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To the editor:
If Joe Cannisi would research opinion polls and campaign finance, he would discover Harris’ fundraising broke records and her poll numbers were headed to the stratosphere (“Style over substance,” Letters, The Chief, Jan. 24). She crashed and burned within a month. Why?
No open primary. Failure to address core voter concerns per opinion polls: the border, inflation, Gaza. Failure to separate from Biden. Evading tough questions. Attacking Trump instead of focusing on policy. Overloading on out of touch ivory tower dwelling celebrities. No campaign, of course, will be perfect. But a campaign cannot be a perfect storm.
Donald Trump won open Republican primaries, represented change and was his own man. He addressed a core issue; no control of the border. Voters knew what they were getting with Trump. I’m not agreeing with the logic; I’m explaining it.
Crucial if Dems want the White House in 2028: Admit their mistakes; research and discover what Trump did correctly and Harris did not; read the comments under YouTube videos that analyze the election; realize that eye-candy celebs shaking their posteriors is no longer effective.
But hey: why look at this election rationally? Blame “bad” Republicans — some long deceased — from decades past, style, social media, the Curse of the Bambino. No, Mr. Cannisi, style did not win in 2024. Lack of substance and a badly run campaign lost.
Nat Weiner
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