By Patrick J. Buchanan March 3, 2020 Share Pat’s Columns: Tuesday – March 3, 2019 “Of what is the establishment terrified? That if Sanders is nominated, Donald Trump will crush him in November. And not only will the White House be lost, all hopes of winning the Senate and blocking Trump’s second-term Supreme Court nominees […]
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KLOBUCHAR DROPS OUT — AND THE ‘STOP BERNIE’ MOVEMENT IS NOW OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY
Just one day after Pete Buttigieg made his own primary exit, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced that she, too, is ending her presidential run. She is reportedly planning to endorse Joe Biden at his Dallas rally later tonight (Monday). Despite consistently low polling numbers, Klobuchar and her message of electability outlasted a crowded field of […]
HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO GET RID OF A BAD JUDGE?
At least three, according to the Michigan Constitution — and that’s probably two too many. Which brings us to another question: Is there too much clutter in the state’s 57-year-old Constitution? The answer is Yes, and much of it could have been purged long ago but wasn’t and isn’t likely to be unless there is […]
ARE NON-WHITES VOTING MORE LIKE OTHER AMERICANS?
By Michael Barone Real Clear Politics/Washington Examiner March 1, 2020 Bernie Sanders’ victories in the inaccurately counted Iowa caucuses, the crisply conducted New Hampshire primary and the Nevada caucuses have made two things clear. One is that the Vermont senator, elected and reelected to Congress as an independent, is on the high road to become […]
“UNTHINKABILITY BIAS” COMES TO THE DEMOCRATS
By Sean Trende, Real Clear Politics February 26, 2020 (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) Voting in the Democratic Primary contest is getting ready to heat up, but the contest itself will be more-or-less over shortly after it begins. By the end of March, fully two-thirds of the delegates to the national convention will be awarded. […]
WHY THE PANIC THAT BERNIE CAN’T BEAT TRUMP?
by Jim VandeHei Politics & Policy Feb. 24, 2020 Lots of Democrats are in full panic that Bernie Sanders will win the nomination and get clobbered in the general election — and bring the party down, too. But the evidence, particularly the polling, doesn’t back those doomsday warnings. Why it matters: Virtually every national and swing […]
THE ATLANTIC: Democratic Party Leaders Are Floundering After Nevada
by Edward-Isaac Dovere The Atlantic magazine February 23, 2020 Shannon Stapleton / Reuters LAS VEGAS—The phrase Democratic establishment conjures images of something like the Illuminati with the power to determine the outcome of American elections. But so far, the supposedly all-powerful leaders of the party have been about as well organized as The Muppet Show. […]
FREE PRESS POLL: SANDERS LEADS IN MICHIGAN
New poll suggests Bernie Sanders building lead in Michigan by Todd Spangler Detroit Free Press Feb. 23, 2020 WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders appears to be leading his Democratic rivals in Michigan’s March 10 primary, according to a new poll released Sunday. The poll by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Elections Research Center shows Sanders, the […]
GIL WANGER, ONE OF LAST SURVIVING CON-CON DELEGATES, HONORED BY MEIJER CENTER FOR MICHIGAN HISTORY
Room in the Meijer Center for Michigan History Named in Honor of Eugene G. and Marilyn M. Wanger of Lansing LANSING, Mich.— The Historical Society of Michigan (HSM) has dedicated a room in its new Meijer Center for Michigan History to donors Eugene G. (Gil) Wanger, one of the last survivors of Michigan’s […]
LATINO SUPPORT FOR TRUMP IS REAL: Bloomberg News
Latino Support for Trump Is Real KRISTIAN RAMOS BLOOMBERG NEWS CONTRIBUTOR FEBRUARY 19, 2020 President Donald Trump has done almost everything he can to anger Latino voters. And yet, his support among this crucial portion of the electorate remains surprisingly consistent. After the 2016 election, exit polls analyzed by the Pew Research Center showed that 28 […]