Two ass-sucking Blue Dogs, Collin Peterson (MN) and Jeff Van Drew (NJ)-- who is expected to quit the Democratic Party and join the GOP-- have already announced they're voting against impeaching Trump. Next week we'll find how many fellow Blue Dogs they're dragging along with them.
Want to get the pulse of the music business? That's what Bob Lefsetz's newsletter does. Tonight's guest post is one he did for his blog over the weekend: Buttigieg, which is the alternative name many people call Mayo Pete. He began with a link to a New York Times piece: Buttigieg Struggles to Square Transparency With Lack of Disclosure on Consulting.
In the face of the terrible news yesterday-- Pelosi's weak, suspect and pathetic impeachment strategy and her backing for the NAFTA 2.0 sellout-- there was at least something that went right. Just days after Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action-- not anything like a Mayo Pete or Status Quo Joe kind of group-- announced their game-changing endorsement of Bernie, it turns out...
Like Hillary, Biden started off as a Republican. He found himself in a Democratic environment at work-- and he didn't like Nixon-- so he re-registered as a Democrat. But, issue-wise, like Hillary, he's always been a moderate Republican at heart. He wants to run for president as one too-- and if he does, like Hillary, he will probably lose. Status Quo Joe's only real chance would be if voters decide he's the lesser of the two evils.
The New Yorker's Susan Glaser interviewed Adam Schiff on Thursday. She asked him if he hates Señor T.
Last two standing?-by emorejahongkongCan you imagine a more perfect role-player...• than Biden to suck up early attention, from media and donors, needed by semi-fresh mid-career vanilla centrist candidates?• than Buttigieg to look good compared with Biden’s ever-slower brain and looser mouth?• than Harris to highlight the weaknesses of un-vetted identity-centered candidates (campaign epitaph: “lost beyond the script
Me The People by Nancy OhanianMost Americans seem to understand that the gravity of impeachment goes beyond mere partisan considerations. To put it simply, if Trump isn't held accountable for his criminal behavior, that lack of action will serve as a green light for future criminal behavior, not just by him but by any asshole who comes after him.
Yesterday, Election Science posted an interesting new national survey of Democratic primary voters by ChangePolls.
In 2016, Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes went to Trump. He bear Hillary in a fairly solid blue state 1,405,284 (47.22%) to 1,382,538 (46.45%). That's 22,746 votes. Participation in black neighborhoods in Milwaukee was way off. Voters didn't switch the Trump they just stayed home. What happened? Were people so sure Hillary would win that they didn't both to show up?
