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Over sixty failed law suits and 50 certifications later, and aside from the stunt-quality, Josh Hawley steps ahead of Tom Cotton in a move to take hold of the Trump base. All he needs is a bit of QAnon numerology. The reality is that it is definitely a stunt for...

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  • December 30, 2020
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Here’s the latest news courtesy of Qunnipiac University’s latest poll: If the election for president were being held today, former Vice President Joe Biden would receive 49percent of the vote and President Donald Trump would receive 41 percent, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of registered voters released...

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  • June 18, 2020

Um, okay? Barbie Riefenstahl was back on Fox News today and … well, see for yourself: x wut pic.twitter.com/r283HEZpVc— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 20, 2020 < p class=”is-empty-p”> CONWAY: “You’ve seen the long short list of Joe Biden’s VP choices. They all happen to be female. He sounds like a co-ed...

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  • May 21, 2020

Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D. MN), in support of Theresa Greenfield’s (D. IA) U.S. Senate campaign: Theresa Greenfield (D. MN) If we want to make progress on the issues that matter most and put the country back on the path to progress,...

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  • May 13, 2020

I’m liking this piece from Politico: Amy Klobuchar is kicking off her next act. Two months after ending her presidential campaign and amid vice presidential speculation, the Minnesota Democrat is launching a new effort to help direct money and campaign help to down-ballot Democrats. The endeavor — called the Win...

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  • May 3, 2020

New episode just dropped: x On this week’s episode of Here’s the Deal, Senator @AmyKlobuchar joins me for a discussion on how COVID-19 has impacted her family and what drove her to get involved in politics. Listen to the full episode at: https://t.co/t11Fa0TZjc pic.twitter.com/YaLgMAQNff— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 20, 2020...

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  • April 20, 2020

Received this e-mail yesterday from American Bridge 21st Century PAC in support of former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: Democratic voters are speaking loud and clear: they want Joe Biden to be our nominee. That’s why at American Bridge, we’re rallying behind Joe Biden along with top Democrats like...

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  • April 3, 2020

 www.scribd.com/… A Fox News Poll taken March 20-24 shows a steady national presidential race with Joe Biden leading Donald Trump by 49% to 40%, about the same as the 8 point lead he had in the February poll and the 9 point lead Biden had in January. In fact, in...

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  • March 27, 2020

Received this e-mail just now from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee on behalf of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign: There's big news coming out of Super Tuesday states: Elizabeth Warren is picking up masses of voters across the country who previously supported Mayor Pete and Amy Klobuchar. Tonight's results will be very...

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  • March 4, 2020

There are reports that former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar will endorse Joe Biden at a Rally in Texas on the eve of Super Tuesday. Former Senator Harry Reid has also endorsed Biden. politicalwire.com/… Pete Buttigieg will be joining Amy Klobuchar to publicly endorse Joe Biden at a...

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  • March 2, 2020

Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar will endorse Joe Biden at a rally in Texas on the eve of Super Tuesday. Former Senator Harry Reid has also endorsed Biden. politicalwire.com/… Pete Buttigieg will be joining Amy Klobuchar to publicly endorse Joe Biden at a rally in Texas later...

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  • March 2, 2020

There have been lots of messages from the Democratic candidates running for the presidential nomination on winning political strategies.  Now that some votes are being cast, we are seeing what Joy Reid has called “proof of concept” with regards to those messages or strategies.  Or I should say, we are...

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  • March 1, 2020

When political maven and American University history professor Allan Lichtman predicted Donald Trump would win the 2016 election, I laughed … nervously. When it turned out he’d been right, I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. When he predicted Trump would be impeached, I was ready to stick my head...

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  • February 28, 2020

I am a Democrat, not a moderate, a liberal, a progressive or even a Democratic Socialist, but a Democrat. The Democratic candidates must learn to communicate the art of nuance and not treat it as a nuisance.  When Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders nuanced an answer—in the first debate, that...

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  • February 26, 2020

Charles P. Pierce from Esquire made it clear today who he was voting for: In 2016, I decided to make it a custom here at the shebeen to reveal the candidate for whom I voted in the Democratic primary election because a) I think it’s right to be transparent about...

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  • February 25, 2020

Kudos to Rolling Stone for finding this: In a 2016 audio recording from what is thought to be a private Goldman Sachs event, Bloomberg first can be heard referring to the audience as “my peeps.” He then went on to talk about what his priorities would be if he were running for...

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  • February 25, 2020

Here’s something that will raise your spirits: x New CBS/YouGov national poll just out: Sanders 28%Warren 19%Biden 17%Bloomberg 13%Buttigieg 10%Klobuchar 5%Steyer 2%Gabbard 1%— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) February 23, 2020 Here’s some more info: Measuring sentiment among would-be Democratic primary voters nationwide, it's Sanders who is leading in overall preference to...

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  • February 23, 2020

I want to congratulate Bernie Sanders on his victory in the Nevada Caucus.  It is going to take some time for us to see the final tally and the data.  And I have been watching some of the coverage on MSNBC.  This is my initial read from what I can...

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  • February 23, 2020

Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D. MA) presidential campaign: x YouTube Video I messed up. I voted early in Nevada for Pete Buttigieg. Then I saw Elizabeth Warren in this week's debate and at a local rally —...

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  • February 22, 2020

The reality of tomorrow’s Nevada caucus will be in the details of delegate allocation. The meme of “insurmountable delegate lead” could prevail. Meanwhile Trump does a counter-rally in Vegas. x Post-debate poll (Thursday, Feb. 20):@BernieSanders – 30% (+2)@JoeBiden – 19% (0)@MikeBloomberg – 17% (-3)@ewarren – 12% (+2)@PeteButtigieg – 11% (-1)@amyklobuchar – 5%...

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  • February 21, 2020

Hmmmmm…Media asks leading questions of Democratic presidential candidates to get them to attack each other.  In latest debate, Elizabeth Warren comes out swinging against all the other candidates.  Bernie Sanders gets into it with Bloomberg and Buttigieg.  Klobuchar gets into personal fight with Buttigieg.  Biden even goes after Bloomberg.   And...

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  • February 21, 2020

I think there will be certain things that are predictable for tomorrow night’s Democratic presidential debate.   You know you suck as a moderator when you get panned by both Democrats and Fox “News.”  And I am talking about Bothsiderist Chuck Todd.  Seriously, I don’t normally pay any attention to Fox, but...

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  • February 19, 2020

538 gives the polling outfit Data for Progress a B/C rating, but Data for Progress has Bernie Sanders with 35% support with likely caucus goers in NV.  Here is a link to the poll.   I know.  I know.  Polling in NV sucks.  Jon Ralston says that, and I believe him. ...

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  • February 18, 2020

Seems that Mike Blooomberg literally eclipsed every Democratic candidate today on MNSBC, at least the afternoon shows such as Deadline: WhiteHouse and MTP Daily.  Well, they threw up Bernie Sanders as the kind of polar opposite to Bloomberg, but except for that Joe Biden interview on Nicole Wallace’s show, it...

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  • February 17, 2020
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First off, this is bull shit: Michael Bloomberg said at the height of the housing crisis in 2008 that getting rid of “redlining,” the biased housing practice that stopped banks from providing mortgages in low-income, largely minority neighborhoods, was to blame for the collapse. Bloomberg's presidential campaign said Thursday the former New...

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  • February 13, 2020

Disclaimer: I am neither a Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders supporter. I am still voting for Elizabeth Warren in the primary. I have explained why in past diaries but I will explain more in another diary soon. But what I am all for is a party unity and Joe Biden...

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  • February 10, 2020

Klobuchar got a bump from the ABC debate on Friday in New Hampshire. x NH @7News/ Emerson College Tracking Poll Night 7: Sanders 30% (-1)Buttigieg 20% (-4)Klobuchar 13% (+4)Warren 12% (+1)Biden 11% (0)https://t.co/Gpq821F7C6 pic.twitter.com/4SOnXF7YNB— Emerson College Polling (@EmersonPolling) February 9, 2020 Quadrennial Giant Meteor always leads the field Benjamin in...

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  • February 9, 2020

Laura Clawson is doing an excellent job of covering how bad the ABC moderators of this latest Demcoratic “debate” are performing.  And you don’t have to be a progressive to see how awful the “There Will Be Blood!” inducing questions that sellouts like George Stephanopolous ask.  He’s a shining example...

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  • February 8, 2020

Just stop talking about “staying in your lane” unless you're a American football player. “Stay in your lane: 1) what you say to someone who is below your league in terms of attractiveness and tries to hit on you. 2) what you say to someone who tries to talk about...

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  • February 7, 2020

And it is my batting average when it comes to picking Democratic presidential candidates.  And it’s bad.  Otherwise, 2020 is a sea of poltiical confusion, or so you would think if you are a political junkie. For starters, I don’t think I have picked an eventual nominee since I first...

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  • February 7, 2020

I’m not sure how to feel about this Iowa caucus snafu, other than to ask, once again — why the hell does Iowa have such an outsized influence on who gets to be president? It looks bad on a few levels: Turnout was mediocre, which suggests enthusiasm is not where it...

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  • February 4, 2020

morningconsult.com/… Morning Consult is out with their rankings of Senators’ approval for the last quarter of 2019 in their home states. A number of Republicans running for re-election might have problems. Susan Collins might really have something to be “concerned” about. Vulnerable GOP Senators Up for Re-election Senator State Approve Disapprove McConnell Kentucky...

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  • January 17, 2020

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate, Amy Klobuchar (D. MN), in support of Amy McGrath’s (D. KY) U.S. Senate campaign: Amy McGrath (D. KY) Last week, Kentucky became the BLUEgrass State after voters chose Democrat Andy Beshear to be their next governor. Some Democrats had written...

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  • November 13, 2019

I’m up, and I saw this ABC/Washington Post poll on the Democratic race for president.  Let’s get to the meat of it. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ health poses a concern to Democrats, former Vice President Joe Biden prevails on electability and strong leadership and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is competitive on mental acuity and bringing “needed...

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  • November 3, 2019

It’s on C-Span 13 Democratic Presidential Candidates Speak at Liberty and Justice Celebration in Des Moines DES MOINES, Iowa — Thirteen presidential candidates are speaking to a crowd of more than 13,000 at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration at Wells Fargo Arena Friday night. The speaking order...

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  • November 2, 2019

Actually, there isn’t just one Media narrative on the Democratic presidential race, but I want to focus on this one story from CNBC.  It certainly encapsulates the narrative on Joe Biden.  Yes, I do not support Joe Biden, BUT I do not think that the data presented supports the narrative. ...

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  • October 23, 2019

Mother Jones “Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) released evidence on Tuesday that the Justice Department buried the whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president by failing to refer the matter to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Klobuchar suggested the Justice Department violated a longstanding agreement between the...

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  • October 22, 2019

Actions speak volumes over words, and the punches thrown by the Democratic presidential candidates at Elizabeth Warren tonight scream, “She’s the frontrunner!”  I don’t give a shit how often they say, “Polls don’t matter!  I meet all kinds of people out on the campaign trail…blah, blah, blah.”  The rest of the...

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  • October 16, 2019

Safe Bets For Tonight: It’s hosted by CNN and NYT, so the questions to the candidates are going to suck. The moderators want this to become a professional wrestling match, so look for lots of questions crafted to spark fights among the candidates. I predict Erin Burnett will ask Warren...

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  • October 15, 2019

The NYT — yes, even though they suck, they have this interesting article — has an article up on the early caucus and primary states and the Democratic presidential candidates gound game in each.  Well, they focus more on Iowa than any place else, but they have some graphics on how many...

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  • October 12, 2019

There is a Fox News( cough on the word “News”) poll and a SurveyUSA poll that have come in.  I don’t have a direct link to the SurveyUSA poll, so I will give you the 538 page.  Both get A ratings from 538, and for Biden supporters, they boost his...

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  • September 19, 2019

Can we agree that money in politics, especially from corporations and oligarchs, is not healthy for our democratic process?  But we have a political system that equates “free speech” with how much money you can donate to a political candidate or campaign.  Until that system changes, we are stuck with...

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  • September 14, 2019

Barack Obama gave a resounding speech of “Yes, We Can!”,  and Democrats loved it.  He was the first biracial man to occupy the White House.  Obama talked about being “transformational.”  And his election and re-election gave hope to many. Too bad some of the Democrats vying for the Democratic nomination...

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  • September 12, 2019

A little while ago, I wrote about how the former U.S. Senate Majority & Minority Leader, Harry Reid (D. NV), gave the 2020 Democratic candidates a new litmus test when it gets to getting shit done once elected: Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said this week that should Democrats take control of...

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  • September 5, 2019

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator and Presidential Candidate, Amy Klobuchar (D. MN), in support of J.D. Scholten’s (D. IA-04) campaign: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D. MN) Defeating Donald Trump and taking back the White House in 2020 is essential. But it's not the only race that matters: Representative Steve King of Iowa will also...

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  • August 28, 2019

I never watched Donald Trump’s inauguration. Couldn’t do it. I think I spent the day flossing my perineum with concertina wire, because that seemed far, far less demoralizing. But Minnesota senator and presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar was there, and during a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, she...

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  • May 27, 2019

Earlier today, I created a Twitter list of every major candidate who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. I’m defining “major candidate” as being eligible for being listed on Wikipedia’s table of 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidates, so, as a result, I’m not going to list every single person who...

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  • April 21, 2019

in which I am making no commitment to any candidate, but am laying down several markers, at least as I consider my support. And I will preface this by noting my spouse is quite impressed by Buttigieg and has contributed to him (2x) and to Inslee (b/c of Jay’s commitment...

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  • April 16, 2019

Hola Democratic contenders! You guys and gals are knocking my socks off out there. You’re in all kinds of weather, all  kinds of diners and town halls, making all kinds of great first impressions. Just a quick couple of shout outs. Senator Klobuchar? I love what you’re doing, and by...

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  • February 18, 2019

Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota will be interviewed by Bret Baier on Fox News tonight at six o’clock. I’ll spare you the Fox link, but…. x TONIGHT, 6p ET: 2020 Presidential Candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar Joins 'Special Report’ with @BretBaier Tune in at 6:00pm ET to see the must-see “Special Report”...

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  • February 13, 2019