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Should Biden Debate? (Yes and No)
Now that President Biden has announced his candidacy to remain our government’s chief executive until he’s nearly four score and seven years old, much has been made of the Democratic Party having no plans to schedule debates during the primary. Complaints about this decision can be found from all corners of the internet. Most upset,……
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The First 2024 Republican Primary Rankings: Rooks & Royalty
Welcome back to “Power Rankings week” here at Presidential Politics For America. On Monday, I debuted this cycle’s theme (chess!) and ranked the Democratic candidates. On Wednesday, I began the Republican ranking that I will conclude today. Here’s who we had so far: Tier 5: Pawns Tier 4: Mid-pieces (knights and bishops) Today, we get……
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PPFA’s First 2024 Republican Primary Power Rankings
Last post, I debuted the theme of the 2024 Power Rankings (chess!) before my first Power Rankings of the 2024 Democratic Primary. If history holds, however, that primary won’t be that competitive because Democrats have the incumbent, President Biden, running for re-election. Usually it’s the party without the president running for re-election that has the……
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The 2024 Power Rankings Debut!: Theme & Democrats
As promised, it’s time to debut the 2024 Power Rankings. Before I get into the candidates and their initial tiers, however, it’s time to announce PPFA’s theme for its 2024 Power Rankings. Four years ago, I used the different categories of bodies in our solar system. Are you ready for this cycle’s theme? I think……
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Next Week: PPFA’s First 2024 Power Rankings!
About a year from now, we’ll almost certainly know the 2024 presidential nominees for each party. By the end of April four years ago, Bernie Sanders had dropped out and endorsed Joe Biden. Four years before that, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton had made it clear by May that their nominations were all but……
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Democrats’ Dangerous Game
The dozen readers of this website know that I dislike our two major parties. These days, the strongest case for each party is simply that they are the best chance to stop the other one from gaining power, which isn’t exactly an inspirational leading argument. Meanwhile, the case against the parties are also the same:……
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