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.”
The problem is people can get into power even when they’ve already done immoral things. Trump proves that the existing casual appraisal system isn’t working. Every asshole who gets into power makes it easier for the next, partly because they are able to chip away at the mechanisms of democracy. Now trump is a king and its pretty much over.
There should be radical change and a much greater onus on the personal qualities of future leaders, as there used to be.
I hope you can at least agree that leaders ought to be held to the highest standards of integrity? Even in my lifetime Clinton was forced to quit over a BJ.