Cooper Lund

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 17:31 UTC

"What the report finds is that Biden held on to 94% of the people who said they would support him before the debate. For Trump, 86% of people who said they would support him before the debate said they would do so after the debate."

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:56 UTC

I'm going to speak my truth - I think Glen Powell is going to end up cancelled at some point. He's got that energy, I can't really explain it beyond that.

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:43 UTC

Yeah and I’m absolutely not planning on quitting drinking

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:30 UTC

I keep seeing this guy get retweeted by leftists mad at Biden and I'm beginning to think he's not a particularly good analyst

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:29 UTC

Fellas, is it stupid if someone makes a pragmatic assessment of how to gain leverage in a situation to achieve political goals by strengthening alliances instead of just doing what I want them to?

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:23 UTC

Beginning to think that wellness is a lie we tell ourselves because we want to believe we can still feel like we did when we were 22

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:23 UTC

Every now and then I think "I'm going to start adhering to a normal sleep schedule and not drink, that's going to make me feel better" and then it never actually does. I did Dry January and felt worse!

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:41 UTC

At this point I guess my ask is simple - The Democrats need to set a deadline that isn't the fucking convention on who will run so they can focus on actually electing a candidate instead of constantly leaking their concern to the press and using their time on TV to weakly put knives in backs

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:25 UTC

I think about this graph a lot, too

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:25 UTC

The thing I learned in the past few years that illuminated how absurd posts like these are is that the first person diagnosed with Autism is still alive

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:45 UTC

Trump is out there saying absurd things to sleepy crowds and every GOP creep is out there bragging that they're going to win. Learn from your fucking opposition here!

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:43 UTC

The basic economics of this situation are that every TV minute and article you use for this shit is one that isn't used for actually winning the election. You have to recognize that, because otherwise you're dragging the campaign, whoever's it is, down.

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:41 UTC

At this point I guess my ask is simple - The Democrats need to set a deadline that isn't the fucking convention on who will run so they can focus on actually electing a candidate instead of constantly leaking their concern to the press and using their time on TV to weakly put knives in backs

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:57 UTC

You gotta make the election about Trump, and I understand why Dems are reluctant to do that after 2016, but things are very different this time around

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:48 UTC

There's mechanical issues with polling, sure, but the bigger issue with polling quality is trying to figure out if persuadable voters are actually paying attention right now, and that's a bit harder to figure out

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:47 UTC

The strategy is to keep hammering them on Project 2025 and pointing at Trump and going "Hey, this guy's clearly a lunatic". If we're going to use the polling, he seems to have a ceiling and the Dem strategy is to get Biden above that ceiling.

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:36 UTC

This is exactly why I think I'm significantly more wary of switching candidates than most people. Is Harris going to be able to hold that coalition together like Biden has? I don't think you can say yes confidently there.

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 03:04 UTC

Like, I don’t know what the answer is, but at least people like AOC are going out there and supporting Biden with their whole chest while a bunch of sniveling DC sleazes leak their concerns to the press on background while hemming and hawing publicly. Show some backbone! Say what you mean!

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 03:00 UTC

There is an incredible contrast going on right now between people in power whose politics are based in conviction and people in power whose politics are based on trying to figure out where the wind is blowing, and it’s really exposing the danger of standing around with your finger in the air

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 12:54 UTC

Just wait until you start getting into intense firefights. There was one point when @bijan.bsky.social and I were playing through where I got ambushed after I thought it was over and my hands were shaking so badly that we had to walk to a bar to get a drink.

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