Why so many people support or are for Trump is hard to fathom. I have no answer or even a theory as to why. The numbers provide the answer why folks would want a republican administration instead of a democratic one this time around. Very low approval of Biden and his administration handling of most issues along with 65% thinking this country is headed in the wrong direction.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/joe-biden/issues

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/state-of-the-union/direction-of-country

Which makes Harris taking over the lead against Trump amazing, but not unexpected. It seems quite a lot of folks blame Biden for the above, but not Harris. Will that remain so going forward, unknown.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/po...mp-vs-harris-vs-kennedy-vs-stein-vs-west

But why Trump, the GOP going with him is pure asinine. Beyond common sense. Purely unfathomable.

Numbers, back to Waltz. The way I figure it there are 6 tossup, swing or battleground states out there. Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia worth 77 electoral votes. All the other states one or the other major party candidates have at least a 5-point lead or more. Without the tossup states Trump has a slight 235-226 lead over Harris. Had she gone with Shapiro, putting Pennsylvania into her column, Harris would have the advantage with a 245-235 lead. Without Pennsylvania Harris would have to win Michigan, Georgia, Nevada and either Wisconsin or Arizona to get 270. Harris leads in Michigan by 2 points, but Trump has a slight lead in all others. The importance of Pennsylvania with its 19 electoral votes can’t be understated or underplayed. Which I think with the selection of Waltz, Harris just did.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/elections/president/2024/battleground-states

But there’s plenty of time left to prove me wrong about her selection. If one wanted to win an election or at least increase her chances of winning, Shapiro was a no brainier. Remember, before one can govern, first one must win the election. The importance of winning so one can govern also can’t be understated.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.