by Chris Cillizza CNN Feb. 17, 2020 With the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary now behind us, the shape of the 2020 Democratic field is both a) clearer and b) divided in more complex ways. The biggest change is that we now have a clear Top 2, in the form of Vermont Sen. Bernie […]
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TRUMP DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHY BLACK VOTERS STICK TOGETHER: Vucci
by Evan Vucci Associated Press February 15, 2020 Especially in the half century since Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, voting for Democrats has become a political norm among African Americans—a norm that individuals in black social spaces actively push one another to follow. But every so often, the Republican Party tries to break […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #90 — Interviews with Traverse City Record-Eagle Reporter Brendan Quealy, state Rep. Ann Bollin (R-Brighton) and Ed Sarpolus of Target Insyght
PODCAST: Voting Vicissitudes/Branch Office Brouhahas/Primary Puzzles
Huge surge in absentee voting could be a big factor in Michigan’s March 10 prez primary election. Most of state gov. shuts down on Wednesday because of cogeneration plant failure. Mike Bloomberg saturates MI with staff and millions of $$$ in TV ads. Interview with political reporter Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News. Partners with […]
MONEYBOX: THE ONE THING ELIZABETH WARREN DIDN’T HAVE A PLAN FOR
… And why it killed her campaign. By Jordan Weissmann Moneybox Feb 12, 2020 It would’ve been great, Senator. Scott Olson/Getty Images Elizabeth Warren’s presidential hopes are looking dim. After a third-place finish at the Iowa caucuses, she is heading for a distant fourth in New Hampshire, with less than 10 percent of the vote. […]
“SLIM” HEINARU, ANOTHER OF THE LAST SURVIVING GEORGE ROMNEY AIDES, DIES IN VIRGINIA
It took a while for his adopted state to get the news, but Ilmar “Slim” Heinaru, 94, an officer in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Public Affairs from 1969 to 1988 who organized conferences and seminars, died this past Nov. 28 at an assisted-living center in Hardy, Va. The cause was a gastrointestinal infection, […]
MICHIGAN’S POLITICAL NUCLEAR OPTIONS: There Are Even More Than We Think!
Here are a few examples: Legislative COUP D’ETAT and GUBERNATORIAL REMOVALS. A couple of weeks ago, The Ballenger Report reminded Michigan political junkies (and a few journalists who care) of the “nuclear options” available under the state’s constitution of impeachment, expulsion and recall for getting rid of radioactive public officials. A deeper delve into the […]
MICHIGAN TALK NETWORK: The Political Insider #89 — Interviews with ex-Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer, MLive’s Lauren Gibbons, PR Maven Bob Kolt and Kyle Kondit of Sabato’s Crystal Ball
PODCAST: That Was the Week That Was — and What a Week It Was!
2/7/20 Iowa Dem Party prez nomination caucuses a debacle. What will happen in New Hampshire Tuesday? Trump turns SOTU into a campaign rally, Speaker Pelosi tears up his speech, but Gov. Whitmer says: “When they go low, we go high,” and restrains herself in her party’s response to the prez. Gov. Whitmer presents her […]
LIKE DOROTHY IN ‘THE WIZARD OF OZ,’ TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT KANSAS
Sometimes you can be right for the wrong reasons, and wrong for the right reasons, both at the same time. Democrats and the news media jumped all over President Donald Trump this past Sunday for making still another geographical blunder — he’s made a bunch of ’em — by congratulating the Kansas City Chiefs, winners […]