Seriously. is there a real Presidential race in 2024?

[OAITW r.2.0]

Biden or Trump? Trump if you are a no-brainer.

[brooklynite]

1. Seriously, yes there is

The Biden campaign manager has told me they expect the race to be close. Imagining otherwise is incredibly naive and dangerous.

[Wounded Bear]

3. It's his job to fight off complacency in all its forms...nt

[brooklynite]

5. Its not HER job to lie to her audience.

...if for no other reason than: being caught misrepresenting the situation would risk losing support from the campaigns top-dollar supporters (and I'm one of them)

I've had detailed briefings on multiple occasions. A close race is a perfectly reasonable assessment.

[In Too Deep]

7. In 2020, the campaign was pretty open that they did not believe the election was the blowout the polls were predicting.

I remember they used to hold conference calls and lay out the path to victory. Multiple times over the weeks leading up to the election, Jen O'Malley Dillon, who managed Biden's campaign, said that their polling was not matching the national polls that were showing Biden up by nearly ten points and that they were looking at a 3-5 point victory nationally.

Some suggested she was downplaying things to keep the base motivated but she was correct.

I see no reason the campaign this go around isn't telling the truth there, either. There's zero indication this election will be a blowout.

[Wounded Bear]

2. If there is justice in the world, this should be a blue-nami of epic proportions...nt

[Hugin]

4. IMHO, no.

The only reason there seems to be one is because someone has kept the last one running for three and a half years.

[Frasier Balzov]

6. I now accept that "President" really translates to

the people with whom you surround yourself.

The titleholder is basically the public persona of that team.

[OAITW r.2.0]

8. Good observation.

It's a brainer - 90 / no-brainer 10 type choice.