PPP's New Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 48-47

Some very good news today out of Texas: x #NEW #Texas Post #DemConvention Poll: Biden 48% (+1)Trump 47%@ppppolls— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) August 24, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden emerged … Read More

Oh, look, a stutter truther! Must be a big Trump supporter!

Last night, as I watched 13-year-old Brayden Harrington’s inspirational and emotionally wrenching testimony about Joe Biden’s life-changing kindness and caring, born of Biden’s own childhood struggles with stuttering, I was texting … Read More

always slay it – a Biden speech for our times

An excellent speech pairing small details like “muzzle” with “mask”, carrying throughout the imagery of light and dark, and tight in length. It was well crafted and well-delivered. The peroration built … Read More

DAY 4 Democratic National Convention – Biden acceptance speech

Stop by and comment if you’re watching. There’s a diary on the DK front page. x YouTube Video x August 20: Last wk we got several national polls that suggested … Read More

Democratic National Convention liveblogging Day 2, (“It's Shark Week, …”)

Putting this up for the second day in case folks want to share comments in real time. I will update as necessary. x YouTube Video x YouTube Video x Gov. Whitmer … Read More

Trump's actual death toll is smaller yet larger and Don Junior speed-talks to Hannity

Trump demands a third presidential term as over 100,000 have no future, except as potential victims of a crime against humanity. The reality is that COVID-19 deaths are undercounted by … Read More

The Economist forecasting model: Biden 343-195 the only pre-existing condition was trusting Trump

person woman man camera television Presently it’s an 88-12 likelihood of a Biden win and a 343-195 Electoral College margin. The model first averages the polls, weighting them by their … Read More

If Lake Placid could host the Winter Olympics, then Milwaukee can host the DNC

Twice, most recently in 1980, the tiny village of Lake Placid, New York, which has fewer people than my hometown of Westville, Illinois, hosted the Olympic Winter Games. The Winter … Read More