Most of the US press has been concentrating on finding the reasons why Harris lost to Trump. A majority of pundits have been focusing on demographics (see picture), media use and the money spent.
What wasn't talked about was Trump’s enormous motivation not to go to prison and win, as well as his determination to use the experience of his first term and his second lost election to beef up his chances of winning, a crucial factor that was swept under the rug by the folks running the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Trump’s tax cut and Covid support programs under both administrations also had a deleterious effect by tremendously increasing the money supply, which meant that they would fuel a severe inflation down the road.
There was a precedent, runaway inflation had killed Carter’s chances of reelection in 1980, so one would have thought that the DNC and Biden, during his first mandate, would have “prepared the patient” by warning the American public that there would be, down the road, hell to pay for these largess.
He forgot or was incompetent to do so, letting Trump jump on it and in fact with the election with it. Then, Trump went hell bent on insulting Biden first, and then Harris. I even suggested that Kamala present Trump with a bar of soap when the debated together, so he could wash his mouth!
Both were nice with the convicted felon and turned the other cheek to receive more insult. Hard to believe! What was remarkable with Harris, as she took the mantle after Biden quit, Trump and Vance accused her of having run the administration on her own for 4 years, but she never bother to clarify that a Vice-President position isn’t to run the country, but more to shut up and assume the passive role of a “spare wheel” as everyone knows.
The accusations leveled against Harris were totally uncalled for, but she didn’t object. As of yesterday, Harris only got 47.8% of the popular vote (70,258.814), vs. 50.5% (74,173,512) for Trump, a severe defeat, in spite of spending nearly 50% more than Trump on political ads, ($1.4 million vs. almost $1 million for Trump!)
I compare this to the conclusion of a car race in which the experts claim that the losing automobile didn’t win because the mechanics were too slow to change the wheels in the pit, the public didn’t cheer loud enough, and the choice of fuel quality was suspect.
The problem was that the winning car, was an old but still running Ferrari (Trump) facing a Citroën 2cv (Biden, then Harris). Only the product (candidate), not the program, the amount of money poured into the race, or any other excuse made the difference.
We’ll explore this tomorrow (to be continued...)
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