Storm Lake Pilot: Harris Could Win Iowa.
Kamala Harris dominated Donald Trump in Tuesday’s televised debate. She played the methodical prosecutor. He took on the role of angry, incoherent gasbag. It was good TV for about 40 minutes when Trump started frothing into the camera about Haitians coming to eat your dog and cat. It was all downhill to bedtime from there. Afterwards, Single Cat Lady Taylor Swift endorsed Harris...
We suspected that Harris would hold her own as an experienced trial lawyer. She did more than that. It was a takedown.
Harris got under Trump’s skin by suggesting that fans leave his rallies early as he rambles on about how life hasn’t treated him fairly. She mocked him, laughed at him, rested her chin on her index finger toying with her next parry. Trump was no match. He looked as bad as Biden did during the first debate, a performance so weak he was convinced to step aside for Harris. Trump is old, feeble and vain, visibly so in prime time before what was sold as a record audience.
It was so bad it made us wonder once more, could Harris win Iowa?
Yes, if she tried.
Barack Obama won the state twice before it was abandoned by Hillary Clinton. The state has not fundamentally changed in character. Gov. Reynolds is among the least popular governors in America. Iowans are uncomfortable with an agenda built on censoring books, shaming gays and banning abortion at six weeks. They are outright opposed to school vouchers. Iowans will listen if Democrats speak to their issues.
Harris running mate Tim Walz could do a lot of damage in an airport tour of Dubuque, Davenport, Des Moines, Council Bluffs and Sioux City, with a detour to a small town like Storm Lake that is trying to make things work.
Harris is obliged to bury Trump. After that debate performance, and with these huge fundraising hauls and voter registration surges, she should broaden the field beyond the seven swing states. Iowa is a pretty cheap state to win in an environment that favors change. She has the money, the momentum and the message to reclaim lost territory in Iowa. The Democrats should not squander the opportunity to finish off this malignancy to our politics that Trump engenders.
https://www.stormlake.com/stories/editorials-harris-could-win-iowa,109918
We suspected that Harris would hold her own as an experienced trial lawyer. She did more than that. It was a takedown.
Harris got under Trump’s skin by suggesting that fans leave his rallies early as he rambles on about how life hasn’t treated him fairly. She mocked him, laughed at him, rested her chin on her index finger toying with her next parry. Trump was no match. He looked as bad as Biden did during the first debate, a performance so weak he was convinced to step aside for Harris. Trump is old, feeble and vain, visibly so in prime time before what was sold as a record audience.
It was so bad it made us wonder once more, could Harris win Iowa?
Yes, if she tried.
Barack Obama won the state twice before it was abandoned by Hillary Clinton. The state has not fundamentally changed in character. Gov. Reynolds is among the least popular governors in America. Iowans are uncomfortable with an agenda built on censoring books, shaming gays and banning abortion at six weeks. They are outright opposed to school vouchers. Iowans will listen if Democrats speak to their issues.
Harris running mate Tim Walz could do a lot of damage in an airport tour of Dubuque, Davenport, Des Moines, Council Bluffs and Sioux City, with a detour to a small town like Storm Lake that is trying to make things work.
Harris is obliged to bury Trump. After that debate performance, and with these huge fundraising hauls and voter registration surges, she should broaden the field beyond the seven swing states. Iowa is a pretty cheap state to win in an environment that favors change. She has the money, the momentum and the message to reclaim lost territory in Iowa. The Democrats should not squander the opportunity to finish off this malignancy to our politics that Trump engenders.
https://www.stormlake.com/stories/editorials-harris-could-win-iowa,109918
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