Time to Face Up: President Harris is a Very Real Possibility
President Harris.
We all better get used to the flavor because it’s looking increasingly likely Kamala Harris will be taking the oath of office on January 20th.
The most recent polls from August 18th, including Morning Consult, ABC News/Washington Post and CBS News, all have Harris ahead by 2-4 points, and these were polls taken before the Democratic convention. That’s a shift of 6-8 points since Biden was forced out of the race. It’s easy to imagine that after four days of adulation and elevating Harris to sainthood status, she may have built an insurmountable lead by the time the convention wraps up.
The Trump Campaign’s Fatal Mistake
As I pointed out in a recent article on rvivr.com, a post-election forensic investigation into the 2024 campaign will ultimately identify the June 27th Trump-Biden debate as the moment Trump’s presidential ambitions began to unravel. As he basked in the glow of the beating he gave Biden that night, it apparently never occurred to anyone on Team Trump that the entire event was a setup. That debate took place three months sooner than any other presidential debate in history, and there was a very specific reason why.
For the dark, shadowy characters that call the shots within the bowels of the fetid Democrat party, it’s become increasingly apparent the debate was a deliberate outing designed to expose Biden’s feeble mindedness. A June date gave the party just enough time to pick a new candidate and organize a campaign for the next man up, which was always going to be Harris. Republican pundits like Buck Sexton, who was adamant that Biden would not be replaced, predicted utter chaos in the Democrat party if Biden withdrew. He, and many other conservative analysts, envisioned bedlam at the convention as numerous candidates vied for the nomination.
None of that happened. The transition to Harris could not have been smoother. I don’t know why, but Republicans continually forget that since 2012, Democrats have run their party as an autocracy. When it comes to cohesiveness, they always speak with a single voice. Dissension is not allowed.
What We now Know About Trump Versus Biden
As part of their miscalculation, the Trump campaign believed that the former president’s lead over Biden was primarily the result of four years of bad leftist policies. They looked at the campaign on its most fundamental level while ignoring the underlying sentiment of the voting public. Everything was better under Trump, they reasoned, and the electorate would vote accordingly. In his stump speeches, Trump pounded away at Biden’s failed energy, immigration and economic policies, which truly have been disastrous for America and burdened future generations with unsustainable debt loads.
However, Harris, who can be evaluated based on past speeches and her record in the Senate, is a proponent for every failed policy Biden advanced, and in fact, supports regulations and laws far to the left of Biden. Average Americans should be terrified of a Harris presidency, which would result in higher taxes, higher energy costs, amnesty for illegal aliens, decimated retirement accounts and a very real chance of a sovereign debt crisis.
Since Harris became the presumptive nominee on July 22nd, Trump and his surrogates have hammered these points home daily, using snippets from Harris’s own mouth to prove she is a radical socialist who advocates for the basic principles of Marxism. Equality of outcome and all that rubbish. Yet, with all the time, money and effort invested in defining her, Harris continues to grow her lead.
Why?
The answer is actually pretty simple, and the Trump campaign’s failure to understand a fundamental reality of modern America may prove to be the second major flaw that leads to his defeat.
You see, the majority of Americans don’t really think Biden’s policies are that bad, and for the millions of deadbeats who benefitted from the money Biden stole from the achievers and gave to them, they love the guy. For many, the essence of the pre-Harris campaign boiled down to a choice between a man they were increasingly convinced was senile versus a man whose personality they detest.
A desire for self-preservation tipped the scales toward Trump, but once Biden was replaced with a person who was at least marginally self-aware, these same voters instantly focused on Trump’s unlikable personality. Of course, the fact that Harris is a black woman was just icing on the cake. To a smaller degree, it’s the same “being on the right side of history” phenomenon Obama benefited from.
How can Trump Salvage the Election?
Sadly, I’m not sure he can. Harris apparently believes her lead is so substantial she can cocoon as Biden and several other Democrats did in 2020. Obviously, the leftist media is going to do everything within their power to promote her candidacy even while she hides from them.
Harris has agreed to two debates in the friendliest of circumstances, so I suppose there is a chance she whips up a few of her worst word salad answers, but more likely, a desperate Trump will attack her aggressively and piss off even more independents. It’s a Hail Mary chance at best.
Honestly, the best alternative is one that Trump would never consider, and Democrats probably made impossible with the purposeful timing of Biden’s announcement, which occurred just after Trump was confirmed as the Republican presidential candidate. Trump stepping aside as Biden did in order to allow a younger, less contentious individual with America First ideals might have worked, but that’s an option that’s off the table for all intents and purposes.
I don’t really know what other ammunition the Trump campaign has left, but if a cabinet level position buys Robert Kennedy’s endorsement, I would do that one yesterday.
Sadly, Democrats might not even have to rig this one.
You want to change this increasingly probable outcome? You better open your wallet and sign up to work for the Trump campaign soon because electing Trump has turned into a heavy lift.
