It’s an old cliché that all politics is local. It’s equally true in this polarized age that most meaningful politics happens in party primaries. That hyperpartisan dynamic is why Republicans keep their disdain for Donald Trump to off-the-record Washington whispers: They are afraid of a primary challenge. And that dynamic […] Read more »
How Bill Weld Could Shake Up The 2020 Republican Primary
Here’s a blast from the past: Bill Weld is running for president. Speaking in New Hampshire on Friday, the former Massachusetts governor announced that he was forming an exploratory committee to seek the Republican nomination for president. … In all likelihood, President Trump would crush any Republican who tries to […] Read more »
Democrats to launch new voter database with Dean at the helm
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez is declaring a major victory ahead of the 2020 presidential election, with the help of one of his most well-known predecessors. Howard Dean, the one-time presidential candidate, former Vermont governor and ex-DNC chairman, is set to head a new data exchange operation that Democrats […] Read more »
Howard Schultz Is Already Helping President Trump
After this week’s CNN town hall, it’s more and more clear that any money Howard Schultz might spend on an independent presidential bid would function as an in-kind campaign contribution to Donald Trump. Schultz offered few policy specifics during the hour-long session Tuesday night and repeatedly retreated to platitudes when […] Read more »
How Does the ‘Blue Wall’ Look for 2020?
There’s something of a consensus forming that the “easiest” or least risky electoral path for the Democratic nominee in 2020 is to reconstruct the so-called “Blue Wall” in the industrial midwest. If the Democratic nominee wins every state Hillary Clinton carried in 2016, plus Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, that Democrat […] Read more »
Howard Schultz is a spoiler for Trump — Here’s proof
… A new analysis conducted by Katie Connolly and Joel Benenson of the Benenson Strategy Group, and provided to Crooked Media, demonstrates conclusively that the only person a Howard Schultz candidacy can elect to the presidency is Donald Trump. The analysis is the most thorough yet conducted by polling experts, […] Read more »