As VP Kamala Harris announces her veep pick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Ninth Circuit provides another reminder of the contingent nature of this moment.
Yes, nations manage to have an election cycle even less than the reduced time Harris is having and in the long run it seems like a positive development. It is different when we are starting from scratch -- Harris was the likely choice -- but our campaign system is still too long.
In the UK, political campaigns are limited to just six weeks. In the U. S., Donald J. Trump has been campaigning … NON-STOP … since 2015, if not before. He may need the attention, America does w.
Should read: “In the U.K., political campaigns are limited to just six weeks. In the U. S., Donald J. Trump has been campaigning … NON-STOP … since 2025, if not before. He may need the attention, America does not.”
If Republicans win Comstock is the law of the land. If they refuse to change their policies on reproductive health care when it's hurting them in an election campaign, one can only imagine how emboldened they will be if they actually win that election. They have yet to deny their Christian Nationalist wing anything it wants.
"Mayyyyyybe campaigns don’t need to — and shouldn’t — take more than a year?"
That's just kooky talk. Can you imaging the effect on the economy if all those campaign consultants and staffers and pollsters didn't have a job for the full 18 months of the average federal election?
Yes, nations manage to have an election cycle even less than the reduced time Harris is having and in the long run it seems like a positive development. It is different when we are starting from scratch -- Harris was the likely choice -- but our campaign system is still too long.
In the UK, political campaigns are limited to just six weeks. In the U. S., Donald J. Trump has been campaigning … NON-STOP … since 2015, if not before. He may need the attention, America does w.
Should read: “In the U.K., political campaigns are limited to just six weeks. In the U. S., Donald J. Trump has been campaigning … NON-STOP … since 2025, if not before. He may need the attention, America does not.”
Apologies.
Saw today where many are
advocating 100 days for
campaigns. All in for Harris
and Walz. A very good pick
pickfor VP and one I think a
who will be active in his job.
If Republicans win Comstock is the law of the land. If they refuse to change their policies on reproductive health care when it's hurting them in an election campaign, one can only imagine how emboldened they will be if they actually win that election. They have yet to deny their Christian Nationalist wing anything it wants.
"Mayyyyyybe campaigns don’t need to — and shouldn’t — take more than a year?"
That's just kooky talk. Can you imaging the effect on the economy if all those campaign consultants and staffers and pollsters didn't have a job for the full 18 months of the average federal election?
On Dobbs in general - so much for avoiding chaos (aside: they're actually Thelemite chaos Magicians)
When will we learn who’s on the en banc panel?