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The Washington Post reports today that only in 27 of Iowa’s 99 counties did Trump get a higher level of support last night than he did in the 2020 general election. While his caucus victory may have set a record, partly this is no doubt due to an...
by hughwill
on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 11:49 AM PST
with 7 Recommends
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Iowans who planned to caucus for former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley Monday night didn't seem particularly enthused by her—and yet her solid third-place finish could be good news for Joe Biden. While nearly half (49%) of Donald Trump supporters called...
by Kerry Eleveld
on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 02:02 PM PST
with 94 Recommends
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Joy Reid wisely and correctly (in my opinion) stated, "I think what we have to actually confront and you know this is what the Democrats are going to face is this is now what white evangelicalism is. It is Christian nationalism. That's the name of it,...
by Dem
on Mon Jan 15, 2024 at 09:56 PM PST
with 14 Recommends
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Campaign events are falling as swiftly as the Iowa snow as wintry weather hampers both Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis as they clamor for support in the days before Monday's leadoff presidential caucuses. Prolonged freezing temperatures, combined with...
by Associated Press
on Fri Jan 12, 2024 at 01:20 PM PST
with 64 Recommends
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No Republican candidate chasing the party's 2024 nomination has more at stake than four-time indictee Donald Trump. His fate (and whether he ever sees the inside of a jail cell) could very likely depend on whether he manages to recapture the White...
by Kerry Eleveld
on Fri Jan 12, 2024 at 01:30 PM PST
with 281 Recommends
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Casey and Ron DeSantis appeared together on Fox News on Friday. Knowing that Ron has proved to be a ‘less exciting than paint drying' reptilian lip-licker as a candidate his wife, the former Jacksonville TV personality, tried to pump up the enthusiasm....
by TheCriticalMind
on Sat Dec 09, 2023 at 02:55 PM PST
with 140 Recommends
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To hear Donald Trump tell it, Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ political career is over because she chose to endorse his chief political rival in the 2024 primary at a Monday evening rally. "If and when Kim Reynolds of Iowa endorses Ron...
by Kerry Eleveld
on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 06:30 AM PST
with 186 Recommends
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With the fierce culture war that dominates our political discourse and separates us along partisan ideological lines, the stakes of each election escalate to new, unprecedented heights. Political violence is on the rise. Politics has never felt more...
by TheDFC
on Sun Jan 29, 2023 at 06:07 PM PST
with 11 Recommends
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Maybe because “political correctness” has too many syllables and “reverse discrimination” was too obviously ridiculous, the new term the conservative movement (with a big media assist from libertarian millionaire influencers like Glenn Greenwald and...
by Walter Einenkel
on Tue Jan 17, 2023 at 11:23 AM PST
with 104 Recommends
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Welcome back to another entry into the Nuts & Bolts series! Each week I try to document information that comes from campaign managers, field directors, staff, and anyone else involved in campaigns ...
by Christopher Reeves
on Sun Jun 12, 2022 at 02:30 PM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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The Colorado State Open Thread is designed to be a place for all those with an interest in, experience (good or bad) in or just having heard the name of our colorful state to come, learn some things ...
by ColoTim
on Mon Apr 11, 2022 at 06:00 PM PDT
with 5 Recommends
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Dem’s are rearranging the primary schedule.� Possibly adding new states at the beginning.� New Jersey was mentioned as a possibility.��How would 2008, 2012, 2020�primaries have gone with a ...
by Pickly
on Sat Mar 26, 2022 at 07:00 AM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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Welcome back to the weekly � Nuts & Bolts Guide � to small campaigns. �Over the course of more than a decade, I’ve taken time to speak with campaign managers, field directors, communications ...
by Christopher Reeves
on Sun Mar 13, 2022 at 05:40 PM PDT
with 28 Recommends
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Over the weekend, CORE slated Jackson Potter for Vice President and Stacy Davis Gates for President of the Chicago Teachers Union; this was after the abrupt announcement by Jesse Sharkey last week that he didn't want to be running for President anymore...
by Hyde Park Johnny
on Mon Feb 07, 2022 at 06:04 PM PST
with 1 Recommend
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On Wednesday around 6:30 PM ET, the Democratic Party’s senators will attempt to break the filibuster in order pass essential voting rights legislation. So far, Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema continue to remain the only Democrats willing to join...
by Walter Einenkel
on Wed Jan 19, 2022 at 03:55 PM PST
with 65 Recommends
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Once upon a time before the neverending election, we had a strange, bizarre, and totally freaky precinct organizing meeting at the county Democratic headquarters. (disclaimer — I am one of the participating precinct persons in the story; I was there.)...
by babushka
on Fri Oct 15, 2021 at 06:44 PM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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Welcome back to Nuts & Bolts! This guide, published weekly, covers campaigning from a small campaign to a large campaign and looks into our national party to help make it easier to understand how ...
by Christopher Reeves
on Sun May 30, 2021 at 04:30 PM PDT
with 30 Recommends
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It’s another Sunday, so for those who tune in, welcome to another discussion of the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up any time: Just visit � our group �
by Christopher Reeves
on Sun Apr 18, 2021 at 04:30 PM PDT
with 63 Recommends
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It’s another Sunday, so for those who tune in, welcome to a diary discussing the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up any time: Just visit our group or follow the Nuts & Bolts Guide. Every...
by Christopher Reeves
on Sun Aug 09, 2020 at 04:30 PM PDT
with 79 Recommends
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LaTosha Brown is co-founder of Black Voters Matter; Tiffany D. Cross is a political analyst and author of the forthcoming book, “Say It Louder! Black Voters, White Narratives, & Saving Our Democracy”; Brittany Packnett Cunningham is an activist,...
by Dem
on Sun May 17, 2020 at 06:36 AM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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