Category: Web Briefing
DON’T PANIC! DON’T WORRY! The New Virus from China is Part of Life on Planet Earth — And It’s Not Nearly as Bad as If It was Bird Flu
The notion that the new nCoV virus that began weeks ago in a fish market in Wuhan, China near to the city’s main rail station can be contained is a cute notion. I’ve been...
The Senate will Pop Smoke and Call the Evac Chopper at the Soonest Possible Moment
The U.S. House managers are so incredibly difficult to listen to because of their patronizing and lecturing tone. This will not go over well in the Senate, and it is not going over well....
Biden Leads Sanders by 0.2% in California, Bloomberg in 6th at 3.8%
California is probably the best test case for whether Bloomberg’s ad campaign is working or not. He has lift-off from zero. Will he have more support over time? We will know in about five...
Classic Hand-wringing Liberals Who Can’t Decide: NYT Editorial Board Picks Two Dem Presidential Candidates (Really, they picked two)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/19/opinion/amy-klobuchar-elizabeth-warren-nytimes-endorsement.html
More than 26,000 people attended Sanders’s October rally with AOC, making it the largest event held by any Democratic presidential candidate this cycle
“But progressives say that an emphasis on turning nonvoters into voters is more important for a Democratic victory in November. They blame Clinton’s loss on failing to inspire and mobilize Americans: An estimated 4.4 million...
Only Warren has had Trouble with the Truth during her Campaign
Senator Warren has a long history of telling Whoppers about herself that she believes will benefit her politically. It is telling that Senator Klobuchar, the only woman left in the Democratic Presidential primary, refused...