JoJo has been tapped to sing the official campaign trail anthem for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris. “The Change” is part of the pair’s Get Out the Vote effort. Acclaimed songwriter and frequent Oscar nominee Diane Warren penned the song, which is a swelling, …
Read More »Republicans Are Bending Over Backwards to Help Kanye West's 2020 Campaign
Ready or not, Kanye 2020 is happening. The producer-turned-rapper-turned-[unclassifiable] is already on the ballot in three states, and is navigating various filing requirements and legal challenges to get a bubble next to his name in a handful of others. But myriad questions remain unanswered about the Wyoming resident’s slipshod run …
Read More »Bernie's Last Chance
If Bernie Sanders believed he could win, he’d be trying harder to hype this weekend’s “virtual debate” with Joe Biden. Originally, the one-on-one showdown was scheduled in Arizona. In a surreal concession to the coronavirus disaster, the CNN-hosted affair will instead feature just Biden and Sanders onstage in Washington, D.C., …
Read More »10 Things That Went Wrong In Iowa
Democrats’ Iowa caucus produced endless bitterness but no uncontested winner. Here are 10 ways the caucus process went wrong. Misapportioned “State Delegate Equivalents” The formula for determining the number of delegates a candidate receives in Iowa is based upon the number of “state delegate equivalents” received in each precinct. That …
Read More »Andrew Yang's Staff Pulls Him Back From Spraying Whipped Cream Into Mouths of Kneeling Supporters
Andrew Yang is not your conventional presidential candidate, which is a large part of why the former tech executive who built his campaign around a promise to give every American $1,000 a month has been able to maintain momentum, keep raising money, and find himself polling better than all but …
Read More »When Obama Lectures the Left
Donald Trump’s steady effort to sink Barack Obama’s legacy, and the country along with it, continues apace. Even as he frets about impeachment, this president is eliminating clean air and water standards, his administration is attacking Obamacare in the courts, and his torrid pace of judicial appointments already threatens to …
Read More »In Surprise Flip, Mitch McConnell Now Backs Effort to Defend U.S. Elections
After months of obstruction that led Democrats to brand him “Moscow Mitch,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has reversed course and is now backing $250 million in new federal funding for election security measures to defend against hostile foreign actors like Russia. On the Senate floor Thursday, McConnell introduced …
Read More »Democratic Debate Draw: 3 Big Questions as the Candidates Get Their Groups
On Thursday night, we’ll find out which Democratic presidential candidates will share the stage during two nights of primary debates later this month. Related: Democratic Primary Policy Guide In 2016, when the Republican field was too big for everyone to share the stage, the candidates were divided into early, less-watched …
Read More »Trump Bashed Fox News for Hosting Pete Buttigieg. He Shouldn't Be Worried
For anyone who thinks Fox News is in some way legitimizing itself by hosting town hall events with Democratic candidates,please direct your attention to the events of the past 24 hours. It began Sunday night, when the network hosted a town hall event with Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. As …
Read More »John Delaney Says He's 'Skating to Where the Puck Is Going'
Since last fall’s midterm elections, over a dozen Democrats have announced their intention to run for president in 2020. And then there’s John Delaney, who had already been campaigning for well over a year by the time his party regained control of the House. “I tend to be pretty objective …
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