Category: Web Briefing
What a 100% Increase in Voter Turnout for Symbolic Elections in Hong Kong Mean for China
“You see it in the maps. In 2015, 1.4 million Hong Kongers voted in elections in which pro-Beijing candidates swept the city’s 18 district councils. Last week, 2.9 million Hong Kongers voted and pro-democracy candidates won...
Obama Taken to Task by Left-wing Over Report He’d Intervene to Stop Sanders
“Instead be ready for every form of dirty trick, smear and cheating to be used as well as jumping right over those revered “norms and guardrails” because at the end of the day-our bi-partisan...
Willie Brown: Who can beat Trump? Michael Bloomberg deserves Democrats’ buy-in
the pundits would do well to look at who just endorsed Bloomberg in South Carolina: Stephen Benjamin, the African American mayor of Columbia, S.C., and the former president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. I’ve known...
AOC: “There are folks that are trying to completely purchase our political system, running as Republicans and now tossing in their hats as Democrats”
“There are folks that are trying to completely purchase our political system, running as Republicans and now tossing in their hats as Democrats in the field as well,” AOC said. “But what we’re here to...
Trump Admin Change in Title for Xi Jinping from President to General Secretary Carries Deeper Meaning
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a major foreign policy speech late last month in which he referred to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as “general secretary” rather than “president.” The seemingly minor tweak, national security sources and analysts...
Dems Push Back Against Buttigieg’s Comparison to Obama’s Upstart Campaign — and it’s all about race
In fundraising pitches, campaign messaging and his own speeches, Pete Buttigieg likes to point out the parallels between his own upstart campaign and that of another Democrat whose presidential bid was once seen as...
In Iowa with AOC, Bernie Sanders laughs at idea of Jeff Bezos floating Michael Bloomberg’s presidential run
AOC: “They’ve got class solidarity. The billionaires are looking out for each other. They’re willing to transcend difference and background and even politics.”
Surprising Polling Results of the first Four States from Morning Consult: Biden 26%, Sanders 23%, Warren 18%, Steyer 9% and Buttigieg at 8%
From the Morning Consult report on their polling: “On a daily basis, Morning Consult interviews over 5,000 registered voters across the United States. Along with 2020 presidential election data, Political Intelligence tracks the approval...
Dem Disaster Looms as Trump Goes ‘Bigly’ With Blacks Two New Polls Show
According to two new polls, Trump has now gained popularity with African-Americans— and the numbers are significant, even “bigly.” Both polls—Rasmussen, which usually tilts Republican, and Emerson, which is considered even-handed—came out almost exactly the same, putting...