Michael Scherer reports that Joe Biden rises with a less-is-more campaign: Biden has made no secret of his own thinking on the matter. “The more that Donald Trump is out the worse he does. I think it is wonderful that he goes out,” Biden joked Saturday at a virtual event for Asian American and Pacific Islander…
Presidential race 2020
Presidential race 2020
How a President Leads
by JOHN ADAMS •
History, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Trump
Trump Rallies on Juneteenth in Tulsa
by JOHN ADAMS •
Trump is both ignorant and slow, but his aide Stephen Miller is neither. Knowing as much about these men, one reads that the Trump campaign has picked Juneteenth for a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma: How can you further inflame racial tensions? Send the president, who has called those protesting for racial equality “thugs,” to a…
Libertarians, Never Trump, Politics, Presidential race 2020
Repost: Only a Grand Coalition Will Prevail
by JOHN ADAMS •
Posted originally 4.14.20 — and still true. One reads that Justin Amash, a congressman from Michigan, is thinking about a third-party run for the presidency. Forget him; only a grand coalition will assure Trump’s defeat. Those of us who are Never Trump (mostly conservatives but some libertarians as I am), are part of a diverse…
Democrats, Elections, Never Trump, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Republicans, Television, Trump
The Unexpected (But Welcome) Never-Trump Haven @ MSNBC
by JOHN ADAMS •
So we who are Never Trump, mostly conservatives but also some libertarians (as I am), find ourselves part of a much larger coalition united in opposition to Trump. By ourselves there are too few of us to overcome the most powerful person in all the world; as a small but committed part of a much…
Democrats, Elections, Presidential race 2020
About that Democratic ‘Establishment’
by JOHN ADAMS •
I’m neither a Democrat nor a Republican, and I never will be. One doesn’t have to be a member of a major party, however, to see that repeated talk about a Democratic ‘establishment’ is mostly bunk: millions of Democratic voters are casting their ballots based on their own estimation of the candidates, without regard to…
Presidential race 2020, Russia
The Patience of Russia’s Preference
by JOHN ADAMS •
TV networks claim Russia is just trying to cause chaos, with no specific goals in mind or a preference for a specific candidate. The Russians have been explicit about waiting out Trump's first term, expecting him to pay off like a slot machine after 2020.https://t.co/ZIg1t5t2yi — Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 24, 2020
Elections, Presidential race 2020, Trump, Wisconsin
Battleground Wisconsin 2020
by JOHN ADAMS •
Although Trump carried Wisconsin in ‘16, and although 2020 is likely to see a hard fight against him in Wisconsin, Trump has significant obstacles he did not have in the last election. On Twitter, Joe Handrick (@joeminocqua) offers a sound analysis of Trump’s electoral position in the Badger State. Embedded below is the first of…
Presidential race 2020
Sen. Harris and the Fight Ahead
by JOHN ADAMS •
Sen. Kamala Harris of California suspended her campaign today, and has effectively left the 2020 presidential race. I’ve been a supporter of hers, and so consider her departure from the race unfortunate for her party (of which I am not a member) and for the country. There are those who will now say – as…
America, Congress, Elections, Federal Government, Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Poll, Presidential race 2020, Sen. Ron Johnson, Trump, Wisconsin
Sure enough…
by JOHN ADAMS •
Ron Johnson really is America’s Dumbest Senator™: MIDDLETON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday there’s nothing improper about President Donald Trump’s call on Chinese officials to investigate his top political rival in his 2020 re-election bid. Trump extended the invitation Thursday to the foreign country as he faces impeachment over a similar request of the president of…
Elections, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Trump
That’s Not Confidence…
by JOHN ADAMS •
One reads at Politico that Donald Trump is confident his core coalition of die-hard supporters can propel him to a second term in the White House, asserting in a new interview that he may not even bother reaching out to swing voters in his re-election campaign. “I think my base is so strong, I’m not…
Presidential race 2020
Kamala Harris
by JOHN ADAMS •
We’ve a long way between now and the nomination of a candidate to oppose Trump (or a Trump surrogate in the event Trump doesn’t or can’t run for re-election). No one who comes forward for this republic will be without flaw; no Trumpist who comes forward to undermine this republic will offer more than flaws. There’s…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, Harassment, Misconduct, Politics, Presidential race 2020
Sanders Says He Was ‘A Little Bit Busy’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Sydney Ember and Katie Benner report Sexism Claims from Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Run: Paid Less, Treated Worse: In February 2016, Giulianna Di Lauro, a Latino outreach strategist for Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential operation, complained to her supervisor that she had been harassed by a campaign surrogate whom she drove to events ahead of the Democratic primary…