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(D) Kamala Harris
(R) Donald Trump
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(D) Diana DeGette*
(R) V. Archuleta
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CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Marshall Dawson
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CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd
(D) Adam Frisch
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CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
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40%
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August 05, 2024 10:22 AM UTC
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Tim Walz checks a lot of boxes for me.
Has announcement location been correlated to VP pick in the past? I'm not sure. It could just as easily be that they set the announcement in Philly so that Shapiro could be there to pledge his support and quiet anyone discontented by him not being picked.
There's no real historical correlation between location and candidate. It would be weird, though, to NOT pick Shapiro if the announcement is in his back yard.
I lean slightly to Kelly, but look at the three faces in the picture and tell me which one best says "Happy Days are Here Again?"
It'll be Shapiro.
At least Shapiro may lock up PA's electoral votes. But alas, the Squad has issued a Fatwah prohibiting Harris from selecting Shapiro because he is too Jewish.
My guess is that Harris follows Richard Nixon's strategy in selecting someone who does no harm …. in the polls, that is.
In 1968, Tricky Dick faced a dilemma. If he selected Rockefeller, the right wing would bolt. And if he selected Reagan, the left wing would bolt (once upon a time, boys and girls, the GOP had a left wing). So, he went with someone relatively unknown who offended neither wing.
Voilá …. I give to you Spiro Agnew.
I thought you liked centrists.
A fatwah, seriously?
Tim Walz looks too old. He is only 60, but looks older.
I don't know, I don't care.
ALL of the candidates are better than JD Vance. ALL of the candidates are much more lucid than DJ Trump. To the extent that a VP can help during the campaign, all of them seem to have positives that can be played up, and none of them have Agnew- or Eagleton-sized problems.
Apparently, those on Kamala's social media will get a text tomorrow shortly before she and Mr. X stroll on the stage at the PA event.
The one goal, and only goal, is to defeat the Orange Blob in November. Everything else should be a sideshow.
What happened to Beshear? He seems to have vanished from the list.
He still in the Colorado Pols ballot (and the smartest pick)
Probably the smartest pick would be Buttigieg. Man! He's frickin' smart!
One year after he took his oath of office, President George Washington wrote a letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Rhode Island, known today as the Touro Synagogue. He gave assurance to the Jewish community that in this fledgling democracy, religious “tolerance” would give way to religious liberty and “United States gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.”. Essentially pledging that there would be no place for antisemitism in this new nation. Today, I am concerned if President Washington’s vow is still as strong as when he wrote that letter 234 years ago.
Each year as we sit down at our Passover seder we are reminded in the Haggadah: “In each and every generation they rise up against us to destroy us. And the Holy One, blessed be He, rescues us from their hands.” Ever since October 7th, the vitriolic rise in antisemitism has been exponential here in the United States. According to the Anti-Defamation League anti-Jewish hate crimes have increased over 360%. We’ve seen it in major cities, and across college campuses.
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjiman Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress on July 24th, antisemitic protestors engaged in vile hatred not just against Jews and Israel, but against our country as well. They defiled our national monuments, vandalizing them with spray paint stating, “Hamas is coming”. They defaced a replica of the Liberty Bell and tore down the American flag in front of the Union Station, set it on fire and replaced it with the PLO/Palestinian flag.
And while all of this was happening, as Netanyahu spoke to our legislators, a large majority of Democrats chose to be absent, including the presumptive Presidential Nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. Some used scheduling conflicts as their excuse, others outrightly boycotted the address.
In 2017, we saw the horrific racist and antisemitic demonstrators in Charlottesville, VA at the Unite the Right rally. Brazen protesters wearing swastikas, and marchers with torches, chanting “Blood and Soil” and “Jews will not replace us” were heard around the world. In the aftermath of it, then President Trump called these jack-booted haters “fine people”. And this was the impetus that brought Joe Biden to run for President and draw us back from the abyss.
Now, seven years later, we are fighting antisemitism from the right and the left. Progressives aligning themselves with the most illiberal propaganda and terrorist groups sponsored by Iran, and far right extremists like the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers in the conservative camp taking part in the insurrection on January 6th.
So, what are we to do with both parties? Both will try to make themselves look good by pandering to us in some way or another. And it is not enough that both nominees have Jewish family members. And although the Republicans took their bow addressing antisemitism at their convention, the question now is how the Democrats will handle it. And they have a bigger problem.
So, I have some advice.
In 1996, Senator Bob Dole addressed the Republican National Convention. In his nomination acceptance speech, he acknowledged the perception that the GOP was restrictive of people of color or non-Christians, and he said this: “The Republican Party is broad and inclusive. It represents many streams of opinion and many points of view. But if there's anyone who has mistakenly attached themselves to our party in the belief that we are not open to citizens of every race and religion, then let me remind you, tonight this hall belongs to the Party of Lincoln. And the exits which are clearly marked are for you to walk out of as I stand this ground without compromise”.
If the Democrats are smart, it would be wise for the titular heads of their party, be it President Biden or Kamala Harris, to take a cue from Senator Dole and speak with the same conviction at their convention, on August 19th, with a full-throated support for Israel and excoriation of antisemitism from within their ranks, and show them the exits too.
Anything less, will fall copiously short.
I will be listening. I hope you will too.
Thank you for this post. Well written and thought provoking.
Your post is well written, but has several logical flaws:
1. Criticism of Netanyahu, or his actions such as suppressing democracy in Israel, oe waging a war of extinction against Palestinian children, does not equal anti-semitsm.
. 2. Progressives have as wide as spectrum of political beliefs and alignments as any other group. Again, progressive criticism of the overreaction in Palestine, ( 37,000 dead to 1200 dead)) , does not necessarily equal alignment with a terrorist group, including Hamas. Protesting the continuation and expansion of the war n civilians in Gaza does not equal antisemitism.
Sorry … the parties are NOT equivalent in the extent of their problem.
P.S. Bob Dole would not be welcome in the present incarnation of the “Republican” party.
It’s Walz , say AP sources.
Definitely the opposite of JD Vance. I was rooting for Shapiro since he is younger. Maybe Walz' age is reassuring for mature voters.
Mid-West mildness – Tour of Rural America.
MAGA and Fox News have taken over rural America, but surely there are a lot of common-sense, normies outside the urban & suburban blue zones. Apparently Walz shows well with rural audiences.
Maybe small-town courtesy would be a good antidote to screaming culture wars.
Amen …
Walz has taken a variety of positions and then explained how they make good sense to people throughout the community, those of EVERY political ideology. For example, the "every kid gets access to breakfast and lunch at school" programs rely on appeals to educational equality and access, a focus on the investment for the future rather than seeing it as a "big government" / liberal spending program, and the reality that collecting nickles and dimes is not the best use of school staff's time.