Stop "win-washing"

[Cirsium]

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I see momentum, the "bandwagon' effect, as much more important. Do people really stop working because they think we are ahead? Maybe in sports that applies, I dunno. You know what I am more worried about? People disengaging after a Harris win, which is what I think happened in 2008-2010. The important work starts after the election.

By the way, I think Harris has handled this perfectly. She says "we are the underdog" to address your concerns, but then says "make no mistake, we will win" to keep the momentum going.

Dewey hardly campaigned at all. We don't have that problem with Harris/Walz, to say the least. Here is a interesting tidbit from the 1948 race. Left wing progressive Henry Wallace got 1,157,172 votes. Openly racist right winger Strom Thurmond got fewer than that - 1,119,021. Yet Thurmond got 39 electoral votes and Wallace got none. (Thurmond carried Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi). Gotta love that electoral college.

In the 2016 cycle many of us were disappointed that Clinton did not give Michigan more attention. It seemed her campaign took Michigan for granted.

ll of these cliches..."keep your eyes on the prize" etc. Reminds me of a sign in a shop I worked in.

"Keep your eye on the ball, your shoulder to the wheel and your ear to the ground. Now, try to work in that position!"