TPM: Harris’ Campaign Is Working—Get Used to It

“Presidential campaigns are about defining choices about the direction of country. Having people getting excited about your campaign and your vision about the future of the country is a good thing, not some frivolous sugar high. I’m sure Harris will do some sit-down interviews. But we should remember that the purpose of a campaign is to win an election.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/harriss-campaign-is-working-get-used-to-it/sharetoken/887a4075-7a3c-444a-a5be-581da6a0bbc4

#nosanitize

Sick of the BS narrative begun by the NY Times (of course…) of “Honeymoon phase” and “Sugar high” and it’s like WTF? Just let it be … it’s real and it’s a cultural phenom already…and there’s a deep deep thirst for the Harris/Walz campaign. Don’t second guess asshole horse race news agencies needing to manufacture drama (like the insipid NY Slimes), just fcking report the facts jackasses…

😄

@TheAbbotTrithemius

It was people in the Dickless campaign who first suggested the Harris' gains were a "honeymoon".

@mcfate

It was pretty close (yet another fellatio-esque gift to Trunp) This came out July 30th before Karma -la-la-la even chose her VP:

Harris Looks to Maintain Momentum as ‘Honeymoon Phase’ Winds Down

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/us/politics/harris-nomination-vice-president.html

@TheAbbotTrithemius

Looking at the article, the phrase that's got you so bothered is an exact quote of a comment from a former (Democratic) governor of Nebraska.

"'I would call it a honeymoon phase,' said Steve Sisolak, the former Democratic governor of Nevada, a key swing state. 'We’ve got to keep the energy going. You got it started — now you’ve got to keep it going. It’s going to be a challenge for everybody.'"

At that stage, it's actually a perfectly reasonable observation and comment.

@TheAbbotTrithemius

So, tell me which part of this is unreasonable and unfair?

I mean, the Times literally PUT QUOTES around "honeymoon phase" in the headline.

Calling it sucking Trump's dick is WAY, WAY over the top.

@mcfate

I think I’m being somewhat reserved when I compare normalizing a hollow stupid insipid grotesque amAssNeck on a daily basis as an act of fellating.

To each his own.

@TheAbbotTrithemius

Of course you do.

@mcfate

This is a real thing. I’ve posted about it before. Josh Marshall of TPM, one of the keenest erudite political journalists wrote:

“ There’s an appetite brewing in major segments of the political press for Harris’ momentum and press dominance to end. The Times had a piece a week ago saying Harris’s “honeymoon” was ending and that she had to find new ways to keep up her campaign’s momentum. That turned out to be editors trying to manifest a reality into existence. It didn’t work.