The DJT proxy vote

The Trump Media group stock is soaring in after-hour trading:

Economy is #1 issue and most say it sucks

Twitchy: "CNN's Chris Wallace Says It Would Take a 'Miracle' for Kamala to Win As First Exit Polls Released." 

The Paper of Record

Kamala Harris Confused By Process Where She Needs To Get Votes To Be Selected https://t.co/SpaxZbzZWn pic.twitter.com/NHa3uNhDqY

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 5, 2024

Good encapsulation

Unreported Truths: "Why I'm voting for Donald J. Trump - He is an imperfect vessel - to say the least - but the country needs change." 

Extra - This one is good too from Clay Travis: "Why I'm voting for Donald Trump."  His #2 bullet point is "Democrats broke 250 years of American precedent by trying to put their chief political rival in prison for the rest of his life."  This one has a lot of resonance with me: the lawfare against Trump was just absolutely ridiculous from paying back loans to the mystery "second crime" to advance the hush-money trial to the raid at Mar-a-Lago.

If only Trump had been a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory" he could have gotten off scot-free!

NY Times focus groups say...

New York Times: "Our 61 Focus Groups Make Me Think Trump Has a Good Chance of Winning."

A main takeaway from our groups is that a cross-section of independents, Republicans and Democrats liked how America was under Mr. Trump — they liked the economy, the perception of relative global stability, the restraint of divided government and the image that this outsider businessman was not beholden to Washington insiders, lobbyists and big money (the unholy trio of turpitude for many of our participants). There were plenty of things that they didn’t like about Mr. Trump — his behavior and tweets most of all — but those didn’t matter as much. Then Covid happened and Americans wanted a more stable leader. Listening to all of these voters over the years, I can’t help but feel that Mr. Trump probably would have been re-elected in 2020 if not for Covid. And his refusal to concede the 2020 election and his behavior on Jan. 6 turned our focus group participants against him more than anything else he did. Perhaps that will be enough to defeat him this week.

As for Mr. Biden’s challenges, one of the signal failures of his administration has been telling Americans that the economy was getting better and better. They kept telling us: Not for me. Americans hate inflation, full stop. If there was a common denominator for our groups across 2022, 2023 and 2024, it was experiencing and loathing inflation, such that I see it as the single most important fact of life in Tuesday’s election. That can’t be overstated.

I feel like I've been saying for a year now that this will be a "fundamentals" election where Americans may be put off by Trump's boorish behavior but conclude that peace and prosperity are more important.

Most accurate 2020 pollster says...

NY Post: "Trump leading Harris in every swing state: new poll."

Very close in every state, but you'd prefer to be Trump here.  Go and vote.  

Back to the basement, Joey

Red State: "Kamala Harris Tells Joe Biden to Take a Hike, Cancels His Campaign Events." 

I wonder if this will get the same attention as that PR joke

NY Post: "Tim Walz refers to Elon Musk as ‘that gay guy’ – his campaign claims he misspoke."

The word "gay" probably has an apostrophe here.

Why Kamala didn't go on Rogan

Because she would have to answer questions.  Wall Street Journal: "Kamala Harris Runs From Economic Reality - Voters are worried about border security and inflation but all she wants to talk about is ‘fascism.’"

Whatever her proposals, Ms. Harris’s overriding problem is that she can’t run away from the Biden administration’s record. Her campaign’s closing message is that Mr. Trump is a fascist threat to the republic, which is something you come up with when you can’t defend what your administration has been doing for the past four years about inflation, the economy, border security and other issues that voters care most about. Ms. Harris has spent a lot of time ducking serious interviews and deflecting tough questions so that she could focus on telling people what they already know about Donald Trump. Will it work? Not if Mr. Trump’s own closing message resonates.

The mainstream media is going to try to drag her husk over the finish line.

These MFs in the MSM

How do these people look at themselves in the mirror?
Do they have even a shred of self-respect?
This is "1984 Ministry of Truth" level lying. https://t.co/QOAJAYvUWv

— Sam Alexander (@TiredOldManinAL) November 1, 2024

The apostrophe whisperer

Jonathan Turley: "Dumpster Fire: White House Press Office Faced Internal Criticism Over the Rewriting of President Biden’s Garbage Comments."

Ace: "White House Orders Government Stenographers to Alter the Transcript of Biden's "Garbage" Comments, Turning the Historical Record Into a Democrat Lie."

I'm old enough to remember when Democrats flipped out over Trump using a Sharpie on a map.