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Some highlights for those who don't want to click/read the whole thing:
"The away side were excellent in the first half, picking their moments to attack and scoring well-worked goals through Sammie Szmodics and Liam Delap before hanging on once Rodrigo Bentancur’s header threatened to transform the picture. They saw the game out in relative serenity and, on this evidence, look a convincing top-flight proposition."
"Ipswich were sharper and hungrier in the moments that mattered, Omari Hutchinson putting in a phenomenal shift and playing an integral part in Delap’s ultimately decisive finish."
Harris was bussed in untested without any primary selection process. No particular record to boast of as a largely invisible VP.
She offered little beyond relying on women and minorities to turn out in big numbers for her.
But the female vote barely shifted. Turns out abortion rights aren't the biggest concern for most of them, and in any case, Trump successfully distanced himself from the issue in voters minds. As for other minorities, most actually moved in Trumps favour, Latinos in particular, most of whom share the concern about loose borders. Even black men, whilst still largely voting Dem, shifted slightly towards Trump. The democrats reliance on identity politics and demographics has been exposed.
How did The Donald do it? All he had to do was ask the question "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" and appear to be shot at on TV. It's unlikely he has the answers to fix that problem of course, nor is it fair to blame all of that on the outgoing team. But most voters won't think that deeply about it. Many when questioned even admitted they know he isn't a good man on any measure, but they wanted him in place nonetheless.
When 'ordinary working people' feel worse off this will trump (lol) just about any other issue. He knew that, the Dems ignored it at their peril. A lesson not just for them, but for the government here too. Regardless of his unsuitability for the job, politically he played a blinder, and now looks set to win the popular vote (which no Republican has since 2004), and control of the Senate, possibly the House of Reps too. A huge mandate and the tools to do what he wants.
I hope both parties next time round will have a long and careful look at how they select their candidates - barring any tinkering with the constitution, they should be fresh faces. Americans need better options to choose from.
There are umpteen examples I could present to back this up but I will go with this one:
I’m going back to my hotel in New York.
With a Muslim Pakistani American cab driver… who voted for Donald Trump because “the prices were too high” under Biden
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