>>I dont think Trump needs another running mate. He's going to win in a landslide.
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>Obviously, many who made predictions in 2016 were wrong. I figured it would be very close but HRC would still win by a small margin.
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>Had COVID not happened at all, I would agree. I didn't think the impeachment and Ukraine topics were going to hurt him that much, and the economy was more in his favor.
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>Obviously, COVID changed that. Clearly no reasonable person will hold Trump accountable for the nearly 170K deaths we have in the U.S. right now (and yes, that number breaks down into deaths directly attributed versus "dying with covid")
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>But Trump has just made so many idiotic public statements (unforced errors) that I know for a fact it has turned off people who were planning to vote for him. Even if you take away the media misrepresentations, Trump has seriously damaged his chances.
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>What makes his so difficult is that Biden/Harris are such a pathetic ticket on the other side.
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>In early 1992, I didn't think anyone on the DNC side had a serious chance against George Bush. But Bush had a series of unforced errors in the summer/fall, and that hurt his chances (and yes, the emergence of Perot was a big factor)
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>Right now, unless Trump can make a big comeback, I don't see him winning in November. I certainly can't see how he'd win in a landslide....but then again, we've seen strange things before.

There's one fundamental difference this time.
In 2016, Trump was a challenger.
Now he's the incumbent.
Last time, he wanted to drain the swamp (it still needs to drained)
Now he IS the swamp.


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>If the election were today, I'd vote libertarian (making choking sound).
>So we've got less than 3 months to see.