“Donors hedging their bets on Biden because of Bloomberg could be creating a doomsday scenario for Democrats everywhere,” the group’s treasurer, Larry Rasky, wrote. “The Sanders-Warren wing of the Party is ready for the...
This is the room that scares the crap out of the Democratic establishment: a college gymnasium in Keene, N.H., packed to the rafters with nearly 2,000 Bernie Sanders fans joyfully noodle-dancing to a Vermont-based...
Following Ocasio-Cortez’s three-day stint, Sanders’s campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, texted AOC’s campaign manager to express his dissatisfaction with aspects of her performance, according to a source familiar with the exchange. Specifically, the Sanders campaign was miffed...
How to correctly calculate the mortality rate during an outbreak The case fatality rate (CFR) represents the proportion of cases who eventually die from a disease. Once an epidemic has ended, it is calculated...
Sanders leads Mayor Pete by a 2:1 margin based on a poll of 2,500 potential Democratic voter between February 3rd – 5th, with a +/- 2.0% margin of error, less than half the normal...
From The Economist: “IF YOU KEEP being stubborn, fail to repent and continue illegal activities, you will be brought to justice.” So read the warning that police in Wuhan issued to Li Wenliang early...
Let me explain: wargaming the outcome, post-New Hampshire, led me to several surprising possibilities, including the continued rise of Senator Klobuchar. First, let’s talk about Sanders. To kick-off the DEMpire operations against Sanders, they...
From Slate: In short, Buttigieg is helping to consolidate the left and split the moderates, creating ideal conditions for a Sanders win. Meanwhile, there’s still little sign the man from McKinsey has a real...
From New York Magazine: “It is always darkest, John McCain used to say, before it gets totally black. So it is for the American center-left right now. Bernie Sanders is currently favored to win...
From New York Magazine: “Unless one of the non-Bloombergs can somehow get off the mat and defeat Sanders, this is probably the best-case scenario for liberals at this point. It seems more probable that Sanders crushes...
From the Washington Post, via MSNBC: “Biden spent Thursday gathered with his top advisers at his home in Wilmington, Del., seeking a reset and perhaps a last-ditch effort to save his candidacy, beginning with...
From Politico: “Several Iowa Democrats who spoke to POLITICO on the condition they not be identified said that even if a recanvass took place, the results would almost certainly not come through until after...
Tencent‘s web site has, over the last several days, had some very different numbers on the number of infected in China with the Wuhan virus, and a much, much higher death toll and mortality...
Office of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 4, 2020 *EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL CONCLUSION OF REMARKS* PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESSRemarks as prepared for deliveryTO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: ...
From The Guardian: So what went wrong? It’s still not quite clear, though there were reports that a special app used to transmit vote totals had malfunctioned. Questions were immediately raised about who built...
Biden is eight points behind Sanders in New Hampshire, and the Iowa slow-motion results release of Biden’s 4th place finish is helping Biden, but not for long. After New Hampshire, he will have lost...
First, the dumpster fire: Second, the Hindenberg: But seriously and obviously, this will profoundly harm the Democratic party nationally and in Iowa. Clearly, expect a Trump-bump from this debacle. Given that Mayor-Cheat is trending...
So if you are watching the Iowa caucuses tonight, and you are feeling either great or not-so-great, this drink should make you feel better. During the 2016 Presidential Election, I invented it. How to...
What if the large pool of undecided in Iowa, decide not to decide? They are not capable of making a decision. They can’t pick just one candidate. Just like the New York Times editorial...
From the New York Times: “The Wuhan coronavirus spreading from China is now likely to become a pandemic that circles the globe, according to many of the world’s leading infectious disease experts… Scientists do...