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More Good News for the Harris/Walz Ticket from Liz Cheney, Goldman-Sachs, and Alan Lichtman
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It is starting to feel an awful lot like Christmas for the Harris/Walz Campaign.
Over the last 48 hours, the Campaign has received major endorsements from Liz Cheney, Goldman-Sachs, and the renowned predictor of Presidential Elections, historian Alan Lichtman.
Earlier, Jimmy McCain, son of the late Senator and 2008 Presidential Nominee endorsed the Harris/Walz Ticket.
Cheney announced her support at Duke University yesterday.
In her comments, she said:
"Because we are here in North Carolina, it is crucial to recognize not only what I said about the danger Trump poses something that should prevent people from voting for him. But I don't believe we have the luxury of writing in candidates names, particularly in swing states. As a conservative. As someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this and because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris."
Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs has endorsed the Harris/Walz and Democratic economic plans, saying theirs would contribute to larger growth for the economy over Mr. Trump's one that would impose price-busting tariffs on consumers.
Finally, it is here.
Historian Alan Lichtman has unveiled his prediction for who will win the 2024 Presidential election based on his 13 keys.
He sees, largely based on the economy, no internal squabble among Democrats following the Biden withdrawal, no major third-party challenge, and Mr. Trump's catering to his MAGA base, a Harris Victory this November.
Please click here to see the New York Times video where he explains his findings.
While these are all positive developments for the Harris/Walz ticket and the trend lines are pointing North for them and Democrats in just over 60 days, it is important to avoid complacency.
The Vice President is right when she tells her supporters that they are the underdogs and not leave anything to chance.
Trump Says He Treated the Economy Like His Company; Enough Said
In a rambling and widely perceived incoherent and fantasy-based speech, Donald 'Really Not a Stable Genius' Trump told members of the New York Economic Club:
"For four straight years, I fought for American workers like I would fight for my own family. I took care of our economy like I would take care of my own company."
As President Joe Biden would say, here's the thing. As the below post attests, everything Trump touches has resulted in either bankruptcy, closure, or court-ordered receivership.
Let's not forget how he left the country at the end of his first term with his expanded national debt thanks to his reckless tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals and corporations, three new Supreme Court Justices that would take away reproductive freedom, a MAGA movement that would allow guns in schools while banning library books, millions out of work largely thanks to his ineptitude and mismanagement of the COVID crisis and election denialism that resulted in the January 6 2021 Domestic Insurrectionist Attack on the Nation's Capitol.
Mr. Trump also did not distinguish himself when asked about funding child care in his second term giving a response that started off fine but then deteriorated into a rambling and incoherent mess.
Trump's current Vice Presidential Pick, JD Vance added fuel to the out-of-touch fire by suggesting at a Turning Point sponsored event in Arizona that the key to solving child care is for grandparents to do more.
As Laurie Roberts of AZ Central said, "Way to snag that senior vote."
Keep going boys.
Trump also suggested that sanctions on rogue nations like Russia and Iran were bad for the dollar and he would remove them after a short while.
Meanwhile...In the world of reality...
Bidenomics is still working.
President Joe Biden journeyed to Rural Wisconsin yesterday (September 5, 2024) to announce a "$7.3 billion for Clean, Affordable, Reliable Electricity for Rural America; The Largest Investment in Rural Electrification Since the New Deal."
This move is possible thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation Vice President Kamala Harris secured with a tie-breaking vote because no Republican voted for it.
This Rural Electrification Program, according to a White House Press Release would:
"...deliver clean, more affordable and more resilient electricity to approximately 5 million rural co-op members representing 20 percent of rural households, farms, businesses and schools. These 16 cooperatives will benefit rural residents across 23 states, serving farmers, small businesses, and rural communities in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming."
In comments to attendees at his announcement in Wisconsin, President Biden mocked Trump and his broken promises to fix America's Infrastructure, including in Racine, Wisconsin.
Also, the economy added 142,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent. Wages also rose.
AUGUST MAKES 42 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF JOB GROWTH.
In other words, the entirety of the Biden/Harris Administration has been marked with job growth.
Can not say that about the Trump Administration.
Finally, the Harris/Walz Opportunity Economic agenda, with its emphasis on affordable housing, expanding the Child and Earned Income Tax Credits, and small business assistance with measures including a $50,000 assistance tax credit, is getting good reviews.
Goldman Sachs has already forecast that the Harris/Walz Economic policies will better the economy over the Trump/Vance plans.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance's remarks over the last couple of days probably did not help their cause on that score.
Investor Mark Cuban praised her in comments to CNBC, saying that she has spoken more about helping small businesses than other recent Presidential candidates.
At Phoenix and Tucson events of local leaders in Arizona, they also praised the Harris/Walz Economic Agenda.
State Representative Seth Blattman commented:
“The Vice President is giving entrepreneurs $50,000 in tax relief so folks can realize that dream. But she’s not stopping there. She’s also going to cut unnecessary red tape so we can help spur 25 million new business applications in her first term. This election, we all have a choice to make. We can choose an economy built for Donald Trump and the ultra-rich, or we can choose an economy built for you and me, for the hardworking, middle-class families who make up the backbone of America.”
State Representative Betty Villegas offered:
"This election is a choice between standing up for workers, small business owners, and everyday Americans – and hurting the American people in order to prop up the richest of the rich. That’s why I’m voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Walz who have a plan to cut red tape and provide $50,000 in tax relief to Americans who want to start a business, which will spur millions of new business applications across the country."
Buendia Breakfast & Lunch Café owner Julio Garcia relayed:
"We started this business in 2021 as a dream between my wife and I to serve not only food but to provide an experience to all families. Vice President Harris' proposal will help small business owners like us continue to achieve our dreams and strengthen our businesses."
CO+HOOTS owner Jenny Poon said:
“Vice President Harris is making it clear that she knows that small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and is committed to taking down the hurdles that prevent local entrepreneurs from getting their businesses off the ground.
Sunday, September 1, 2024
On CNN Kamala Harris Sounded Like LBJ in Praising the Biden/Harris Economic Record
When President Lyndon Johnson gave his first address to Congress following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, he uttered these three words that conveyed to the American People and the Citizens of the World how he would govern.
Those words were "Let us Continue."
From this address, Lyndon Johnson built on the successes and unfulfilled promises of President Kennedy's New Frontier and launched the Great Society and War on Poverty Programs that gave the American People modern civil rights, voting rights, Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, and PBS or in other words, all the progressive programs Trump Project 2025 supporters would like to purge from the national memory and fiscal ledger.
Tonight, in a joint interview with Governor Tim Walz on CNN, the Vice President did her own version of "Let Us Continue" in praising President Biden and the Biden/Harris Economic Record while asserting she would build on those successes.
In this excerpt after Dana Bash asked the Vice President to address those voters who liked lower prices under Trump, Harris replied:
"Well, let's start with the fact that when Joe Biden and I came into office, during the height of the pandemic, we saw over ten million jobs were lost...We were all tracking the numbers. Hundreds of people a day were dying because of COVID. The economy had crashed, in large part because of mismanagement by Donald Trump of that crisis. When we came in, our highest priority was to do what we could to rescue America, and today, we know that we have inflation under three percent. A lot of our policies have led to the reality that a lot of our policies have led to America recovering faster than any wealthy nation around the world."
"But you are right. Prices, in particular for groceries are still too high. The American People know it. I know it. Which is why my agenda includes what we need to do to bring down the price of groceries. For example, dealing with an issue like price gouging. What we need to do to extend the Child Tax Credit to help young families to be able to take care of their children in their most formative years. What we need to do to bring down the cost of housing. My proposal includes what would be a tax credit of $25,000 for first-time home buyers so they can just have enough to put a down payment on a home which is part of the American Dream and their aspiration. But do it in a way that allows them to achieve that goal and that dream."
When CNN's Dana Bash challenged Harris on why the Biden/Harris Administration has not adopted her proposals already, the Vice President skillfully pushed back on the question in the below excerpt, saying:
"Well, first of all, we had to recover as an economy and we have done that. I'm very proud of the work we have done that has brought inflation down to less than three percent. The work that we have done to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors. Donald Trump said he was going to do a number of things including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. Never happened. We did it..."
When Bash followed up by asking the Vice President if she thought Bidenomics was a success, Harris responded:
"I maintain that when we do the work of bringing down prescription medication for the American People, including capping the cost of the annual cost of prescription medication for seniors at $2,000. When we do what we did in the first year of being in office to extend the Child Tax Credit so that we cut child poverty in America by over 50 percent. When we do what we have done to invest in the American People by bringing manufacturing back to the United States so that we created over 800,000 new manufacturing jobs. Bringing business back to America. What we have done to improve the supply chain so we're not relying on foreign governments to supply American Families with their basic needs. I'll say that it's good work. There's more to do but that's good work."
In this final clip below, the Vice President praises the legacy and character of President Joe Biden, saying:
"I think history is going to show a number of things about Joe Biden's Presidency. I think history is going to show that in so many ways it was transformative be it on what we have accomplished around finally being able to invest in America's infrastructure, investing in new economies, in new industries. What we have done to bring our allies back together and have confidence in who we are as America and grow that alliance. What we have done to stand true to our principles including one of the most important international rules and norms which is the importance of sovereignty and territorial integrity."
"And I think history is going to show that, not only has Joe Biden led an Administration that has achieved those extraordinary successes but the character of the man is one that he has been in his life and career, including as a President, quite selfless and puts the American People first."
To quote President Lyndon Johnson from November 27, 1963:
"Let us Continue
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