David Axelrod: Harris Momentum Relies Heavily on ‘Irrational Exuberance’

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USA (VINnews)-Democratic strategist David Axelrod has cautioned that the excitement surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign may be overly optimistic, as the presidential race remains tightly contested.

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Harris’s campaign has seen a strong start, breaking fundraising records and significantly reducing former President Donald Trump’s lead in the polls since she replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee. “She has a lot of momentum, but if you do look at the polling, this is still a really tight race,” Axelrod said. “This is going to be a hard fight for either side. It’s based on the numbers we’re seeing right now.”

Axelrod noted the current enthusiasm among Democrats, attributing it to a previous period of concern about the upcoming election. “There’s a lot of irrational exuberance on the Democratic side of the aisle right now, because there was despair for some period of time about what November was gonna look like,” he said. “Now people feel like there’s a chance.”

Despite the renewed optimism, Axelrod emphasized that Trump remains the frontrunner. “It’s absolutely Trump’s race to lose right now. He is ahead,” he stated. “And he is ahead in most of the battleground states. They’re close, they can be won by either candidate.”

Axelrod, who previously urged Biden to exit the 2024 race, has not joined other Democrats in fervently supporting Harris. Last week, he warned that Trump remains a “pretty substantial favorite” over the vice president.

Harris was officially named the Democratic nominee in a virtual roll call vote last week and is expected to announce her vice-presidential pick before a Tuesday campaign event. Polling data shows a tight race, with Trump holding a slim 1.1 percent lead over Harris in The Hill/Decision Desk HQ average national polls. In battleground states, both candidates are within the margin of error. The Hill/Decision Desk HQ prediction model currently gives Trump a 56 percent chance of winning the White House.

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See
See
9 months ago

Her momentum relies on FAKE NEWS

XYZ
XYZ
9 months ago

Her entire campaign is being ginned up by the media, and the vile & talentless Hollywood dummies , and financed by the vile left ( read Soros Et. Al)
This enthusiasm is bound to die down as the the campaign progresses and her feeble mindedness is exposed in all it’s glory

However…
That said,
Donald Trump has a talent for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

Axelrod got Obama elected
Axelrod got Obama elected
9 months ago

This guy is a real pos corrupt doody he knows corrupt doody

DSC
DSC
9 months ago

Dem machine will push her over the top. Biden had become unusable.

Bend
Bend
9 months ago

The fake media is really trying but won’t succeed.

Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
9 months ago

This dummy’s honeymoon with the media will eventually end, and when that happens, she will come crashing down.

Bend
Bend
9 months ago

Dumb Harris doesn’t even know her geography she was asked about Ukraine and she messed up big time . No wonder they are covering her up.

Jackie Mason
Jackie Mason
9 months ago

Michelle Obama is weird.

shloime
shloime
9 months ago

the “bait-and-switch” was predictable. and the “novelty effect” will wear off before the election. it looks like her handlers will try to keep her under wraps as long as possible, and that’s not a good “look” for a presidential candidate who is starting late in the race. and then there’s the debate…

Paul Near Philadelphia
Paul Near Philadelphia
9 months ago

We’ll see. At least the race is more fun now.

Arik
Arik
9 months ago

He should shorten up that mustache so it grows the width of his nose, not full mouth.

Robert Goldman
Robert Goldman
9 months ago

Anyone voting for her should be committed to the asylum. Especially a Jew.
She herself is insane