As in previous campaigns, some historian or journalist will write a version of “The making of a President, 2020.” My guess is than an honest author will look back at the two things that Mr. Biden did wrong.
First, he picked Kamala Harris for vice president. She does not add a single vote to his effort. Also, she is hurt by the reality that Biden will be the oldest president if he assumes office. You can’t blame voters for looking beyond Biden and wondering what a Harris presidency would look like.
Second, Biden gave up “the law and order” issue. In fact, his speech did not a say a word about it. Not even a “thumbs up” for the men and women protecting us from coast to coast.
President Trump hit the right points in his speech. I thought that it was a bit too long, but that’s me. Nevertheless, it was a good speech as Stephen Kruiser wrote:
It’s easy to see why the Dems were running around barking “Hatch Act!” like scared chihuahuas all week. That speech with that backdrop was light years beyond that hostage-situation video that the DNC ended on last week.
Yes, it was a great week for the GOP and let’s see how much campaigning Joe Biden will actually do.
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The root problem with the VP pick is that it HAD to be a black (enough) female no matter what, which is like insisting on a lesbian redhead no matter what. Harris was a “compromise” choice given her distinctly problematic rivals, but the point is it was a no-win situation, a case of political calculation at its worst, which inspires ZERO confidence.
Trump’s speech was not too long. It had a job to do. The Democrat convention was 8 plus hours of insults and lies about Trump.
The convention speakers took care of most of those lies. Beautifully.
Then Trump had to put the kibosh on everything bad said about him. So he used the speech to refute every lie the dems told.
It was masterful and it was long because there were a lot flies to refute.
And if that wasn’t enough, the fireworks spelled out Trump 2020. How did they do that?
And cherry on top, The opera singer sang Vincero – I will Win. A dig at the left. Brilliant!