Quid pro quo Joe?

Andrew McCarthy: "Trump victory should be death knell for Democrats' lawfare - Will Democrats learn the lawfare lesson?"

Let's make a deal:

President Biden could provide a powerful example of statesmanship — he could finally, on the cusp of leaving office, act like the unifying president he promised to be at the start — by pardoning his predecessor and successor. It would certainly make it easier for the nation to accept the president’s inevitable pardon of his son, Hunter, who is awaiting sentence on gun and tax charges. It could also provide the political space Gov. Kathy Hochul would need to pardon Trump over the caterwauling of New York progressives — hopefully, Democrats are reading the returns showing inroads Trump made with their traditional constituencies in the Empire State.

Lawfare was terrible for the country. The resounding win Americans have given Trump should be its death knell.

Trump for Hunter?  Joe should take that deal since all of Trump's ridiculous cases are going to be thrown out on appeal.

Nice work if you can get it

By the way, so far this week Joe Biden has completed the following tasks:

1) Made a phone call.

Prediction

Now that I'm done with election predictions, here's a new one: Biden will pardon Hunter.

He might as well just do it today and get it over with.  We know it's going to happen.

Spot on, man, spot on

Adam Coleman: "Trump's Massive Win Is A Referendum On What The Democratic Party Is No Longer - They lost the plot and abandoned liberal values, common sense, and the working class"

Cardi B's public endorsement doesn't impact the decision of someone who has less than $400 in their savings and praying they won't have a financial emergency. No one gives a damn about what millionaires in Hollywood want or who they support when we are trying to survive.

Great essay.  Americans have had enough.

Trump wins - mainstream media hardest hit

Honestly, I was 99% sure that Trump was going to win.  For months I said this would be a "fundamentals" election where Americans were going to vote against the horrible record of the Biden-Harris administration and return to the "mean tweets" era of Trump.  People don't give a damn about that stuff when it costs them 20% more at the supermarket checkout line.

But never in my 50+ years have I seen such an onslaught of negative coverage as the mainstream media over the past year.  My God.  There's a reason (as Jeff Bezos noted) they're considered less trustworthy than used car salesmen.  I'd like to believe the MSM would reflect on their biases but they had a chance in 2016 and blew it. 

One other benefit from Trump's victory: we'll be spared the impassioned essays on the electoral college since it looks like Trump also won the popular vote.

Win-win baby!

God bless America

They impeached Trump twice.
They arrested him four times.
They took him off the ballot.
They tried to kiII him twice.
They he won a landslide.

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 6, 2024

Programming update

We've arrived in the point in the evening where I've switched over from Fox News to MSNBC to laugh at the meltdown.

Prediction: 312-226

I meant to post this earlier but I predicted this about a week ago at least in a text thread with my college roommate.

For the record, I feel pretty sure about Pennsylvania and Wisconsin but I'm on the fence with Michigan which could go either way.  If I'm wrong about Michigan, it's still 297-241 for Trump.

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.

The Paper of Record

Babylon Bee: "Biden Calls On Deplorable Garbage Nazis To Tone Down The Rhetoric." 

Well, this is interesting

Red State: "Renowned Liberal Author Naomi Wolf Endorses 'More Inclusive' Trump."

Wolf confesses that all her information about Trump had been "filtered through the legacy media" but now she sees him differently. 

Joe Biden thinks you're garbage, America

Well, half of America:

This guy

NY Post: "Trump rides in 'big, beautiful' MAGA garbage truck after Biden attack on his supporters."

Legendary, man.

Extra - Hot Air: "Harris Campaign: Biden Garbage Comment No Big Deal."  Sure thing, Kammy.

Dementia Joe rides again

Fox News: "Biden calls Trump supporters 'garbage' during Harris campaign call as VP calls for unity at Ellipse rally - 'Shades of Hillary’s deplorables… I repeat: Lots of 2016 vibes in this election,' one X commenter said." 

It seems like Biden's mental decline has accelerated over the past couple months.  No wonder Kamala doesn't want him on the campaign trail.  

USA Today + 200

Ace: "Oof: Now USA Today and the 200 Newspapers Owned by Gannett Will Also Withhold Their Presidential Endorsement."

It sure is strange how all these national newspapers have withheld Presidential endorsements out of principle this election season.

This guy gets it

CNBC: "Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post non-endorsement, says Americans ‘don’t trust’ media."

So very true.  Say, has Jennifer Rubin resigned yet?

One-trick pony

They never learn.

Shot: "Yes, Some Democrats Are Tired of the Hitler Comparisons Too."

Chaser: "Unhinged attacks on the candidate and his voters helped him win in 2016. They may do so again."

Democrats are having a panic attack as Donald Trump pulls ahead in national and battleground polls with a little more than a week to go. Three surveys in the past week show that voters rate him more favorably than Kamala Harris, and Gallup found that his positive rating has hit 50% for the first time in his three campaigns.

All of this comes despite, and perhaps because of, unhinged Democratic attacks on him and a partisan press that doesn’t attempt to disguise its bias. Mr. Trump is suddenly becoming a sympathetic antihero.

Trump bumped up another 0.1% in the RCP popular average today.  Keep it up, Dems.

Where's the joy?

Infantalizing

Women!  You are strong and confident girl bosses!  Watch out world!

Also: "Julia Roberts Reminds Women They Don’t Have to Tell Their Husbands They Voted for Harris."