Vice President Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump 2024

Not a fan of Trump's and therefore cannot answer the question directly, but I do believe he has completely reinvented the party into being the 'Trump Party' and one that doesn't have much in common with Ronald Reagan's one and the two Bushes. It's slightly surprising that so many Republican voters are on board, given that it is not the same party as even ten years ago.

There may not be much left of the Republican Party in 2028.

I personally am glad that Trump is in the driving seat as it has likely doomed the Republicans to defeat. i guarantee that with a more "moderate" candidate the Project 2025 would be a done deal and there would go America.

I suppose the question is how the Republican party gets back to the party of old, and the stark answer is that it probably can't, because it is no small part the neo-liberal economics of both parties, really, which has laid the foundation of anger upon which MAGA has been built. The anger was there, but instead of it being squarely directed at the moneyed interests which gutted the rust belt, grifters stepped in and outlayed a smorgasbord of bizarre conspiracies which were tailored to the deeply held prejudices and bigotries of those same people. The grifters do implicate the moneyed interests as part of the problem, but they also implicated a whole host of others, meaning the moneyed interests get sort of lost in the shuffle, protected behind a whole host of culture war targets that maybe represent more of a dopamine hit to attack but really just amount to a distraction.

Responsible Democrats and Republicans should work together to address the economic factors which have given the anger some tangible basis as ever a first step. If this is a fire that's decades in the making, it's going to take some time to truly put out.

One other thing. Let's see what proper A list celebrities the Dems get at the conference, compared to Kid Rock, Dana White, Hulk Hogan, Russel Brand & Tucker Carlson....

That should give them another bump as the tiktoks and Instagram posts roll out.

I would not be surprised at all to see something huge like a Beyoncé/Taylor Swift duet.

The conventions are show business, and I think the Dems have the edge over the Reps because most creative people are a diverse crowd.

Hard to say - the whole establishment would have gone to town on painting him a communist.

However it is never a simple two horse race - the Democrats allowed themselves to be dominated by Clinton.

Is that not why she got Walz in? To strengthen that area?

It hasn't been discussed here as far as I can see (I've been away from the forum for a while) but the US Israel arms deal most likely caused some tremors in her campaign. It might be seen as a slight blip in the road but it is a divisive issue and those protesting around the DNC are of the demographic that Harris should otherwise have in the bag. The Gaza issue appears to only be gaining momentum.