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RIP Fernando

RIP Fernando! 1981 was an exciting year! I am a Dodger fan and was a Die Hard fan who would watch or listen to every Dodger game growing up.

As far as the comments about Chavez Ravine, the area around Dodgers stadium remains very Mexican. I have not heard the story in a long time. But, my understanding is that some of the property in Chavez Ravine was purchased and some of the property was taken by eminent domain with the plan to build massive public housing with the support of federal money. Then, the political winds changed and a mayor of LA was elected who opposed public housing. Thus, he took the opportunity to sell the land to the O'Malleys to build the stadium.

When I grew up in the 70's and 80's, there were a lot of Dodger fans who happened to be Mexican before Fernando. But, it went crazy in a great way with Fernando in 81. To this day, Dodgers are big time in the Mexican community.

We will miss you Fernando! Go Dodgers!!!
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Harris campaign making a mistake?

I think Harris is making a few mistakes. The biggest one is she should be breaking with Biden more. You may think that's tough to do when she's part of the administration, but Hubert Humphrey's poll numbers did improve after calling for a halt to bombing in Vietnam. That was September 30th, 1968, and while he obviously lost to Richard Nixon, he did gain ground in the polling in his match-up with Nixon and George Wallace. It's probably too late for Harris to break with Biden in any meaningful way now.

It would probably be also good if she stopped touting the endorsements of neoconservatives. I'm not sure who that's for - the very few "moderate republicans" who existed in the first place have already made their minds up to vote for Harris. I don't think it helps when she tells the Univision town hall audience that she has Alberto Gonzales's endorsement. This is a strategy that convinces no one and, if anything, probably demoralizes actual progressives.

I think the Trump campaign is making some mistakes, as well. For example, I don't know why they stopped hammering on the economy and focused more on the trans issue. Republicans have hit the trans stuff very hard in the last several election cycles and results have shown that it's not a motivating factor for voters. Since he started pivoting away from making the economy a central part of his campaign, he's seen his lead on that particular issue erode in the polls.

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