Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. delivered a steadfast defense of his moderate policies in the Democratic primary debate on Wednesday, striking back at a familiar adversary, Senator Kamala Harris, but facing intensifying attacks on his record from liberal rivals including Senator Cory Booker and Julián Castro, the former […] Read more »
Wednesday’s presidential debate turns on character as much as ideology, a foreboding turn for Democrats
Democrats turned their presidential debate into a spiral of attacks against one another here Wednesday night, spending more than two hours squabbling over policy details and questioning each other’s honesty or character but only sporadically making a strong case for defeating President Trump in 2020. … What took place showed […] Read more »
These 4 questions may determine how Democrats go from 2 dozen candidates to 1
… Over the next roughly 10 months, through the final primaries and caucuses in early June 2020, Democrats must reduce their field from the unruly herd of about two dozen candidates now contending to a single nominee. That process will unfold through innumerable tactical decisions by the campaigns, dozens of […] Read more »
Dem primary debates ‘could determine the nominee’: 538’s Nate Silver
FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver breaks down the importance of Democratic debates. This Week, ABC News Read more »
Black Democrats prefer the public option to ‘Medicare for All’
A new Marist College poll finds that 90% of Democrats believe it is a good idea to have a health care system in which there are private insurers and a government option (i.e. public option). Meanwhile, a smaller 64% of Democrats say it’s a good idea to have “Medicare for […] Read more »
Race and Immigration Divide Democrats Too
For the past week, the media frenzy over President Trump’s Twitter attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color has centered on the question of whether GOP leaders will rebuke the president’s divisiveness and open hostility to minorities and immigrants. Sticking with Trump, the theory goes, will further cleave the GOP […] Read more »