harris from California?

Actually, when was the last time someone from a swing state was chosen as the VP?

While VP candidates can certainly be a burden (JD, Palin, Quayle), their upside potential is limited.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:34     Subject: She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow the GOP are freaking out.


To the contrary Kamals played right into their hands by selecting a VP from a deep blue state


Even a broken clock is right twice a day!
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:33     Subject: Re:She picked Tim
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:32     Subject: She picked Tim
Kamala*
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:32     Subject: She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:Wow the GOP are freaking out.


To the contrary Kamals played right into their hands by selecting a VP from a deep blue state
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:32     Subject: She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:He doesn’t deliver a swing state


I think he delivers most of them. He has mass appeal.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:32     Subject: She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:He doesn’t deliver a swing state

The Trump team was saying that Minnesota was in play a few weeks ago.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:31     Subject: She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow the GOP are freaking out.

They are! All they’re left with is Trump and Vance.


Do you have examples of all this freaking out?
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:29     Subject: She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:Wow the GOP are freaking out.

They are! All they’re left with is Trump and Vance.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:29     Subject: She picked Tim
He doesn’t deliver a swing state
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:29     Subject: She picked Tim
Wow the GOP are freaking out.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:20     Subject: Re:She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:

I worked as a journalist in Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota. I lived in Minnesota for almost ten years (mostly in rural MN).

The political shift in rural Minnesota has been interesting to watch.

In 2022, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz lost the congressional district he use to represent in Southern Minnesota by almost 8 points.

Northeastern Minnesota, which includes Iron Range communities, has been trending more Republican since 2010. There are a lot of pro labor, pro mining Democrats in that area of the state who are now voting Republican.

Carlton County (which is the gateway to the Iron Range) was a solidly blue rural county. In 2008, 75% of Carlton County voters cast their ballots for Rep. James Oberstar (D). In 2022, 51.5% of Carlton County voters cast their ballots for Republican Rep.
@PeteStauber


In 2020, longtime Iron Range DFL (Democratic) State Senators Tom Bakk and David Tomassoni quit the DFL party and became independents while they were in office. Bakk was the DFL Majority Leader of the Minnesota State Senate and Tomassoni was the DFL President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate.

In 2022, Republicans picked up State Senate and State House seats on the Iron Range, the first time since President Hoover, as Aaron Brown writes: https://minnesotareformer.com/2022/11/11/iron-range-seething-at-the-twin-cities-continues-right-turn/


I grew up on the Iron Range. The shift has been like West Virgina, although much less extreme, in the sense that the iron mining industry, which peaked in the 60s-70s was impacted by a lot of global changes, from oil prices (and big American cars) in the 70s to Brazilian steel imports in the 80s. That's the reason for the shift.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2024 13:17     Subject: Re:She picked Tim
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You know that Walz is far left when the DSA is celebrating and taking credit for this choice.





This is the most left wing ticket to ever run.
Hopefully, the voters will not be fooled by Kamala's efforts to avoid scrutiny and her sudden "position shifts." The fact that she chose Walz shows she has no intent to govern in a moderate fashion.