The Magic 8 Ball:
Democrat Candidate Selector Edition
Vice President Kamala Harris is being anointed as the Democrat Presidential Candidate after President Joe Biden’s awkward exit from the race just weeks before the Democrat National Committee Convention. More accurately, Democrat elites and the left-wing media are attempting to sell her to Democrat voter as the savior of the Democrat Party. This is not a subtitle sell, it is very heavy handed. In Democrat-think, such decisions are too important to be left to rank-and-file Democrat voters or even a truly open convention of delegates; a very small group of elites must step in and stage-manage everything for the "good of the Party."
It is a coronation.
The Democrat power brokers forced Biden out. And. Now they are stuck with the worst possible replacement candidate because of their own identity politics that made Kamala Vice President to begin with. As much as they might have wanted to pivot to another candidate, Kamala’s race and gender solidified her safety. BUT, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
As best as I can figure, it was a decision that appears to be driven by the iconic Magic 8 Ball toy. Primary votes don’t count, only the will of some Democrat elites who asked the Magic 8 Ball, “Who should we nominate?” Shook up the 8 Ball and flipped it over to read, “Answer Unclear. Try Kamala.”
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Since October 9, 2021, Jennifer, Susan and Bill have written regular blog postings on the dallasgop.org website. Since all of their postings are no longer being published on that site by the new DCRP team, we are republishing those posts written by those three authors (all are now members of the DCR United team) to provide continuity. Going forward, new blog postings published after June 15, 2024, will be shown here.
E-Pollbook Problems
- 10/23/2024
- Bill Anderton
- Commentary
On the first day of early voting, Monday, October 21, there were widespread problems with the ES&S E-Pollbooks used in Dallas County to check in voters. The turnout on the first day of early voting was heavy (long lines) and the e-pollbook problems contributed to even longer lines.
The problems resulted in the election workers being kicked off the system frequently requiring new logins every time it happened. The problems occurred every 2 to 10 voters. Worse, as a direct artifact of the core problem, the incorrect ballot style (wrong precinct and/or sub-precinct) and its races being printed for some (but not all) voters. When noticed by election workers or voters, this required spoiling the incorrect ballot and generating new ones. In some cases, this required multiple cycles to generate a correct ballot which consumed more time. One Voting Center reported a total of over 200 spoiled ballots on Monday. For these voters, they ultimately cast corrected ballots but this error caused more time and resulted in even longer lines.
Fortunately, these problems were quickly noticed by our Election Workers (Election Judges and Election Clerks) and reported to DCED. The problem was diagnosed and its causes and effects were found an fixed. A more complete background of the problem and its fix are included in the Dallas County Elections Department press release.
Do You Hear Yourself?!
- 10/14/2024
- Jennifer Stoddard Hajdu
- Commentary
To the Dallas County Republican Party’s Resolution Committee: You voted to propose a resolution requiring candidates to believe exactly as YOU do or face Republican opposition and negative campaigning to defeat them. To you, I repeat what I heard JD Vance say to a reporter on a Sunday morning program: “Do you hear yourself?”
You would rather see a liberal Democrat who does not agree with you on anything elected over the only two Republican State House members we have in Dallas County who agree with you on 90% of the issues? Are you listening to what you are saying?
Don’t Be Confused About Nov 5
- 09/12/2024
- Paul Gleiser
- Commentary
There is confusion as to what is on the ballot on November 5. Note that I said, “what,” and not, “who.”
That’s because it’s really not about “who.”
Boiled all the way down, this is not a contest between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. It’s not even a contest between two political parties. And it goes well beyond such things as tax policy, fiscal policy and national defense.
The 2024 election is a contest between two governing visions for this 235-year-old republic – two governing visions that have seldom in our history been more divergent.
Punditry and Persiflage
The "Punditry and Persiflage" section will feature curated selections of the news of the day and social media. From serious to silly, these things simply require comments. You are invited to add your comments to the posting as well.
Trump Reams Biden-Harris Over Report Saying We'd Lose to China—'We Would Kick Their A**'
- 10/28/2024
- Bill Anderton
- Commentary
See: Red State Posting
Dear Kamala Harris
- 10/26/2024
- Bill Anderton
- Reporting
See post and video: https://x.com/i/status/1849965434898161672