“I saw the power of one senator when John McCain took to that floor and said ‘no you don’t.’ He said ‘no you don’t.'”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1350407
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1350407
“The power of just one individual,” Harris marveled. “And Georgia — Columbus — you have the power to send two!”
Glad she’s out there.
Others will have to join her.
And yet others can help as well.
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Hope all our TPM Georgians have taken advantage of early voting. Stay safe and get your friends to the polls.
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“I’m here to say the decision you make, the work you put into it, will impact people you may never meet.”
Yes. And I’m now thinking of the million plus voters who chose McConnell.
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If there is ANY election that should actually be investigated, it’s Mitch’s:
Now I’m not suggesting there is any evidence of anything, there isn’t, it’s just statistical (they’re not saying it either). When I first saw the article, I brushed it aside. But once reading it, strange things happened in Kentucky. Very possible that it’s all legitimate, but so many trends in so many counties completely switched. It’s very odd and probably worth someone taking a look at.
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If a woman in Chuck Taylors doesn’t get a rise out of you you’re dead.
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“Sure, I’ll answer your questions. But first, you really should try this tea.”
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Sheer Brilliance. Keep 'em coming, Biden/Harris!
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Nothing in that article seems inconsistent with Trump-driven increased voter turnout vs. 2016. Trump picked up 124k voters over 2016, while Joe improved on Hillary by 144k.
I don’t see any significant changes in the county-by-county results either, apart from the overall increase in voting. And the author does a lot of apples-to-oranges comparisons, like comparing McConnell’s race to the results in Andy Beshear’s winning gubernatorial race last year.
It’s also not surprising that Amy McGrath got more votes in her race against MConnell than Biden got in his race, since there are surely some number of Trump voters who hate Mitch. He is, after all, quite hateable.
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That’s right. Pokemon Go to the Polls!!!
“I’m not here to tell you what’s in your best interest,” she said. “I’m here to say the decision you make, the work you put into it, will impact people you may never meet.”
Good stuff.
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She is a keeper! 
This will be all about GOTV. I’m concentrating on Fair Fight and the two candidates, like @cervantes. I’ve read that generally the Dems have moved a lot of their resources to GOTV and not so much the airwaves (where #MoscowMitch is doing his best to make them out to be socialist AOCs every day).
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Kamala might also be throwing out a subtle dig at Ted Cruz who has a new book out about how just one Supreme Court judge can make a difference in a number of landmark cases.
I hope Nate is dead wrong.
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Did Kentucky do vote by mail? I blame vote by mail.
Man, she’s gonna be tough to beat in 2024. What Democrats do you guys think will challenge her in the primary?
Ummm… Stargaze much? This woman has a huge challenge ahead of her, and a heavy lift to contribute to the rescue of our democracy and its institutions. I bet if you ask her she has eyes on a single prize: being such an effective Vice-President that Mike Dense will hang his head in shame.
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As of right now the 30 GA counties that voted for Biden in Nov represent 56% of the early votes cast. In Nov., it was 53.3%. The Dem areas of GA are going to participate at a high level. Overall turnout looks like it will be very high. The EV is only running 7% behind the EV for the General Election at the same point in time. I could see overall turnout be 85%-90% of the 2020 GE, which would be over 4 mill votes. There were just under 5 mill votes cast in the General Election.
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