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Sep 02 2019
News
Biden seen as weak front-runner as 2020 U.S. Democratic race heats up
As summer ends and the race for the 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential nomination shifts into a higher gear, former Vice President Joe Biden’s perilous position atop the vast field stands to be tested under even more pressure.
Biden, 76, has consistently maintained a comfortable lead over his rivals. But his campaign has been plagued by doubts over his age, fitness for office and whether
ReutersNov 10 2020
Perspectives Blog
When Mitch McConnell Becomes the Most Important Man on the Planet
As it now stands, Joe Biden will be the first incoming president since George H.W. Bush in 1989 to take office without his party holding full control of Congress. Biden would be the first Democratic president since Grover Cleveland to be sworn in without both the House and Senate on his side. Although the smart money projected that last week’s elections would bring in a Democratic Senate
Dan SchnurMar 04 2020
News
Trump criticizes Sessions after Alabama Senate primary heads to a runoff
President Trump criticized Republican Alabama Senate candidate Jeff Sessions early Wednesday, asserting that his former attorney general didn’t win the state's GOP primary outright because of what Trump described as Sessions's lack of “wisdom or courage” in his handling of the Russia investigation.
“This is what happens to someone who loyally gets appointed Attorney General of the
The HillMar 04 2020
News
Trump criticizes Sessions after Alabama Senate primary heads to a runoff
President Trump criticized Republican Alabama Senate candidate Jeff Sessions early Wednesday, asserting that his former attorney general didn’t win the state's GOP primary outright because of what Trump described as Sessions's lack of “wisdom or courage” in his handling of the Russia investigation.
“This is what happens to someone who loyally gets appointed Attorney General of the
The HillJul 15 2015
News
Unlimited party fundraising and spending gives you less polarized legislatures? Discuss.
Lee Drutman’s recent Monkey Cage piece challenges a finding from our forthcoming book, Campaign Finance and Political Polarization:When Purists Prevail. That is, that states that allow parties to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money tend to have less polarized legislatures. This finding has important implications for how we regulate money in politics. Thus, it is not surprising that the
Washington PostOct 03 2012
Opinion
Mitt Romney's George W. Bush problem
Its a matter of when, not if, President Barack Obama turns to Mitt Romney at the first face-off here Wednesday night and repeats some variation of the same line the president and his campaign have used all year: Mitt, electing you would mean a return to the same policies that got us into this financial mess in the first place.
PoliticoJan 26 2015
News
Chris Christie Joins Crowded GOP Fight for Donors
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his supporters have formed a political-action committee ahead of a likely bid for president, adding a third well-known Republican figure to the fight for campaign funds among the party’s core donor class.
The launch of the PAC, called Leadership Matters for America, is the clearest sign yet that Mr. Christie is running. It allows Mr. Christie to
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 25 2015
News
2016 Republican Hopefuls Court Range of Voters at Iowa Forum
A parade of potential candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination sought to win the favor of conservative activists at a forum here Saturday but also called for expanding the party’s appeal to centrist Republicans and, in some cases, to Democrats.
Proposals that the party adopt a more inclusive agenda were sprinkled amid a heavy dose of conservative applause lines at the
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 03 2020
Opinion
Extremely early voting is the worst part of this 2020 Democratic presidential circus
Could the 2020 nominating process be any zanier?
You might assume I’m referring to the sheer size of the original Democratic field, or the obscene spending by former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, or maybe the fact that Iowa can’t count its votes and Nevada can’t explain its byzantine caucus system. Actually, I’m talking about the most counterproductive element in this circus:
USA TODAYMar 17 2021
Perspectives Blog
AllSides Live: Media Literacy and Nonpartisanship with Scriberr News
AllSides Live, our Instagram Live show, recently featured a chat with Scriberr News, a nonpartisan multimedia news platform, about media literacy and nonpartisanship. Scriberr is dedicated to reporting the truth fully and giving all sides to controversial, political issues so that readers can decide for themselves where they align.
Scriberr Co-Founders Mike Luso and Jamie Joseph
AllSides Staff