Monthly Archive: December 2019
The Nation: Time for Sanders to Hone the Electability Argument
“One concern moderate Democrats have is that Sanders’s long support of left-wing causes might make him vulnerable to opposition research. Former Clinton adviser Peter Daou provides a useful retort. “I spent a good chunk...
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: impeachment will ’embolden’ Trump, increase his odds of reelection
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-tulsi-gabbard-impeachment-embolden-trump-increasing-reelection/story?id=67960828&cid=clicksource_4380645_null_headlines_hed
Andrew Yang Forces MSNBC to Apologize
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/yang-appears-on-msnbc-ending-boycott/ar-BBYpPu7
As institutions collapse, Americans need to renew faith in each other
“According to Gallup, trust in most other major institutions matched or hit historic lows in 2019,” to wit, “only 8% of Americans trust television news; big business and the criminal justice system are at...
NYT: Why Sanders is Tough to Beat
A recent poll from The Des Moines Register showed that, among likely Democratic caucusgoers who said Mr. Sanders was their top choice, 57 percent said their minds were made up; according to The Register, no other...
Elizabeth Warren’s brother is ‘furious’ for calling their father a janitor
“My Dad was never a janitor,” he told the Globe.
Politico: Democratic insiders say Bernie could win the nomination
But in the past few weeks, something has changed. In private conversations and on social media, Democratic officials, political operatives and pundits are reconsidering Sanders’ chances. “It may have been inevitable that eventually you...
In 2018, Sen. Warren Handed Out Souvenir Wine Bottles for $1,000 Donors
“WASHINGTON (AP) — On a Saturday evening in June 2018, with temperatures in the 70s and the Red Sox playing at Fenway Park, supporters of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren gathered at the City Winery...
Luntz Focus Group: Not a Single Voter Thought Biden, Mayor Pete, Klobuchar, or Steyer Won the Debate – Who Won? Sanders (at 2:44:30)
At 3:14:00 to 3:20:27 is the discussion about billionaires, which is fascinating: “I don’t know why they exist,” said one voter. At 3:35:10 is the focus group’s view of the Bloomberg Presidency, a universal...
Luntz Focus Group of Dems in California: Bloomberg has Zero Chance to Win
Here was what I wrote about the Bloomberg candidacy: “Then there is the notion that a former Republican, who is at best from the Democrats perspective, a moderate Democrat, who is a White. Male....
Biden: Yes, I’d Displace Blue Collar Workers to Transition to a Greener Economy
Dem Debate Moderator to Biden: “As president, would you be willing to sacrifice some of that growth, even knowing potentially that it could displace thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of blue-collar workers, in the...
Yang Won the Debate
Seriously, it is not an accident he is still on stage. In a race between Biden and Sanders, I think Yang will surprise us all in Iowa and New Hampshire. Inspired by Yang’s answer...