DAVID MARCUS: In Scranton, even Kamala's paid union supporters see writing on the wall

SCRANTON, Pa. – Joel was down from Boston with a fewer of his heavy accented friends and chap members of the National Association of Government Employees sent by the Kamala Harris campaign to enactment up enactment successful Pennsylvania.

Even they know, things are not going good for her.

"I don’t cognize wherefore she can’t reply questions," Joel told me, successful what was astir the astir blunt appraisal against one’s ain involvement I'd heard successful months.

I deliberation a batch of radical connected each sides are confused by this.

The "Electric City" motion successful Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., connected Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Scranton, Pennsylvania has experienced a caller economical turnaround, but the temper among locals astir the authorities of America remains sour. Photographer: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Getty Images)

As a feline calved and raised successful Philly who lived for 2 decades successful New York, I felt it my work to explain, successful a good-natured way, to the fellas wherefore I hatred Boston. After all, it's a treasured ritual of the Northeast. With that retired of the way, Stanley, who appeared to beryllium the group's leader, had different mentation for Kamala’s woes.

"She’s lone been successful the contention 3 months, she’s hardly retired of the gate. That’s a batch to ask."

Billionaire mogul Mark Cuban echoed that successful an X post, "Think of it this way," helium mused, "a campaigner that started lone 13 weeks ago, is now, worst lawsuit scenario, successful a dormant vigor with a erstwhile president."

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden and US Vice President Kamala Harris locomotion to an lawsuit connected weapon unit successful the East Room of the White House successful Washington, DC connected September 26, 2024.  (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images))

Aside from being atrocious astatine imagining the worst-case scenario, what we spot from Mr. Cuban is the opening of the excuses for a Harris loss. But arsenic the playwright David Mamet erstwhile wrote, "your excuses are your own."

I was reasoning astir each of this Friday arsenic I wandered astir Scranton nether beauteous skies and amid aged chromatic monuments to America's greatness. At 1 point, and my manus to God, I’m not making this up, I recovered myself virtually connected Biden Street. 

Biden street. That Biden. 

I bring this up due to the fact that determination were sirens blaring and flashing lights arsenic cops unopen down traffic. "The drivers are annoyed," I heard 1 bull say, "maybe they’ll retrieve it was a Democrat who did this connected Election day."

A feline comes up to maine and says, "why’d they unopen down traffic?" 

"Tim Walz is successful town," I explained.

"Time Walsh?" helium asked.

"No, Tim Walz."

"Who?"

With a gentle sigh, I said, "It doesn’t matter."

And it struck me, the Democrats passed connected a feline who virtually has a thoroughfare named aft him successful Scranton for Kamala Harris and a goofy sitcom dada cipher knows.

Joel and Stanley are bully dudes, stand-up guys who emotion the state and conscionable disagree with maine astir who is champion to service it. Even if they are Patriots fans. There is thing incorrect with them organizing arsenic employees to combat for the aboriginal they want. That’s America.

MADISON, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 22: Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks astatine a get-out-the-vote rally connected October 22, 2024 successful Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin polls unfastened contiguous for in-person aboriginal voting.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

But I didn’t permission convinced Harris is who they truly want.

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"I didn’t similar however it went down," Joel told me, regarding the ousting of Joe Biden from the race. And helium meant it. I often accidental that polls don’t person faces, radical do, and I could spot it successful his eyes.

When I asked Stanley wherefore helium supports Harris, not wherefore helium doesn’t enactment Trump, but wherefore Harris, helium said, "Why can’t I accidental wherefore I don’t privation Trump?"

And helium can, and helium did, but I deliberation adjacent helium knew it was an evasion.

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The biggest misconception astir American authorities is that it's each an algebra equation, adjacent erstwhile the polls are incorrect implicit and over. It's not math, it's a story, and Kamala Harris isn’t telling 1 beyond her middle-class upbringing. 

"I don’t cognize wherefore she can’t reply questions," Joel said, and yeah, helium had a point.

Harris inactive has a accidental to go the president of the United States, but earlier that tin hap she has to reply 1 elemental question: "Why you?"

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