by Jason Sattler USA TODAY Opinion columnist Feb. 19, 2020 How far would you go to get rid of President Donald Trump? Would you give up any pretense that we live in a democracy of the people, by the people, for the people? That seems to be the bet Mike Bloomberg is making. Future historians […]
IS MIKE BLOOMBERG THE ANSWER FOR REELING DEMOCRATS?
by Joe Lockhart CNN Feb. 18, 2020 (CNN)Michael Bloomberg has wanted to be President of the United States for a long time. He toyed with the idea both in 2008 and 2016. But as a shrewd data-driven political leader, Bloomberg must have had a difficult time seeing a path to winning the Democratic nomination. That […]
WHY GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS PRESIDENT #1: Curtis Hill
by Curtis Hill Fox News OPINION Feb. 17, 2020 George Washington is the president who towers over all others in stature and importance. There is more to Mount Rushmore’s 60-foot heads of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln than meets the eye. Find out what makes this American national treasure so […]
SANDERS IS WEAK FRONTRUNNER FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION: Cillizza
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 […]
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
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 […]