{"id":2344915,"date":"2024-09-23T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-is-begging-for-another-debate-because-shes-losing\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T15:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:14:53","slug":"kamala-is-begging-for-another-debate-because-shes-losing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-is-begging-for-another-debate-because-shes-losing\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Is Begging For Another Debate Because She&#8217;s Losing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-is-begging-for-another-debate-because-shes-losing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2344915&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-frontrunners-may-be-reluctant-to-join-a-harris-ticket-washington-examiner-2\/\" title=\"Democratic frontrunners may be reluctant to join a Harris ticket - Washington Examiner\">recent article discusses<\/a> \u200bthe growing\u200d popularity of Vice President Kamala Harris, \u2062with polling \u2064suggesting she \u200bis\u2062 more\u2064 favored by voters than various \u2064desirable experiences. This newfound popularity contrasts\u2064 with\u2063 her desire to debate Donald Trump again, which\u200d has\u2062 raised questions about\u200b her campaign&#8217;s\u200d direction as it \u2063is perceived \u200bshe \u200dmight be losing. CNN reported her acceptance of a second debate\u200d proposal, with\u2063 her campaign chair asserting her eagerness to share the stage with Trump. Despite a successful first debate\u2063 where the media praised her performance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/has-covid-19-made-americans-search-for-risk-free-life\/\" title=\"Has COVID-19 Made Americans Search For \u2018Risk Free\u2019 Life?\">public polling<\/a>\u2062 shows negligible \u200dchange, indicating the \u200bcampaign remains \u2062competitive yet in Trump\u2019s favor, particularly in swing states. The article \u200dhighlights the challenges\u2063 Harris \u200cfaces, including ongoing issues such as high inflation, recession fears, \u2062and immigration problems, all of which\u200c may\u200c be \u200ccontributing to a shift in support from traditional Democratic backers towards Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Latest public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/poll-newly-popular-harris-challenging-trump-change-rcna171308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polling<\/a> shows Kamala Harris &mdash;&nbsp;yes, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/30\/the-cnn-interview-reminded-people-of-what-has-always-been-true-about-kamala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her<\/a><\/em>  &mdash; to be more popular with voters than a free massage, water in the desert, and even group sex at P. Diddy&rsquo;s house. Which is why it remains confounding that she&rsquo;s clamoring for yet another debate with Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The only reasonable explanation is that her campaign managers have told her she&rsquo;s on track to lose, probably decisively.<\/p>\n<p>CNN on Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/21\/politics\/presidential-debate-harris-trump-cnn\/index.html?utm_term=17270956959837386b3622154&amp;utm_source=cnn_Reliable+Sources+%E2%80%93+Sept.+23%2C+2024&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;bt_ee=g6R%2BwmDcGIGN36sF7mTtbM7TlNE7lI%2FMS%2FYIRn88FNPofxVdnoSsadxKktky7p8W&amp;bt_ts=1727095695985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> that the vice president accepted a second debate proposed by the channel for late next month. Kamala &ldquo;is ready for another opportunity to share a stage with Donald Trump,&rdquo; campaign chair Jen O&rsquo;Malley Dillon said in a statement. &ldquo;Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The channel&rsquo;s reliable propagandist Brian Stelter then crawled into the daylight to antagonize Trump on behalf of the Kamala campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/21\/media\/trump-second-debate-harris-vp-october-analysis\/index.html?utm_term=17270956959837386b3622154&amp;utm_source=cnn_Reliable+Sources+%E2%80%93+Sept.+23%2C+2024&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;bt_ee=g6R%2BwmDcGIGN36sF7mTtbM7TlNE7lI%2FMS%2FYIRn88FNPofxVdnoSsadxKktky7p8W&amp;bt_ts=1727095695985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writing<\/a> that it would be unbecoming for the election&rsquo;s final debate to be between the two candidates&rsquo; running-mates, J.D. Vance and Tim &ldquo;Stolen Valor&rdquo; Walz. &ldquo;[I]t sure would seem anticlimactic,&rdquo; wrote Stelter, &ldquo;to have Walz and Vance helm the last debate of the cycle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Duh-hurrrrr<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala and her handlers have been <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-campaign-calls-2nd-presidential-debate-challenging-trump\/story?id=113574226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crying out<\/a> for a debate less than an hour after the first one two weeks ago was even over. Recall that debate as the one where, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/11\/the-medias-hyper-enthusiasm-for-kamalas-debate-performance-is-of-course-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to all of her friends in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-one-in-six-biden-voters-would-have-changed-their-vote-if-they-had-known-about-scandals-suppressed-by-media\/\" title=\"Poll: One In Six Biden Voters Would Have Changed Their Vote If They Had Known About Scandals Suppressed By Media\">national news media<\/a><\/a>, Kamala flew past expectations, provoked Trump into a foaming drool, and deftly parried all incoming fire with surgical precision. After weeks of adulation from the press, the result is effectively no change in public polling. The race was a dead heat before, and it&rsquo;s a dead heat now, though Trump maintains an advantage in the swing-state races, according to the RealClearPolitics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polling average<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Polls are useful, but in the age of Trump, they only go so far &mdash;&nbsp;and it&rsquo;s not that far. More important are the specific issues, events, and circumstances that change the campaign&rsquo;s course and bring attention to the candidates&rsquo; strengths and weaknesses. If you remove the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/13\/this-week-in-lawfare-land-jack-smith-takes-another-run-at-trump-before-the-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ongoing lawfare<\/a> against Trump brought by the Kamala-Biden administration and local Democrat governments along the East Coast, everything else has gone in Trump&rsquo;s direction.<\/p>\n<p>The president has survived another <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/16\/media-will-speed-past-second-democrat-assassination-attempt-on-trump-because-they-helped-inspire-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrat-inspired assassination attempt<\/a>. High prices brought by Kamala and the president have stuck. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/19\/business\/economy\/inflation-interest-rates-effects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>: &ldquo;Prices remain sharply elevated compared with their prepandemic levels, and many families are still struggling to adjust.&rdquo;) Job numbers are getting weaker and recession fears are <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/video\/risk-recession-us-remains-elevated-150802621.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHDY-9o6pUu0sYHmWtGo2-YUWT5kvsZcpDZY1ZYIiZXSVUDDBds2FOIiKvy5NIGi62siDbmuRNEXoZo8FIiqeZv8B4N7mlNvXogdKz96NS4QmYk68sy9cYDgT_vwHzzHwNL6dMgfUh6sA-jOwUUVAVr_B56w07flh4yBEDcFnZMa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">growing stronger<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/migrant-arrests-in-mexico-hit-unprecedented-levels-but-record-numbers-still-reaching-u-s\/\" title=\"Migrant Arrests in Mexico Hit Unprecedented Levels, but Record Numbers Still Reaching U.S.\">southern border remains<\/a> a wreck, and communities continue to see their public resources drained by the flood of migrants dumped on them by Kamala&rsquo;s administration. Illegal border crossings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">were up<\/a> by more than 3,000 in August, the most recent month on record. The reliably Democrat Teamsters worker union <a href=\"https:\/\/teamster.org\/2024\/09\/teamsters-no-endorsement-for-u-s-president\/\">declined to endorse<\/a> either candidate because its members, by its own public polling, preferred Trump to Kamala by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Teamsters\/status\/1836463348269092918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a hilarious margin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m not done. High-profile billionaires who previously supported Democrats have been lining up behind Trump, and they&rsquo;re <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-friendly-billionaires-from-elon-musk-to-bill-ackman-offer-new-support-following-conviction-115411598.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doing it publicly<\/a>, which would have been unfathomable before this year. All levels of crime <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/15\/heres-how-the-media-are-lying-right-now-violent-crime-dropping-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remain higher<\/a> than before Democrats hyped up Covid, lockdowns, and BLM rioting in the 2020 election year. The Middle East continues to collapse, and low-income American minorities are watching billions move with haste to Ukraine while their own finances deteriorate, with no answer for the discord.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not so much that the polls are fake, but they&rsquo;re off. The media know that they&rsquo;re wrong, while refusing to acknowledge even the possibility. They publish the results with fanfare and then explain that it&rsquo;s because Kamala is &ldquo;reintroducing&rdquo; herself (another way <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/20\/now-we-know-why-kamala-and-the-media-dont-want-to-talk-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">of saying<\/a>, &ldquo;We in the media are permitting the vice president to abandon every unpopular position she held up until now because it benefits her campaign.&rdquo;)<\/p>\n<p>If Kamala were in fact running away with this race, with every poll showing she is the preferred candidate and with a stellar debate under her belt, there would be absolutely no incentive for her to seek another one. With <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/11\/abcs-democrat-moderators-interfered-to-help-kamala-and-she-still-struggled-to-debate\/\">all the help<\/a> she got from the Democrat ABC moderators at the first debate, she would naturally feel comfortable assuming she&rsquo;d get the same at a second one with CNN, but there would be no need for it. After all, we&rsquo;re told she&rsquo;s on track to win.<\/p>\n<p>She&rsquo;s not. She knows it.<\/p>\n<hr><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent public polling indicates that Kamala Harris\u2014yes, her\u2014has garnered more popularity among voters than a free massage, water in the desert, and even group sex at P. Diddy\u2019s house. This makes it puzzling that she is eager for another debate with Donald Trump. The most plausible explanation is that her campaign team has informed her she is likely to lose, possibly by a significant margin.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, CNN announced that the vice president has agreed to a second debate proposed by the network for late next month. According to campaign chair Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon, Kamala \u201cis ready for another opportunity to share a stage with Donald Trump,\u201d adding that \u201cDonald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate.\u201d CNN&#8217;s Brian Stelter then criticized Trump on behalf of Harris&#8217;s campaign, suggesting it would be disappointing if the final debate featured only their running mates, J.D. Vance and Tim Walz.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala and her team have been calling for another debate less than an hour after their first one concluded two weeks ago. That initial debate was characterized by media reports as a success for Kamala; however, despite all the praise from journalists, public polling shows no significant change in voter sentiment\u2014the race remains tightly contested with Trump holding an edge in key swing states according to RealClearPolitics averages.<\/p>\n<p>While polls can provide insights into voter preferences, they are limited in today&#8217;s political climate dominated by Trump-related issues and events that highlight candidates&#8217; strengths and weaknesses. If we set aside ongoing legal challenges against Trump initiated by the Biden administration and local Democratic governments along the East Coast, many factors seem to favor Trump&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has weathered yet another assassination attempt linked to Democrats while high prices attributed to Kamala\u2019s policies persist (as noted by The New York Times). Job growth appears sluggish amid rising recession fears; meanwhile, border security continues to deteriorate under Kamala\u2019s administration as illegal crossings surged over 3,000 in August alone\u2014the highest recorded recently.<\/p>\n<p>Even traditionally Democratic unions like Teamsters have refrained from endorsing either candidate due to their members\u2019 preference for Trump over Harris based on internal polling data. Additionally, prominent billionaires who once backed Democrats are now openly supporting Trump\u2014a shift unimaginable just months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Crime rates remain elevated compared to pre-pandemic levels following heightened tensions during Covid lockdowns and BLM protests leading up to the 2020 election year. Internationally speaking, instability persists in regions like the Middle East while low-income American minorities observe substantial financial aid directed towards Ukraine without any relief offered domestically amidst their own economic struggles.<\/p>\n<p>The issue isn&#8217;t necessarily about polls being fabricated but rather about them being inaccurate; media outlets seem aware of this discrepancy yet refuse acknowledgment of alternative possibilities. They present poll results enthusiastically while framing them around claims of Kamala &#8220;reintroducing&#8221; herself\u2014essentially allowing her campaign narrative flexibility at odds with previous unpopular stances she held until now.<\/p>\n<p>If Kamala were genuinely dominating this race\u2014with every poll indicating she&#8217;s favored\u2014and had performed exceptionally well during debates there would be little reason for her desire for additional face-offs. Given how much support she received from Democrat-friendly moderators during prior debates she&#8217;d likely feel confident about similar treatment at CNN&#8217;s event but wouldn&#8217;t need it if victory were assured\u2014as we&#8217;re led to believe she is on track toward winning when clearly that&#8217;s not true; deep down she knows it too<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":2344916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53906658964_533f9492fc_o.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3896,32438,5894],"class_list":["post-2344915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-debate","tag-kamala-harris","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/53906658964_533f9492fc_o.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}