The summer 2024 firehose of breaking news is continuing apace. One month after the catastrophic debate against former President Donald Trump that irreparably damaged the elderly president’s reputation, and eight days after his rival was shot in the ear on national television, President Joe Biden announced he is no longer seeking the Democratic nomination. “I […]
BIDEN GONE, DEMOCRATS RALLY AROUND WORST POSSIBLE CANDIDATE. It wasn’t really a surprise that President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he will no longer be a candidate for a second term. After all, Biden was under crushing pressure from some of the most powerful forces in the Democratic Party: congressional leaders, fundraisers, former President Barack Obama, […]
Former President Donald Trump declined to commit to a debate between his running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Kamala Harris last week, correctly anticipating that the Democratic Party would successfully force Joe Biden from the presidential nomination and that to schedule a debate “would be unfair to Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, or […]
After President Joe Biden announced that he would suspend his reelection campaign, his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him has propelled her to being the most likely Democratic nominee. Now, the question is who her running mate will be. Harris has a wide range of potential contenders from which to choose, and […]
Amid intense rhetoric surrounding the options for President Joe Biden’s replacement atop the Democratic ticket, numerous media outlets have been underestimating the campaign strength of Vice President Kamala Harris. Republicans will make a mistake, though, if they fail to understand the organizing power of an enthused Democratic Party. Granted, reviews of Harris’s performance as vice […]
Senate Ethics Committee leaders on Monday notified convicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) that panel members have voted to “initiate an adjudicatory review of his alleged violations of Senate Rules,” setting the stage for a possible future vote to expel or censure him. Ethics Chairman Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Vice Chairman James Lankford (R-Okla.) said that...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Monday said he would consider being Vice President Harris’s running mate if asked. “Obviously, if somebody asked, I’d take a serious look at it, but my phone hasn’t rung yet,” Polis told CNN’s Dana Bash, responding to a question about whether he would accept an offer to be Harris’s...
The Alpha PAC, one of the nation’s most prolific Black male-led PACs, has endorsed Vice President Harris’s candidacy for president and is calling for Black men around the nation to support Harris. In a statement released Monday, Everett B. Ward, chair of the PAC, said the “battle-tested” Harris is the clear choice come November. “At...