Will Kansas City Suffer VP Kamala Harris 2024 FAIL?!?

Here's what we know for certain . . .

If the Veep doesn't win the White House in November . . . Mayor Q becomes Kansas City's new political punching bag. 

Meanwhile . . . For those of us without dreams of escaping to The Beltway . . . We offer this moment of doubt for so many local progressives touting "excitement" after the DNC convention . . .

Behind the scenes, party strategists are worried about Democratic voters and activists – who will need to turn out, knock on doors and convince their friends and family to head to a ballot box on 5 November – getting carried away.

Opinion polls have moved in their direction in the weeks since President Biden stepped aside but this is still a very tight race. It will be won, too, in a handful of states – Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and North Carolina.

In nearly all of those places, it seems either candidate could feasibly win. And if the past six weeks are any guide, the political dynamics could change quickly again in the 70 or so days left.

Jim Messina, a veteran Democratic strategist who managed Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign, told the BBC’s Americast podcast that any certainty Democrats are on course for victory is misplaced.

"Kamala Harris has, since she got in this race, had the best 30 days in American politics I’ve seen in a very long time," he said. "But she is still tied [in the polls]. The Democrats have clawed up from five points down to tied. So it's still a tight race with 75 days left."

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