I am absolutely knackered. Drove three and a half hours to charleston to the democratic hq there, picked up several boxes of signs, went to the kanawha county dem hq and got more signs, drove up the either side of the state to mon county to drop some of the boxes off, and then back home. Tomorrow I deliver to Ohio, Brooke, and Hancock county. So I am beat.
In other news, Rosie is just fine and my friend has successfully checked into a rehab and was sent to detox and then will be going through extensive rehab. So that is good news.
And finally, a special announcement! In a couple weeks commenter R-Jud will be joining the front page as a poster. She can write, is not problematic, and has some interesting things to say, and despite having been a commenter here and knowing what you fuckers are all about, she still wants to write here and put up with your bullshit. So let’s welcome her aboard.
JPL
Yeah! All good news and I’m pleased that R_ is going to post. When her daughter was younger, I felt like I was a granny stalker. Still peak sometimes though.
Trivia Man
New blood invigorates the pool
Gin & Tonic
@Trivia Man: Not always.
Omnes Omnibus
This a good thing. Let’s try not to be shitty to her. Okay? It’s bad enough that Tamara is now hesitant to post.
JPL
@Omnes Omnibus: I did not know that and that makes me sad.
HumboldtBlue
And now for something completely different.
22 years ago, during the world Series between the Anaheim Angels and the San Francisco Giants, Darren Baker (son of then Giants manager Dusty Baker) then aged four, was a bat boy for the Giants when this extraordinary play happened.
Earlier today, Darren, now 25, was called up to the Major Leagues by the Washington Nationals.
Sports are fun.
Unless you’re a Florida Gators fan. Hahahahahahahahaha
Spanky
@Gin & Tonic: Well, if she turns out to be another Freddy, that will be an enormous surprise. At least we know her.
R-Jud
@Omnes Omnibus: I’m planning on posting lots of cat pics to keep people chill. And castles. Whenever I have an American visitor and we’re getting bored of each other, we go to the castles.
Omnes Omnibus
@R-Jud: I like castles.
Spanky
@HumboldtBlue:
Or a W (BG)VU fan, where thunderstorms chased the home crowd out of their seats, and after a 2 hour delay Penn State finished off where they had left off in the first half.
JPL
@R-Jud: Welcome aboard and anything you post is welcome.
Spanky
@R-Jud: Good! This place needs more cats.
R-Jud
@JPL: Thanks!
HumboldtBlue
@Spanky:
Indeed, they did, and my WV nephew was not happy about it.
Elsewhere: Tim Walz got mint chocolate chip ice cream yesterday while touring North Carolina with Roy Cooper.
FelonyGovt
Looking forward to cats and castles!
MazeDancer
@R-Jud: Cats are an excellent choice. Castles a close second.
Sure Lurkalot
@R-Jud: I’m repeating myself from a past post but your podcast, Books of All Time, is fantastic. Looking forward to your posts here at Balloon Juice.
Baud
Will someone not problematic fit in here?
Congratulations, R-Jud.
Suzanne
I am also beat.
Tried to do a morning run today, but due to generalized household chaos, I didn’t get out until 9 AM and by then it was hot AF. So I got a little bit more than five miles in, and then called it. My clothes were as wet with sweat as if I had just jumped into a swimming pool. NOPE.
Then Mr. Suzanne was canvassing for Harris and Bob Casey this afternoon, so I was on Spawn duty. It’s the beginning of the school year, so Youngest is starting soccer, and she needed new cleats and socks. I also need to replace my running shoes, badly. So we went to Dick’s Sporting Goods, which I invariably hate. And today was no exception. I wanted to compare a few different shoes, but they only had one of the pairs I wanted to try in my size. And it was next to impossible to find soccer socks for Spawn. Finally found an employee, who located them in the stock area in the back of the store. I hate that store. It’s gigantic, there’s never enough people working, and they always seem to have none of my size in anything.
I did stop at the Mt. Lebanon Democrats table at the farmer’s market this morning, and got another sign for my yard. There is a “Dogs for Democracy” event next week, so I will be taking the pupper to that.
Suzanne
@R-Jud: Welcome welcome. I am here for castles.
Elizabelle
@R-Jud: Wonderful news!
And yay to John for driving all over creation to collect and deliver signs. Go Harris-Walz.
Elizabelle
@Suzanne: I hope they do “Dogs for Democracy” here too. With wine!
Nukular Biskits
When is Baud (f**k that guy!😂) going to become a front-pager?
Doc Sardonic
@HumboldtBlue: 🖕
SpaceUnit
Speaking of signs, there are almost none to be seen in my area. Usually by this point in a presidential election there would campaign signs everywhere. Hundreds of them. I like to walk around and do a count of how many signs I spot for either candidate.
So far I have seen exactly one sign for Harris and one for RFK Jr. It’s weird.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@R-Jud:
Kittehs!
Looking forward to your commentary on the Tao Te Ching next year.
VeniceRiley
Welcome to the front page R_Jud!
Castles and dog walks. That’s my life now.
Looking forward to your posts.
Another Scott
Signs are good. There’s a Harris-Walz sign up in my neighborhood that has a couple of black cats on 2 legs hiding the sign legs. Clever!
Welcome R-Jud! Looking forward to additional UK colour around here. ;-)
Cheers,
Scott.
raven
@HumboldtBlue: How Bout them Dawgs!!!
David Anderson
@Suzanne: I did not know you were a yinzer
persistentillusion
@Sure Lurkalot: I’m a fan of Books of All Time as well! Welcome R_Jud.
Mousebumples
@R-Jud: welcome aboard! I’m looking forward to seeing your posts.
Craig
@HumboldtBlue: I remember that game. I always liked JT Snow. Good for Darren.
Dorothy A. Winsor
“Is not problematic”
It says something about this place that you had to say that.
Welcome, R-Jud.
Rusty
Welcome R-Jud, the more the merrier. Cole, sending prayers for your friend starting rehab. That can be very tough.
Tony Jay
@R-Jud: Excellent. It’s about time the UK had someone credible representing us.
hitchhiker
We have a sign, even tho’ we live in a very blue village where 80% of our neighbors are going to vote for Kamala. I also have a tee shirt, and mr hitchhiker got himself a hat … he is relentlessly a-political, mostly because he can’t stand more than 10 seconds of the sound of politicians blabbing. He reads the news, donates $$, and votes religiously.
This is the very first time in the 40 yrs we’ve been together that he’s wanted to wear anybody’s campaign swag.
Welcome to R! Looking forward to (even) more front page posts. :)
SteveinPHX
@HumboldtBlue: As a longtime Gator fan, all I can say is “This looks grim.”
Quiltingfool
@R-Jud: Yay! Cats! Castles!
I look forward to your posts!
Yarrow
Welcome R-Jud. I always enjoyed your posts on your blog. You’ll be a great addition to the FP here.
@Suzanne: I used to get running shoes at Big Box Sports Store but after developing injuries because of the wrong shoe I finally started going to a specialized running shoe store. I pay more but they fit the shoe to me and their sales people are super knowledgeable. If I’m not happy with the shoes I can exchange them. It’s been worth it for me.
karen marie
@Suzanne: You’ll never guess where the Albertsons/Safeway near my house keeps the 12-packs of club soda.
In the produce department.
The store manager was surprised that I hadn’t looked there when I couldn’t find it in the aisle marked “club soda.”
NeenerNeener
Welcome, R-Jud!
I finally took a ride around the neighborhood looking for that RFK Jr sign that was on a lawn when I moved here back in December. It’s gone now, and doesn’t appear to have been replaced by signage for any of the other candidates. I did see a few Harris/Walz signs, which surprised me since this is a deep red area. Haven’t seen a Trump/Vance sign yet, but the local tv stations run a commercial for a store that sells Trump merch. I wonder if he knows and demands a cut of the take.
Snarki, child of Loki
Welcome R_Jud!
I’m not sure why everyone gets all annoyed at Baud, but to be fair, if you connect to a website with one Baud, it could be frustrating.
Doc Sardonic
@SteveinPHX: Don’t think Billy Napier is going to make it to the end of the season, he’s making Will Muschamp look like a genius.
HumboldtBlue
@raven:
I always love seeing Dabo get slapped around. Can’t stand that clown.
@SteveinPHX:
Yeah it does.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@Yarrow:
Having been running in marathons but mostly ultra-marathons for 30 years, virtually everyone I’ve met and run with over the decades does exactly what you’re saying. Most actually have it easy in terms of what they need but there’s a minority of us (raises hand) who have a helluva time getting the correct shoe that doesn’t cause injury, etc.
The biggest problem are the damned shoe companies. You find a shoe that works and then typically within a year or two, the company completely revamps it. For somebody like me who supinates, having a totally neutral shoe so my heel can flop around is vital. You find a shoe, stick with it only to find one year, the company’s decided to take the exact same series and make it for pronating runners (the vast majority).
What I’ve taken to do over the years is once I find a shoe at a specialized running store, I’ll buy a second pair, then wait a year and go online to find them, now typically discounted. I’ll then buy 5-6 pair which will last me a good while depending on whether or not I’m training for an ultra that year.
I’m now out of such shoes and really agonizing over the entire “find another shoe” process.
Harrison Wesley
Only political thing I’ve seen in my neighborhood in the last couple of days was an RFK-Shanahan bumper sticker on a car in front of the next building north in my development. Hard to read much of anything into that, though.
satby
@Baud: yeah, I 😂😂 at “not problematic”.
Welcome to the front page R-Jud!!
dmsilev
@Harrison Wesley: Definitely someone not afraid to stick out of the crowd….
Funniest yard sign I ever saw was an “Alan Keyes for Senate” sign in 2004. In the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, which is to say Barack Obama’s home turf. I think Obama won that neighborhood by something like 98-2.
twbrandt
Lawn signs don’t, as they say, vote, but I’ve seen significantly more Harris/Walz signs around my neighborhood than Trump signs. And many houses that had Trump signs in 2020 don’t now.
geg6
@David Anderson:
Transplant. She’s not a Yinzer yet. Most transplants never become one. I’m barely considered one because my mother beat the Pittsburghese out of us (mostly metaphorically). I still retain some regional quirks, like I redd up the house or call my shopping cart a buggy. And jagoff is always useful.
Kayla Rudbek
@Spanky: Mr. Rudbek and I were outsprinting that thunderstorm on our tandem today. It was a good thing that we were on the paved rail trail instead of the gravel C&O path. And we made it to our hotel before the storm hit.
zhena gogolia
@twbrandt: In our neighborhood so far there’s one Harris-Walz sign and one sign with Our Lord Jesus Christ humping the American flag, with Golgotha underneath and the slogan “One Nation Under God.” You can draw your own conclusions about who they’re voting for.
raven
@Doc Sardonic: He makes the Zooker look like a genius!
Honus
@Spanky: don’t even talk to me until you’ve tried being a Pirates fan for a few years. Or just the last two weeks.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
That Nation: Russia
Charon
I am living in a 55+ adult community in AZ, where yard signs are only allowed during the 6 weeks before an election.
Even so, one of the houses I walk past in the morning put out a yard sign about 3 days ago. Three words: “Veterans against Trump.”
eclare
@SteveinPHX:
Who knew Cam Ward would slice through the Gator D like a freshly sharpened paring knife? Besides the Miami coach, I guess.
What other qb had a good day? The Vols’ own Nico! I am too exhausted to attempt to spell his last name. It’s going to be an interesting season!
twbrandt
Is Kathleen Parker worth reading?
Nah.
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus:
WHU? Did not know this. You are rarely wrong about stuff, OO, but I sure hope you are on this.
eclare
@Yarrow:
I have done that for decades, both in ATL (the Phidippides at Ansley Mall) and here at Fleet Feet.
eclare
Welcome aboard R-Jud!
frosty
@geg6: Ms F whose family comes from Indiana and Punxy still talks about redding up our house.
We don’t actually DO it, of course!
SiubhanDuinne
@twbrandt:
Oh god, I made that mistake, very briefly, this morning. Just utter garbage.
She, like MoDo and Peggy Nooners (both of whom we discussed ad museum here a few days ago), is a columnist of whom one can only say “How in the everloving blue-eyed FUCK did she win a Pulitzer?”
Phylllis
@Suzanne: Is there a Fleet Feet near you? They usually have a pretty good selection of sizes across brands.
SiubhanDuinne
I am thrilled that R-Jud is becoming a front-pager. I love the way she writes, and I have a real weakness for Americans who decamp to the U.K.
Phylllis
@raven: That was fabulous. The Florida loss is icing on the cake.
Matt McIrvin
@twbrandt: I live in a weakly blue town in a deep-blue state, but this time around, it seems like only the Trump fans and some RFK Jr. supporters are willing to put up signs. Actually the Trump people are more likely to fly Trump *flags*. In 2016 they had these gigantic billboard-like signs they put up, but I haven’t been seeing those.
Jacel
@karen marie: I’m trying to imagine if any fruit or vegetable has a name that the store’s computers might have autocorrected to from “club soda”.
Central Planning
@twbrandt: that opinion piece yesterday was a piece of shit.
Steve in the ATL
@Phylllis: there has been so much of that particular icing since 2008 that we are all going to get diabetes! What a glorious day.
HumboldtBlue
@SiubhanDuinne:
Yeah, she mentioned in the comments the other day some of the nastiness and cynicism are too much, particularly on her light threads. I’ll get her back, though, no one can resist Noodles and his noodly appendages!
He’s getting big, much faster, much stronger, but still melts into my left arm for snuggles and suckling.
mrmoshpotato
@twbrandt: Haha! You answered your own question.
Phylllis
@Steve in the ATL: And as ugly a win as I’ve ever seen for the Gamecocks. But a win is a win.
Yarrow
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: Yes, to all of what you said. It’s so frustrating when a company completely revamps a shoe. It’s so hard to find a good new shoe.
I’ve done the same thing – buy two, then wait a year a buy more online at a discount. But this last year I missed that window so now I’m in the same situation as you, having to start over and find a new shoe.
dlwchico
@FelonyGovt:
Castles & Cats sounds like a game I might want to play.
geg6
@Honus:
For real.
karen marie
@Jacel: Nope, the manager thought it was a perfectly normal place to keep large quantities of club soda. It was not just in the produce department, it was in the farthest back corner – the most remote point in the store.
I talked to a person at the customer service desk after walking over to produce to see if that’s really where they were keeping the club soda. I asked if there was a name/number I could call to complain about this ridiculousness, and she said, no, the store managers are directed where to place things in the store, so anyone I might contact above store manager would be the person who decided club soda belongs in the produce department.
It was wild. There must have been 60 12-packs of club soda over there, along with 12-packs of seltzer, and none in the “club soda” aisle and none in the small space reserved for “mixers” in the liquor section.
I lose my mind every time I go to the grocery store.
Suzanne
@Yarrow: Yeah, I have gone to a running store in the past and I should have done it today. Was trying to save time, since I had to get the kiddo gear. But I ended up leaving without buying any running shoes. Eh.
SiubhanDuinne
@HumboldtBlue:
NEED MOAR NOODLES PICTURES.
Please and thank you.
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@R-Jud: Oooh, castles! Where do you live? Sounds like Europe!
Suzanne
@Phylllis: There is a Fleet Feet nearby! I had never heard of it before I moved here. In Phoenix, I always went to the Runner’s Den.
I am a cheapskate and I keep shoes too long, but mine (Brooks Ghost 16) have bald spots now. I always try to buy a previous year’s model on clearance. I tried the Ghost Max 2 and they felt so different, and I don’t like change, and I got grumpy and left. Not what I wanted; too peopley.
Steve in the ATL
@Phylllis: doesn’t bode well for their upcoming SEC slate. Which is fine by me!
Not many competitive games today. Lots of second and third tier opponents. Such as…Clemson!
eclare
@Suzanne:
There is a Fleet Feet here in Memphis, I highly recommend.
Steve in the ATL
@Suzanne: architecture question for you (I know you’re a hospital specialist but my airport architect is deceased): does the same firm design smaller airports, or do firms just copy the design? I’ve been in several that look identical. I can navigate them on the first visit with my eyes closed. Chattanooga, Quad Cities, South Bend, among others.
eclare
@karen marie:
That is bizarre.
Phylllis
@Suzanne: My husband and I went to one here in our neck of the woods after I retired. He treated me to a pair of Brooks for walking as my retirement gift. They do this whole fitting rigamarole which I thought was mostly hokum, but I have to say the shoes fit really well and provided great support. They also have terrific socks.
Phylllis
@Steve in the ATL: Watching it was about as tortuous as watching Sam Waterston act. Knowing that Kentucky is next up is not heartening.
Suzanne
@Steve in the ATL: I used to work on airports, so it’s a reasonable question.
Ummmmm, it’s difficult to say. There are a few firms that have aviation as a specialty market. I used to work for one of them. They have done work at airports all around the world. You’ve certainly flown through buildings they designed. Do they all kinda have a samey-same look/vibe to them? Yeah they do. So if you’re seeing a bunch of terminals that feel the same, it wouldn’t be unexpected for the same firm to have done them (probably not the same team of people, though).
Honestly, tho, airport terminals are one of the building types that has a really strong contemporary typology. Like the midcentury office tower….. there’s a specific way we expect them to look and feel, even if we’re not conscious of it. Glassy jewelry boxes with shiny terrazzo floors.
I didn’t really like working on terminals. Much preferred hangars.
Yarrow
@Suzanne: As someone upthread said, Fleet Feet is good. Give them a try. I get that there are tradeoffs when you’re trying to balance many parts of your life. It’s just that the wrong shoe can really mess you up (been there) and take you out of running completely if you get injured. For me it’s become essential to go to the fancy store.
Steve in the ATL
@Suzanne: thank you! Too bad they don’t look more like the Memphis airport.
Geminid
@Steve in the ATL: Have you flown into the new Istanbul airport? That’s a busy one.
TS
@Central Planning:
As most comments noted. Comments are much more readable than the opinion.
Suzanne
@Phylllis: I’ve loved the ones I have and don’t really want different ones, but they don’t make the Ghost 16 anymore! But they’re so badly worn.
I am so loath to throw things away that when I packed up to move to PGH in 2020, I still had shoes from high school. I graduated in 1998. I finally did it.
We also found an old copy of Atlas Shrugged in SuzMom’s books. Paper yellow and crumbling. We tore that up to use for packing material for the dishes.
UncleEbeneezer
Just got back from our trip to Cambria. It is a really cool place. We loved it! Hearst Castle was neat but not really our style, design-wise. Renaissance/Gothic always seems super-tacky and the tackiness of Hearst Castle is off the charts.
Cambria itself was awesome. We stayed right off Fiscalini Ranch Preserve and were able to walk out there for the sunset last night. The Sow’s Ear restaurant was fabulous and Boni’s Tacos were really solid (thanks to whichever commenter suggested Boni’s…though the green chile pork were even better than the pastor, imo). In and around Cambria I got so many compliments on my Kamala tee shirts. And I don’t think we saw a single Trump sign/flag etc.
The cities of Harmony, Cuyucos and Morro Bay were all significantly Trumpier, in our experience. I got several weird/dirty looks from people. And we saw way more Trump flags, and Blue Lives, Punisher, These Colors Don’t Run etc., bullshit.
We got to see elephant seals in San Simeon and the rocks off Fiscalini, a couple red-tail hawks (up really close), a couple sea otters in Morro Bay, turkeys, deer and lots of bats. We heard some great-horned owls (we think) at dusk in Fiscalini, but never got a chance to actually see them.
Suzanne
@Yarrow: They’re open tomorrow. I should make some time. I really dislike shopping.
Steve in the ATL
@Geminid: yes, and it’s quite nice!
Frankensteinbeck
@HumboldtBlue:
Things were pretty rough for awhile. Fear of Trump winning had us all on edge.
zhena gogolia
@Frankensteinbeck: I still fear Trump winning.
Spanky
@Honus:
Been a Pirate fan since 1960, when I turned 6.
They haven’t been the same since the end of the Danny Murtaugh era.
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Hopefully it’s a less visceral fear now?
CliosFanboy
How is Thurston? Haven’t seen a dog update on ages.
cain
Anybody see this ?
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/08/29/religious-broadcasters-sue-irs-over-rule-limiting-political-speech-for-nonprofits/
Whiners want to say whatever they want.
dnfree
@geg6: My mother used to redd up the house! I always wondered where that came from. She mostly grew up in West Virginia but considered herself “Pennsylvania Dutch”.
frosty
@Suzanne:
If you ever get down to Baltimore, check out these guys:
https://www.charmcityrun.com/
Geminid
@Steve in the ATL: That’s good to hear. Hopefully it wont get too mussed up when Istanbul gets the big earthquake that they are expecting. The one in 1999 was centered at the eastern end of the Sea of Marmara–“Propontus” in Classical times– and the quakes are said to be moving west. I think the Turkish Straits are a rift valley.
VFX Lurker
@zhena gogolia:
@WaterGirl:
Speaking for myself, I’ll relax after Harris-Walz wins this November. I still remember the shock, hurt and grief of November 2016.
Until then, I’m donating to Balloon-Juice fundraisers, signal-boosting positive Harris-Walz content on social media, writing postcards and wearing Kamala Harris T-Shirts outside of work.
CliosFanboy
@Spanky:
as a Cincinnati fan I feel ya. It’s damn frustrating having owners who settle for mediocre (or worse) teams because they can still make some money.
Steve in the ATL
f@Geminid: we flew into it from Berlin last year and I was expecting a repeat of a 1980’s train ride from Switzerland to Italy where as soon as we crossed the border parts of the train started falling off and suddenly half the passengers had livestock with them. But IST was nice and clean and—most surprising of all—efficient. In fact it was much newer and nicer than BER. And far better currency arbitrage!
Steve in the ATL
@Geminid: if Istanbul starts getting earthquakes, the most likely culprit will be the discos in Beyoglu that blast music externally at ridiculous volumes until six or seven AM.
Chet Murthy
@WaterGirl: “Hopefully it’s a less visceral fear now?”
In the weeks after the debate, I felt that TCFG had a lock on the election. That it would take a miracle for us to pull it out. Today? I still think he’s got a much better chance than in 2016, so I’m still pretty fearful. But he doesn’t have a lock, and so I’m willing to wait and see what the election brings.
But I’m still pretty damn fearful. And all the joy and hope in the Democratic ranks doesn’t change that: I can distinguish between enthusiasm and good odds of success. The former is great, certainly necessary, but doesn’t inevitably lead to the latter.
planetjanet
@Kayla Rudbek: Please tell me you did not go to Glen Echo Park today. I met a couple there who rode a tandem. Very nice people. There just can’t be that many people riding tandems on the Capitol Crescent trail.
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: Every bit as visceral.
Gvg
@Suzanne: Check eBay. Get the tag model of your loved shoe and plug it in. I like older style sketchers. They don’t make them any more. I have found duplicates almost new on eBay. I think some people buy lots of shoes they were twice. Eventually they get sold off. Sometimes I think they may come from estate sales. Anyway the ones I found were over 5 years in the past, possibly 10, because I really wore them a long time and then didn’t throw them away because I didn’t think of eBay for quite awhile. I kept going to shoe stores and hating the new choices.
Kayla Rudbek
@planetjanet: no, we are further west than that. We took Amtrak out to Cumberland yesterday and started riding back east/downstream today.
planetjanet
@Kayla Rudbek: Cool. I will have to check out trails near Cumberland. I have done the Western Maryland Rail Trial that runs through Hancock, MD. Lovely ride.
Kayla Rudbek
@planetjanet: we were on that rail trail today which saved us from being stuck in the thunderstorm, as we managed to up our speed to over 15 miles per hour. That wouldn’t have worked on the gravel canal towpath.
wjca
@R-Jud: Lots of castles would be great!
wjca
Try being an Oakland A’s fan.
Not only is the owner determined to field a Triple A team in the major leagues — no many how many really good players he has to trade away to maintain that level.
He’s now moving them, first to the Triple A Sacramento River Cats stadium temporarily (I think at least 3 years). Then he’s intending to move them to a potential (as in not yet built, or even approved) stadium. In a city which has a Triple A franchise (Las Vegas Aviators) for a reason.
Darkrose
@HumboldtBlue: I feel so old.
mvr
Welcome!
devore
Welcome!
BCHS Class of 1980
Congrats on not getting a speeding ticket through Braxton County.
satby
@CliosFanboy: Because Thurston is in AZ with Joelle.
Princess
@VFX Lurker: Yeah, I agree. Honestly it’s a more visceral fear now tbh. In 2016 I blindly believed Americans couldn’t be so stupid as to vote for Trump. I know that’s not true now. I’m seeing so many similarities between 2016 and now (and some differences, for sure). And Harris’s poll numbers are not as good as Hillary’s were.
Matt McIrvin
@WaterGirl: If Trump outperforms his polls in 2024 to the same degree that he did in 2016 and 2020, he will win (while losing the popular vote, again– that gap will likely be bigger and more absurd than ever).
There are decent reasons to believe it won’t be like that this time, but I would prefer more of a slam dunk, obviously.
Betty Cracker
I am thrilled that R-Jud will be writing for the front page! I’ve always found her comments funny and insightful, and she’s a great writer. I only hope it doesn’t interfere with her podcast output — Bill and I both love “Books of All Time,” which I just recommended to friends yesterday.