The 2020 Presidential race

Following the last Democratic debates, campaign contributions to Sanders, Warren and Harris rose dramatically. Contributions to Biden's campaign rose only slightly. However, in CNN's latest poll of potential Democratic voters, Biden is favored by 29%. He's gained 7% over the past eight weeks – and Harris' support fell from 17% to 5%. Buh-bye, Kamala!

CNN Poll: Joe Biden regains double-digit lead over 2020 Democratic field

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/20/polit...und/index.html

Inslee told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow "it's become clear" he won't win the Democratic nomination. Heck, I knew that on March 1, the day he announced his candidacy.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee drops out of 2020 Presidential race

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...climate-change

Thanks to the 18th-century relic known as the Electoral College, five men have lost the popular vote and still won the Presidency. Many states assign Electors on a winner-take-all basis: Whichever candidate gets the most votes, even if he doesn't win a majority, gets 100% of the Electors. How is that fair? Anyway, a three-judge panel from the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a state's Electors do not have to vote for the winner of the state's popular vote, nor can the state nullify the vote of a "renegade" Elector. This issue is likely to wind up in the Supreme Court, which is now stocked with Trump cronies and will almost certainly overturn the Circuit Court's ruling.

Faithless elector: A court ruling just changed how we pick pur President

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...k-our-n1044961

With Jay Inslee's withdrawal from the 2020 Presidential race, the Democrats are now down to 22 Presidential candidates. RealClearPolitics just published a ranking of the candidates based on how much coverage they're getting in the news media. Inslee is near the bottom of the list, just ahead of Marianne Williamson and Michael Bennet. Who will be next to withdraw from the race? Yes, there are at least 15 who should – but who will?

Ranking the 2020 Democratic candidates by media coverage

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ar..._coverage.html

As a Queen song says, another one bites the dust.

Seth Moulton ends 2020 Presidential campaign with a warning about Democrats embracing an overly liberal platform

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ing/ar-AAGe1JE

"We have someone in the White House who is unfit, who lies virtually every time he opens his mouth." Thus begins the first campaign ad of Republican Joe Walsh, who this morning officially announced he's running for President. Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is also challenging Trump.

Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh will take on Trump in Republican primary

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...nge-trump.html

Candidates can appear on stage together and take part in a debate only if it's sanctioned by the DNC and only if the debate covers several issues and not just one. I say the DNC holds too much power. Candidates should be able to debate whenever they want and discuss whatever they want. We have this little thing known as the First Amendment.......

Democratic National Committee votes against allowing 2020 candidates to participate in climate change debate

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/08/24/pol...ing/index.html

This Monmouth University poll surveyed only 298 voters, a very small sample. Hey, Monmouth, survey ten times that number and then get back to us, okay?

Biden falls in new Democratic primary poll as Warren and Sanders make slight gains

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...3c0_story.html

Wisconsin Representative Sean Duffy today became the 12th House Republican to announce he will not seek reelection in 2020. CNN editor-at-large Chris Cillizza breaks down "Trump's hostile takeover of the GOP" and "the struggles within the minority party in the House as it grapples with a decided lack of legislative power and the electoral uncertainties created by President Donald Trump." Another "blue wave" could be on the way.

Here's why members of the House GOP keep abandoning ship

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/26/polit...nts/index.html

In March 2013, former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh launched a talk show on WIND in Chicago. It was syndicated nationally by Salem Radio Network – until today. Yesterday, Walsh announced he's running for President and called Donald Trump a "liar" who is "morally unfit" for the office. Speaking today with CNN's John Berman, Walsh admitted, "It's not good for a conservative radio host to badmouth Trump. When I announced my candidacy, I knew my radio show would be in jeopardy. This morning I was told I no longer have a radio show."

Salem believes in freedom of speech – as long as it's right-wing speech. Salem has taken down walshfreedom.com, the website of Walsh's now-former radio show. Walsh's new website for his Presidential campaign is

https://www.joewalsh.org

Four hundred thirty-three days till Election Day.

As Trump policies deepen farmers' pain, Democrats see an opening in rural America
Seizing on mounting Farm Belt frustration with President Donald Trump's economic agenda, Democratic rivals are stepping up their push to take back part of rural America, whose overwhelming support for Trump helped propel his upset 2016 election victory.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKCN1VH11D

A new poll shows Trump would lose to Biden in a head-to-head matchup. He would lose to Sanders. He would lose to Warren. He would lose to Harris. He would lose to Buttigieg. Trump is hoping the Democratic nominee will be Andrew Yang, who has proposed fighting climate change by having giant mirrors in space, to deflect sunlight away from earth.

Trump trails top five 2020 Democrats in national poll

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...2020-democrats

"Colored people" was a descriptive term for non-whites, a term coined in 1916. It has been replaced by "people of color." That sounds less offensive than "colored people" – but is it really? Why can't we just call people "people"? Anyway, Joe Biden is thinking about a running mate.

Joe Biden says he'd prefer a running mate who is 'of color and/or a different gender'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...der/ar-AAGrL0i

I think Elizabeth Warren should be Biden's running mate. If Biden wins and serves just one term, Warren would probably be the next president.

And another one bites the dust. Another one bites the dust.

'It's important to know when it's not your time': Kirsten Gillibrand announces she is dropping out of the 2020 Democratic Presidential race

https://www.businessinsider.com/kirs...al-race-2019-8

ABC will televise the three-hour debate September 12. Only ten candidates met the requirements to qualify for the debate: A 2% showing in four national polls and 130,000 donors. On stage at Texas Southern University will be Biden, Sanders, Warren, Harris, Klobuchar, Booker, Buttigieg, Castro, O'Rourke and Yang.

September Democratic debate will be one night only

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/u...andidates.html

Donald Trump is probably starting to get the DT's. How appropriate!

Trump trails Democrats by a historically large margin

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/31/polit...sis/index.html

#BlueWave 2020

Mark Leibovich, chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, provides a lengthy analysis of why Joe Biden is running for President. Leibovich concludes by asking: "Why not?" That's some hard-hitting journalism right there!

Does Joe Biden want to be doing this?
Why is Joe Biden running? Remarkably, after all this time, he stumbles to come up with a clear answer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/u...iden-2020.html

Thanks to the 18th-century relic known as the Electoral College, a Presidential candidate can win the election even though his opponent receives more votes. It's happened five times so far. The votes in individual states are more important than the national vote. In 2016, Trump won Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Florida by one percentage point or less. Those four states could determine who wins in 2020. Many analysts think Wisconsin will be the key battleground state. Wisconsin holds its Democratic primary on April 7.

Poll: Biden tops Trump in Wisconsin in hypothetical head-to-head matchup

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/04/polit...ump/index.html

"Being in the House minority with President Donald Trump in the White House just isn't a lot of fun," writes CNN's Chris Cillizza. They can't pass legislation and Trump has cost the Republican party the support of "critical constituencies, including suburban women and Hispanics." Fourteen House Republicans (so far) have announced they will not run for re-election in 2020. Two are running for other offices. The other 12 are just quitting. Many more could follow.

Why House Republicans could be looking at a retirement avalanche in 2020

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/05/polit...ans/index.html