"The Obama energy is back."
I've noticed people saying things along these lines, and it makes sense on a number of levels. And yet, listening to the the crowds at the #Harris_Walz2024 rallies I sense a major difference: There is something defiant and determined that was not present with Obama.
Obama offered "Hope and Change" and even for true believers this was understood as a soft message. The stakes were not as high as they are now.
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