So we are learning that just like the President knew how serious COVID would be, did nothing and let the virus spread uncontrollably, we may be in the midst of a similar DC/national outbreak now that he knew about, kept quiet, allowed to spread and it is taking off.
The DC govt, @MayorBowser needs to holding a press conference today, now, explaining what the plan is to contain the spread of what could be a massive outbreak.
We are seeing 2nd order vectors - Indiana, Ohio, the campaign/RNC, US Senate - this thing has already spread.
There is legit reason to believe the President knew he was positive and was infectious on Tuesday. His crazy debate performance; Melania wearing a mask into the debate hall; that 11 people in Cleveland who were involved in the debate are COVID positive. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1…
It is literally unbelievable given how many lives are at stake here the Administration isn't being straight with us.
And doesn't the WH/Secret Service/Intel community have an obligation to inform Biden of potential threats to his life?
Severity of President's symptoms suggest infection is not recent. Poss timeline:
Fri week ago - POTUS infects RNC Chair
Sat - POTUS infects many at ACB event
Mon/Tue - POTUS infects campaign staff, Hicks, Cleveland workers
Thur - POTUS symptomatic
Likely 1st pos test Mon/Tue.
Know there's a lot going- but hope someone is working on whether the President has caused a new and serious national COVID outbreak, and whether anyone is doing anything (@SecAzar@MayorBowser) to stop its spread.
Heading into Election night, Trump:
- is not leading in the battleground early vote
- is not leading in the polls or w/most forecasters
- did not raise more money, have more volunteers, or have anywhere as big crowds as Harris
There is no data right now suggesting he's winning
Some Election Day thoughts:
- Ds been overperforming since Dobbs, likely to do so again today. Dobbs before/after moment in US politics.
- Early vote, polling got better for Harris this week. Ds enter E-D in stronger battleground EV position than 2020. Encouraging sign. 1/
- The money, sweat and power of Dem grassroots needs far more attention. Dems now have a structural hard dollar advantage up/down the ticket, giving us bigger, more muscular campaigns w/vastly more volunteers.
VP @KamalaHarris has just turned in one of the greatest performances by an American politician in modern history. So many things could have tripped her up. None of them did. Extraordinary candidate, extraordinary campaign. She will be a great President for all of us. 3/
Via TargetEarly, it is now official - Dems head into E-Day in a stronger position in the battleground early vote than 2020. More D post-Dobbs overperformance.
Rs big campaign to make gains in the early vote has failed, and their EV "memos" are just pure bullshit.
Cannot overstate how delusional and full of lying and fuckery Trump/right spin has been:
- flooding the zone with red wave polls
- outright lies about the early vote
- memory holing 2 1/2 years of GOP poll underperformance incl Trump
- Polymarket Voodoo!
I go deeper into latest polling/early vote data below.
The bottom line - the election is clearly breaking towards us now. Harris just had best week of polling. Early vote is good, keeps getting better. Red wave polls sign of Trumpian desperation.
Early vote notes, via TargetEarly:
- Ds running much better in battleground than natl early vote (=better campaign)
- Ds running even w/Rs in battleground vs. 2020
- Ds running ahead of 2020 in GA/MI/NE-2/WI
- Ds closing gap in AZ/NC/NV/PA
Rs not winning battleground early vote
And a general reminder that Rs would not be flooding the zone with dozens of polls and creating betting market voodoo if they believed they were winning the election and everything was fine. You only cheat when you are losing.
When I say AZ/NC/NV/PA are closing the gap I mean against how we are performed there vs 2020. While we have a lead in the raw vote in PA, we are not performing there as well as we did in 2020. All of this data is vs. 2020.
Red wave 2024 update:
- 70+ polls in the averages, 31 right-aligned groups have released polls since August
- Polymarket, Elon 2024 escalations
- Late last week they worked the natl polling average, moved it down, started spinning early vote hard 👇 1/ hopiumchronicles.com/p/vp-harris-an…
Part of their new efforts to drive the natl polling average down is addition of a TIPP daily tracking poll. Predictably, and perhaps comically, it showed the race - all of a sudden! - breaking to Trump after 6 weeks of a remarkably stable race and a bad media week for Trump 2/
Last Wed I did a polling roundup. Polling continued to be remarkably stable. 538 natl average actually ticked up for us that week. We were +4 and stable in Econ/YouGov, +5 in Marist, +4 in Morning Consult, NYT, +3 CBS, ABC. Steady as she goes. 3/ hopiumchronicles.com/p/2-new-polls-…
Trump may be a rapist, fraudster, traitor and 34 times felon but he is leading in the polls and is strong.
Trump may be a dangerous extremist, a bigot, misogynist and a racist but he is leading in the polls and is strong. 2/
Trump may want to end the global economy which has made us prosperous, end the Western alliance which has kept us safe, end American democracy which has kept us free but he is leading in the polls and is strong. 3/