By Joe Cunningham
Ever since Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 race and Kamala Harris took over the campaign, we’ve been told she has all the momentum. Her poll numbers are up, they tell us. There is “joy” and “excitement” for her, they say. After Tuesday night’s debate, he’s done and she’s going to win.
Just a bit of a problem for Harris, though.
The bump in her poll numbers has largely plateaued, and her best polling, the data that shows her ahead of Donald Trump, has her within the margin of error in almost every poll. The joy and excitement is being generated by the Democrats’ key allies in the media, and is not perceptible outside of social media.
And if you want to know how much she “won” the debate, look at the fact that largely every media report from the debate is about what Trump said. No one cares about what Harris said because she never really said anything.
The campaign clearly knows that, despite the hype, it’s a neck-and-neck race between Harris and Trump, and swing state polling gives Trump the advantage still. That’s why they’re bringing out the old tried and true out of the reserves.
That’s right. The Obamas and the Clintons are hitting the campaign trail.
WASHINGTON — Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, along with former first lady Michelle Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are preparing to lend their political star power to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign in the final stretch of the election, according to four people familiar with their plans.
The high-profile surrogates all felt “energized” by their roles in the Democratic National Convention last month and have offered to help the Harris team in any way that would be most helpful, these people said.
According to NBC News, Barack Obama is scheduled to be the main speaker at a fundraiser for Kamala Harris in Los Angeles next Friday. He will also participate in more extensive campaign events the following month. Meanwhile, Michelle Obama will concentrate on boosting voter registration and encouraging turnout in support of Harris, according to sources familiar with their plans.
The Clintons and Obama as well as Harris Not Birds of a Feather even Vultures avoid these types