Summary
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has criticized the Harris-Walz 2024 presidential campaign for playing it too “safe,” saying they should have held more in-person events and town halls.
In a Politico interview, Walz—known for labeling Trump and Vance as “weird”—blamed their cautious approach partly on the abbreviated 107-day campaign timeline after Harris became the nominee in August.
Using football terminology, he said Democrats were in a “prevent defense” when “we never had anything to lose, because I don’t think we were ever ahead.”
While acknowledging his share of responsibility for the loss, Walz is returning to the national spotlight and didn’t rule out a 2028 presidential run, saying, “I’m not saying no.”
Not voting for Harris when you voted for Biden cannot be explained by anything that has to do with Palestinians.
If I believed what you were saying, then I wouldn’t even bother voting.
In a democracy you always vote for the least bad option. There will never be a perfect party for every single person.
Not voting for Harris after having voted for Biden means choosing Trump as a better choice than Harris.
How’s that working out for the Palestinians?
I voted for Harris, so I reckon my vote worked as well as yours for the Palestinians.
My point is that if I were so cynical to think we can only win by appealing to the worse in our party, then I wouldn’t bother defending democracy. At that point it is not simply a matter of voting for the lesser evil, but telling your neighbors that is is okay to be a racist misogynist.
I do believe in democracy, which is why I ask for more, not less.
My point is, still, that the people who voted for Biden but sat out voting for Harris most definitely made a choice. You’re living that choice right now (together with Palestinians, Ukrainians etc).
A lot of the people I could not convince to vote this round were cynical because of the pandering to the racists and billionaires. Appealing to the worse demotivates any base of people who have rectitude, if this was not the case, then the party would not represent a lesser evil.
So what was the effect of their non-vote with regards to “racists and billionaires”. Did they do better or worse than they would’ve under Harris?
Look, you are welcome to have that conversation with non-voters (I am not one of them), but you aren’t saying anything I haven’t already said to them. Maybe that tactic isn’t working?