The double advantage of Biden going to Kenosha is that it’s (a) effective and (b) a highly visible way to end all the “Biden wont leave his basement” nonsense. https://twitter.com/McDeereUSA/status/1298650030040059906">https://twitter.com/McDeereUS...
Remember in Sept 2008 when Obama went to the White House to discuss the financial crisis and it ended up boosting him because the public saw him as more presidential than McCain? Same move here for Biden and Kenosha. And Trump is frozen in DC because of the convention.
Again, acknowledging the crudeness of the political calculation I’m doing here, it seems to me that if indeed Biden is struggling with black male voters, this is an opening to establish a connection and secure support. https://twitter.com/redistrict/status/1298733712692084744">https://twitter.com/redistric...
Alternatively, an excellent moment for Harris. https://twitter.com/astonvillausa/status/1298785774373138432">https://twitter.com/astonvill...
I know it& #39;s nearly impossible to get one& #39;s head around, but there& #39;s a decent chance that Biden ends up suffering more politically from Kenosha than Trump does from Covid. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/us/kenosha-wisconsin-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/2...
Here’s George Packer making many of the same points I set out in this thread. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/how-biden-loses/615835/">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc...