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Hot Air, Duane Patterson, Oct 23, 2024. I've been accused of late of being a little too optimistic about Donald Trump's chances in 12 days. I suppose a lot of that is fair, except in my defense, I have scads of data streaming in constantly showing very good reason for that optimism. I haven't always been this much of a glass half-full person, but now that I've tried it on for size, I kind of like it. So much so, in fact, that I'll even apply it to Vice-President Kamala Harris' CNN town hall last night. In Chester Township, a small community on the outskirts of Philadelphia in Delaware County, Anderson Cooper moderated a CNN presidential town hall - a 75-minute opportunity for Kamala Harris to showcase her closing argument to undecided voters in the most crucial of swing states. How did she do? Well, it could certainly have gone worse. I mean, if a video surfaced of Kamala Harris partying with Diddy right before airtime, that would legitimately have made for a worse day for the VP. I've now reached the limit of my optimism when applied to Kamala Harris.In reality, it was otherwise the worst television performance by a candidate for president in my lifetime. Every person in that auditorium - the CNN talent, the audience, the crew, every person in that room came out of that experience realizing Kamala Harris is out of her depth in a bathtub. Now certainly, a percentage of the audience will no doubt cast a ballot for her, only because she happens to be opposing Donald Trump. But I defy you to point out one person either there on site or watching it on CNN that increased their enthusiasm for her upon its conclusion. Don't take it from me. Here's the parade of CNN pundits conducting the post-town hall autopsy. Jake Tapper: Jake Tapper loathes Donald Trump. It pained him to offer that analysis, because he realizes Trump's very likely going to win another term as president, because Kamala Harris is an empty pantsuit. Her closing argument is literally, "...but Trump." 75 minutes of prompting by Cooper and audience members to offer up something substantive she would do - anything at all, and she came up empty. Dana Bash: Bash is a Democrat. The people she heard from are Democrats. When Dana says they told her Harris didn't close the deal, that means expletive-laced texts came across saying they're doomed. Bash tried to put a happy face on it and say poor Kamala is held to a different standard because she's a woman. But the fact is if you're going to run for president, you're supposed to have a list of things you want to do and how you're going to do it. Kamala has been at this for almost 90 days, and with millions of people already voting, still can't offer a coherent agenda other than, "...but Trump." Van Jones:If you didn't watch a moment of the town hall, and Van Jones is complaining about how Kamala's word salads get on his nerves, you know what you're about to get later on in this column. It was excruciating at times.
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