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Jan 04 2021
Analysis
The Folly of the Cruz Eleven
Josh Hawley is nothing if not a leader.
The Missouri Republican’s announcement last week that he would object to Biden electors from Pennsylvania immediately caused another eleven Republican senators, organized by Ted Cruz, to play catchup and declare they’d object to Biden electors from all the battleground states Trump is contesting.
Like Hawley, the Cruz group cites the
National Review (News)Nov 16 2020
Opinion
The RNC's fight for election integrity
Ever since Democrats began using the pandemic as an excuse to make wholesale changes to election laws, including stripping ballot security safeguards, our party has been preparing to protect the vote.
Since Election Day, we have collected more than 400 signed affidavits citing voting irregularities, and more than 12,000 incident reports have been filed. It is clearer than ever that
Washington ExaminerMay 27 2015
News
Rick Santorum Announces New Presidential Bid, and New Focus on Middle Class
Rick Santorum, the runner-up in the Republican nomination race four years ago, announced his second presidential bid on Wednesday, pledging to restore a middle class “hollowed out” by government policies.
A former United States senator from rural western Pennsylvania, he appealed primarily to social conservatives four years ago. But he has donned a new mantle of economic populism, one
New York Times (News)Oct 10 2018
Perspectives Blog
Proposal to Ban Classroom Political Discussions Will Only Hurt Students and Civil Discourse
A Pennsylvania proposal to ban political discussion in the classroom aims to prevent political indoctrination — but it would only facilitate it.
Will Tallman’s (R) “Teacher Code of Ethics” bill would ban educators from endorsing or opposing political candidates or issues in the classroom and from discussing pending or enacted legislation, court cases or executive
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderNov 10 2020
Analysis
Here’s how Biden could undo Trump’s deregulation agenda
Biden could use Trump’s playbook to reverse his regulatory moves on pollution, worker safety, health care, and more.
Cutting workplace safety inspections. Allowing subpar health insurance plans to be sold to Americans. Permitting tractor-trailer drivers to blow past previous driver-fatigue limits. Waging war on birth control.
These deregulatory actions and others taken by
VoxFeb 24 2020
Analysis
Bernie Sanders’s Long Career
On the menu today: a reminder that Bernie Sanders’s controversial remarks came when he was well into adult life; the grim outlook for Sanders in the general election in Florida and Pennsylvania; and why you shouldn’t always bet on the candidate who’s hot on social media.
People Will Discuss ‘Ancient History’ When the Nominee Is an Ancient Candidate
As winter turns to spring, and
National Review (News)Feb 03 2021
Analysis
Trump Destroyed Himself
Two reports by his own pollsters show why he should have won but didn’t.
Donald Trump might be in denial about who won the 2020 election, but his pollsters aren’t. Two of them have performed autopsies on his defeat, and those autopsies are now public. One of his pollsters, John McLaughlin, published an analysis in Newsmax in November. Another report, written by consultant Tony Fabrizio
SlateJul 06 2012
News
Obama struggles to shine again in Rust Belt
As President Obama is in the middle of a two-day “Betting on America bus tour across Ohio and Pennsylvania, political analysts said he will have to reassemble the “hope and change demographic coalition of 2008 that relied on a high turnout of youths and blacks, and winning a larger-than-usual percentage of Hispanics and whites. By most accounts, that will be easier said than done.
Washington TimesFeb 10 2016
News
Hillary Clinton leans on minorities to revive campaign
Hillary Clinton is looking to rally minority voters in Nevada and South Carolina to help blunt the momentum of Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders, who, at least according to New Hampshire exit polls, dominated the key demographic of white middle-class voters.
It’s an ironic twist for Mrs. Clinton, who in 2008 leaned heavily on white middle-class voters, like those in Ohio and Pennsylvania and
Washington TimesNov 05 2020
News
One upside of a hard-fought election: Bumper crop of new voters
A democracy can only be as strong as the commitment of its voters. And measured by engagement, 2020 is a banner year. Our reporters found this election brought many Americans to the polls for the first time.
When people picture a first-time voter, it likely isn’t Shona Dausinger. The middle-aged woman with a Paula Deen-style gray blowout walks toward her car from her polling location in
Christian Science Monitor