On Gaza, if I was Harris. I would have had a conversation with Ilhan Omar and Tim Walz. Walz and Omar have a good working relationship, that would the way to keep some trust. Ask her to speak do her thing but within certain lanes. It would have worked.
Even though I live in Minnesota, I live in rural west central Minnesota. It is very conservative here. And I agree we need to run dems everywhere. We (rural dems) need resources to allow us to be competitive. I think the term is stacking. Where a higher race spends money to help down ticket races. That is Walz knows this from running in Minnesota. Hopefully this comes through.
You make a lot of really great points especially about the low rate of political literacy in our country. That's why regardless of what other policy decisions Harris makes, and I'm sure we'd both be happy to provide a list, probably with a fair amount of overlap between the two, I think one of the main things Harris needs to do is a program to promote information, media, and political literacy. The only ones who'd be against it are the ones who benefit from keeping the electorate from understanding things, but "elites trying to hide things from you/keep you dumb to exploit you" is a trope that should resonate with all types of low-infomatuon voters from the ones simply busy living their lives like you describe to the ones whose information consumption is already being poisoned by Mal/mis/disinformation.
Great essay. I do have hope this can all change because I hear a lot more people talking about the mess the GOP has made of our communities, and while Harris will be better on Israel than Trump that is not the acceptable LOW bar. No country should support genocide by supplying the oppressors with weapons as the U.S. continues to do.
I agree. I was also disappointed by the slight to the Palestinian delegation. In the words of KT Oslin … you’ve got to walk that wire nice and easy, take your time getting to the other side. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
On Gaza, if I was Harris. I would have had a conversation with Ilhan Omar and Tim Walz. Walz and Omar have a good working relationship, that would the way to keep some trust. Ask her to speak do her thing but within certain lanes. It would have worked.
Even though I live in Minnesota, I live in rural west central Minnesota. It is very conservative here. And I agree we need to run dems everywhere. We (rural dems) need resources to allow us to be competitive. I think the term is stacking. Where a higher race spends money to help down ticket races. That is Walz knows this from running in Minnesota. Hopefully this comes through.
You make a lot of really great points especially about the low rate of political literacy in our country. That's why regardless of what other policy decisions Harris makes, and I'm sure we'd both be happy to provide a list, probably with a fair amount of overlap between the two, I think one of the main things Harris needs to do is a program to promote information, media, and political literacy. The only ones who'd be against it are the ones who benefit from keeping the electorate from understanding things, but "elites trying to hide things from you/keep you dumb to exploit you" is a trope that should resonate with all types of low-infomatuon voters from the ones simply busy living their lives like you describe to the ones whose information consumption is already being poisoned by Mal/mis/disinformation.
Oh and also KEEP LINA KHAN!
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Great essay. I do have hope this can all change because I hear a lot more people talking about the mess the GOP has made of our communities, and while Harris will be better on Israel than Trump that is not the acceptable LOW bar. No country should support genocide by supplying the oppressors with weapons as the U.S. continues to do.
I agree. I was also disappointed by the slight to the Palestinian delegation. In the words of KT Oslin … you’ve got to walk that wire nice and easy, take your time getting to the other side. The stakes couldn’t be higher.