(07-18-2024, 01:15 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(07-18-2024, 01:11 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: I'm anticipating a landslide in Trump's favor.  I could be wrong.  I don't necessarily see a 1984 type landslide, but a sound victory appears imminent.    If that winds up being true, I just don't see why someone who has Presidential aspirations like potentially a Gavin or a Michelle would want to get in the way of this train and take what I expect to be a massive "L".  If Biden is forced out or steps down voluntarily, I think it pretty much has to be Kamala.  I don't think the party gives much of a [BLEEP] about her or her chances in 2028 and beyond and it would be really weird if he stepped down due to health or whatever and she declined to take over as the nominee even facing the odds she or whoever would be facing given the fortunate timing of Trump's legal woes being eased by SCOTUS rulings and by surviving an assassination attempt.  This should probably be her only chance ever to be the nominee.  I just don't think the desire to take over now is going to be there by people that think they actually have a shot in 2028.

They are currently evaluating if internal polling is within the margins they can overcome with their known cheating tactics. I believe they will find that they can't.

The most important thing Trump could do and should do is clean up Federal election rules once and for all.  There should be valid reasons to vote by mail that get honored, like legitimate travel plans and deployed military or significant health conditions that prevent one from getting to the polls, but early voting should not be a thing.  Post marking a ballot on election day and waiting 6 days to allow it to be received should not be a thing.  This one is egregious as there should be no mechanism in place where partial results are coming in and known and un-ID'd ballots can still be dropped in the mail and potentially counted.  

Make election day a holiday or push election day to the existing holiday of Veteran's day a week later.  Force employers to provide workers that are otherwise scheduled for that day a guaranteed block of time off to be able to go vote. 

It is not voter suppression to truly confirm citizenship during registration and to require IDs on election day.  It's racist to assume minorities can't get an ID or that it's somehow too big of an inconvenience.  There are multiple doors open for potential fraud that need to be shut if only to quell lack of faith in the process.  I know the Feds can't dictate what States do for State elections, but they can exert control over Federal election process.  Dems always seem to want to open doors to potential fraud.  Making sure a legitimate, registered to vote citizen is casting a legitimate vote shouldn't be controversial or somehow considered to be racist.

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