“This is not who we are.” Really? I’m tired of hearing that platitude from politicians, including our president. If Trump gets elected again, that will show who we are. You can talk red states, Electoral College, gerrymandering, “popular vote” all you want, but the fact will remain that if we cannot get enough votes to counter those disparities that is who we will be.

No need for sarcasm, sir.

Not at all.

I’ve expressed my reservations about Biden and endured the only-Biden-is-the answer backlash. All I can say now is I hope you all will be laughing at me come November. I’lll gladly take that abuse!

Catch-22: (Assuming Biden wants to do what’s best for the country) He waits to see if his popularity among voters increases to a lead over Trump; if that doesn’t happen, it will then be too late to bow out in favor of a more effective alternative.

And what is the wait for? What likely events before November will improve his electoral standing rather than make it worse? Yeah, Trump could die, but that’s a sucker’s bet. What else?

The danger, after Biden’s disastrous debate performance, is not that voters will now flock to Trump. It is that voters who are anti-Trump will simply not vote. The undecided need a positive reason to vote Democratic in November. Bill Maher has said he’d vote for Biden’s head in a jar to prevent a Trump win. But he’s not happy with that choice, and neither are millions of other voters.

There’s going to be a delay in Trump’s sentencing in his New York conviction. Why am I not surprised? Has there been any procedure in the saga of Trump prosecutions that hasn’t been delayed/postponed/put off indefinitely? The defense throws every obstacle they can think of at the wall, and the judges - to look fair - are letting many of them stick. And even when decisions are finally made (still waiting), appeals will delay further as they head for - you guessed it - the Supreme Court.

Henceforth, I will stop referring to the highest court as SCOTUS, but instead will call it by its rightful name: SCOT - Supreme Court of Trump. And they might now be on an undeserved vacation, but they’ll be back one month before the election - time enough to do more damage to Dem prospects if they expedite things. And they will.

So, Chief Justice Roberts, in a commentary concerning the Trump immunity decision today, said the dissenting WOMEN justices were being hyperbolic in their dissents. C’mon, girls, stop being so emotional. We men know the right thing to do.

And it should!!!

Let’s remember that the Supreme Court has no army, no police force, no enforcement of its rulings whatsoever. It depends on, well, the judiciary doing what it has deemed to be Constitutional. But what if President Trump has other ideas? And has the muscle to make his desires happen? SCOTUS would be powerless. Perhaps that’s why they are bending over backwards to favor Trump, so that their little club can continue to be important when Trump becomes king. A Biden win would make changes.

Judge Chutkan should get that hearing started ASAP, so at least the public will get to see Jack Smith’s evidence before the election. Having an actual trial now before November is now dead, and thanks to SCOTUS, much of Smith’s evidence will not be allowed anyway. A Supreme Court in the tank for a criminal. Who would have ever imagined it?

Yeah, if you “know” Trump, how could you ever vote for him - unless you’re a racist, misogynist, fascist, philanderer, all-around cheat.

Okay, Biden, if the polls can be believed, didn’t lose ground in the debate and even turned it into a donation event. Hard to fathom, but if Trump can turn his indictments and convictions into a positive, anything is possible this election cycle. But does anyone believe Biden’s performance will win him new voters? And will the voters he has be voting for Biden or against Trump, which is essentially what happened in 2020? Trump has true believers in key swing-state positions this time around.

Interesting idea, but it has a flaw. Harris’s approval numbers are worse than Biden’s. And, she’s a woman of color to boot. How about this? Harris bows out so that Biden can have a strong VP candidate able to take over when necessary. Folks wouldn’t trust Harris in that role. Biden ain’t gonna quit before the election, so there needs to be a good alternative VP in place.

Democrats will have to do what Republicans have done for years - suspend disbelief. Because Biden will not step down. His rally in N.C. today made that clear.