The state of the presidential race

It's difficult to picture a presidential candidate who is more of an electoral millstone around candidates' necks than Kamala Harris. According to this article, "Harris recently campaigned in Erie, Pennsylvania, a crucial regional hub in this election cycle's most important battleground state. Conspicuously absent from that snoozefest was incumbent Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.). Harris tried to pass off the snub as a nothingburger, suggesting that Casey was doing the more important work of knocking on doors and getting out the vote. This doesn't pass the laugh test. Facing a spirited challenge from Republican hopeful Dave McCormick, Casey has clearly concluded that Harris' immense Bay Area lefty baggage, her history of endorsing the Green New Deal, a national fracking ban and crippling electric vehicle mandates, is an electoral albatross around his neck."

Earlier this week, Pennsylvania political expert Salena Zito appeared on America's Newsroom for an interview. She was asked what she thought of the PA presidential race. She said that VP Harris isn't a good fit with Pennsylvania's blue collar image. That's painfully obvious. VP Harris fits together with Pennsylvania like Doug Emhoff fits with fidelity. It isn't a natural fit. But I digress. Then there's this:

It's tough to blame Casey. Other vulnerable Senate Democratic incumbents, such as Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), reached the same conclusion a while ago. Such a conclusion makes a great deal of sense: A recent Marist national general election poll, for instance, shows Trump up a whopping 10 points on Harris with registered independents. If that margin ends up being anywhere near accurate, it is extraordinarily difficult to see a scenario in which Trump loses.

Conservative pundits have been whining about the need to not take anything for granted. That's fine but I'd prefer to take things from a positive perspective. Operating from a winning mindset is always preferable. Though the margins will be slim, this is the best year for Republicans to run up their margins in the House and Senate. It's time to create the biggest GOP margins in those deliberative bodies as possible. We have the opportunity to bulletproof the GOP majorities. (Yes, the GOP will flip the U.S. Senate.) The guys from the Ruthless podcast joined Megyn Kelly to talk about the state of the presidential race in this interview:

About 5:30 into the interview, Comfortably Smug said that 900,000 fewer Democrats had turned out this year than in the previous presidential election on the same day of early voting. Smug said that this might be proof that Democrats are suffering from an enthusiasm gap. That's totally plausible but it's also a fantastic opportunity for the GOP. If Democrats aren't turning out like they normally do, that means the GOP might be able to pick off a couple extra states in the presidential race or perhaps 5-6 extra House seats. Think, too, about the possibility of flipping legislative bodies that might not otherwise be in play.

Think like farmers think during harvest. Let's make hay while the sun shines.