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New York Times: “In white, working-class places, Kamala Harris’s goal is simply to lose by less. Thirty interviews in Beaver County, Pa., offered signs that with some swing voters, she is holding the line.”

“There’s this absolutely fucking stupid argument in my party that says you either turn your voters out or you persuade. The campaigns that win at the presidential level do both, and that is the campaign that Kamala Harris has built.”

— Jim Messina, quoted by New York Magazine.

“I don’t like it. You don’t like it. A lot of folks don’t like it. I will tell you this. I think one of the mistakes is if Kamala Harris thinks that they’re just repeating the crazy things Trump says is going to garner her those swing voters, that’s not what they’re going to the polls on. They’ve heard that, that’s established, that’s nothing. The real comparison is, is your life better than it was four years ago?”

Washington Post: “Even Democrats acknowledge that, in their previous four years of holding the majority, the institution wasn’t exactly performing up to par. Rank-and-file lawmakers have an endless list of complaints, from scheduling conflicts, to committee chairs disregarding junior members, to leadership ignoring the work of those legislative committees…”

“Vice President Kamala Harris urged a church congregation in the Atlanta area to reject candidates who spread hate and divisiveness, seeking to mobilize Black voters in the final stretch before the Nov. 5 election,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Harris: “What we do see are some people trying to deepen division upon us, spread hate, sow fear, and cause chaos.”

“With just two weeks left in the 2024 campaign, there currently are no plans for Vice President Kamala Harris to appear on the trail with President Joe Biden before Election Day,” NBC News reports.

At Donald Trump’s rally in a packed Aurora ballroom earlier this month, state Rep. Gabe Evans was among the first speakers to take the stage.

Abortion access has become a winning issue for Democrats, and U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo knows it.

Spending on the litany of measures on Coloradans’ ballots has surpassed $24.5 million, led by the campaigns to overhaul the state’s election system and to protect abortion access in the state constitution.

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