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bucolic_frolic

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2. It wasn't impossible, public opinion can be volatile and fickle as a pickle

Reply to sop (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2026, 10:21 AM

Yesterday

Wasn't there a point in the 1984 race where Walter Mondale had a good week or two ... I remember him pounding his fist on the podium, in Pittsburgh IIRC, about the "God-awful nuk-u-ler weapons" which is how he pronounced it. And the polls moved about 6-7 points.

But on the other hand, a perceived bad debate performance sandbagged Mike Dukakis too.

Joe was popular and a competitor. If he had rallied, it wasn't impossible.

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