It’s almost like Democrat movers and shakers are resigned to the probability that Tuesday’s presidential election results will turn out very well for former President Donald Trump and not so much for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Former Obama official David Axelrod might be a veteran Democrat hack, but every once in a while, the chief strategist of Barack Obama’s two successful presidential campaigns can also be publicly honest. Such was the case when “Axe” told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that there’s “zero enthusiasm on the ground for Kamala Harris in demographics that [she] most needs.”
“They have all said the same thing,” he told the glum panel.
After co-host Dana Bash asked Axelrod what he’s most worried about, he said:
Well, look. The watchword of the day is is humility, here. When you have polls that are this close … you’re not sure of anything. It really matters who shows up because these polls are not precise. So what I’m worried about is how we’re telling some women who are independent that Republican women, who are independent Republican women to come out and vote for Kamala Harris.
Is that going to materialize? Is the gender gap going to be what you need it to be? Are minority voters going to come out in numbers — particularly African American voters — and are you going to get the margins that you want, there?
So there are a lot of open questions, and they’re obviously working it hard, right now. They’re seeing it on the street, but this race is filled with uncertainties for them.
Not exactly a promising forecast. As noted in the below tweet, this reflects a lack of enthusiasm by Harris voters:
Axelrod is worried that the support won’t materialize for Harris on game day.
I can tell you that I’ve talked to people who have been on the ground in places like Philadelphia, Detroit, New Orleans, and they have all said the same thing. There’s zero enthusiasm on the ground for Kamala Harris in the demographics that they need.
IF we show up, we win.
Meanwhile, the enthusiasm meter among Republicans is about to explode.
Trump made a final campaign appearance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Monday night. In a jab at Harris and her surrogates, including billionaire Mark Cuban, who has ridiculously claimed that “strong women” intimidate the former president and will vote for Harris in record numbers, Trump’s rally featured Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, former Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), and a surprise appearance by former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who’s now a mega-podcaster.
The crowd exploded when Kelly took the stage.
Can you believe this guy — can you believe the energy and stamina of this guy?
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The crowd exploded when Kelly took the stage.
Can you believe this guy — can you believe the energy and stamina of this guy?
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While Trump sprinted to the finish, Harris finished her campaign with a fake “door-knocking” event in Pittsburgh.
Again, no prognostication, but I feel it in my bones: it’s going to be a good night for Donald Trump.
Editor’s Note: This article was updated post-publication to reflect that the “zero enthusiasm” comment was not a direct Axelrod quote but a characterization of it by the X/Twitter user who shared the video of the panel discussion.
Her whole campaign had zero enthusiasm because she didn’t recognize what the problems of Americans were. Harris tried to portrait herself as middle class and wasn’t being true to herself. The package was desirable, an ethnic minority ,first woman president but when you opened it up, it was empty. There’s no work history, lack of experience and her priorities were all wrong. She wasn’t qualified and I’m glad that the people saw it. I don’t feel sorry for her,she allowed herself to be “pimped out” ,running for a position she hadn’t worked for. The democrat party shouldn’t have hid Bidens dementia and they could’ve found a stronger candidate earlier on,but they can’t buy everyone. They wanted a puppet!