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May 22 2019
News
As 2020 field balloons, Democrats struggle to emerge from pack
The 23 Democratic presidential candidates are seeing the downsides to such a big field. Some passed on Senate bids where they might have had better shots.
Dear reader:
There are too many Democrats running for president.
The party, and the candidates themselves, won’t say that, of course. “The more the merrier!” is the typical response given by various hopefuls when asked
Christian Science MonitorAug 14 2019
News
Democrats’ 2020 field may be huge – but that won’t be the case for long
Candidates who fail to make the cut for September’s debate will have little reason to stay in the race. Several are being encouraged to consider Senate bids.
Dear reader:
We’ve written a lot about the unwieldy nature of the 2020 Democratic presidential field, with its two dozen or so contenders. But a thinning appears to be imminent.
So far, just nine candidates have
Christian Science MonitorOct 17 2019
Opinion
Progressives Are All Too Willing to Cut Constitutional Corners
They despise and bully adversaries and practice theatrical but selective indignation about attacks on fundamental American principles.
Presidential aspirant Beto O’Rourke, thrashing about in an attempt to be noticed, says tax exemptions should be denied to churches and other institutions that oppose same-sex marriage. O’Rourke’s suggestion, and Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren’s
George WillMar 22 2019
News
2020 Dems avoid this year's AIPAC conference
Democrats running for their party’s presidential nomination in 2020 are staying away from next week’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, in what progressive groups see as a sign of a shifting political tide.
Candidates’ announcements about not going to this year’s conference come after liberal group MoveOn called on 2020 Democrats to skip the gathering, which
The HillJun 28 2019
News
Kamala Harris Stakes Claim as Top 2020 Contender in Clash With Biden
Kamala Harris staked her claim to top-tier status in the Democratic primary with a searing indictment of Joe Biden on race, putting the front-runner on defense and puncturing the aura of inevitability that he had carefully sought to cultivate.
The deeply personal confrontation at a Democratic debate on Thursday pitted the 54-year-old daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants against a
BloombergJun 27 2019
News
Winners and losers from the Democratic presidential debate’s first night
The first night of the first debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary is over, with the first 10 candidates jousting Wednesday night in Miami.
Below are our winners and losers.
Winners
Elizabeth Warren: The Massachusetts senator went into the debate with the biggest target on her back as the highest-polling candidate onstage. But she largely skated. Other
Washington PostSep 13 2019
Opinion
Moderates stood out in the third debate. Too bad it won’t make much of a difference.
The good news was that we finally got all top contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination on the stage at the same time, for a single debate. The bad news was that it was three hours long and that 10 participants vying for attention still make for a sometimes rancorous event. ABC moderators replowed familiar ground on health care but managed to conduct the most substantive debate so
Jennifer RubinAug 08 2019
News
America’s Identity Crisis
This week, the troubled state of American democracy was on display in the reactions to the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. To the establishment Left, led by the New York Times, the El Paso shooter operated as if he were a white nationalist acting on orders from Donald Trump. Some on the right, meantime, linked the Dayton shooter’s actions to Antifa. In a healthy political environment,
City JournalJun 27 2019
News
Democrats Lurch Left on Abortion, Immigration, and Health Care in First Debate
Miami — It was supposed to be Elizabeth Warren’s night to shine, but it didn’t quite work out that way. Now in third place behind Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in the national polls, Warren was the only candidate on stage Wednesday night polling in the double digits (with her Democratic rivals registering somewhere between 0.4 percent and 3.3 percent). Nevertheless, both Cory Booker and Beto O’
National Review (News)Jun 14 2019
Headline Roundup
NBC, DNC: Announces Debate Lineups
On Friday morning, NBC announced it's lineup for a two-day debate event, featuring 20 of the Democratic candidates running for president. While the lineups were randomized, the DNC assured voters that the front runners would not all be stacked on one day. However, on June 26th, Elizabeth Warren is the only front runner on stage; the rest of the nine who will share a stage with Warren do not
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