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Rather than foaming at the mouth, how about some introspection? How did we get here with such a poor democratic candidate? Jim Clyburn from South Carolina gave Joe the push he needed to get the nomination. The quid pro quo was how we got VP Kamala. We were told a few months ago Joe was sharp as a tack and we shouldn't believe our lying eyes. That all fell apart in the debate and the big donor money dried up. Then, we essentially had a selection rather than a primary election courtesy of the party bosses.

Now we have someone not very intelligent or sure of herself. She went to a law school outside of the top 50 where 85% of her classmates passed the bar. She failed and had to take it again. Compare that to the Clintons (Yale Law) or Obama, first black editor of the Harvard Law Review and near the top of his class.

I think the friendly interviews with softball questions have backfired, because she performed terribly. On The View, Harris-supporting host Sunny Hostin asked: “Would you have done anything differently than President Biden during the past four years?” She veered off the rails: “There is not a thing that comes to mind,” Harris responded. “Not a thing.” What a gift to Trump and 60 Minutes equally so. They just play those sound bites on a loop in swing states. The latest proposal she mentioned is to have a bipartisan commission to make policy. We've already seen the blue ribbon commission movie before and know that nothing gets done. This is not a leader, which is why the polls are so close.

It looks like the Senate will flip to the republicans. This was always going to be a tough cycle for democrats since they have ten more seats up for reelection. The big challenges with lots of out of state money to Ted Cruz and Rick Scott in Texas and Florida don't look like they will provide any traction. Manchin (D) in West Virginia is retiring and Jim Justice is way ahead. In Montana John Tester (D) is down about 8 points.