Presidential Politics for America
Where We’re Looking Forward to Our Government Bailout
For the last Quick Hit Friday of 2019, I'd like to preview some major anniversaries of historical moments we'll experience in 2020. The closest I've come to doing that was on New Year's Day 2018, when I published a piece on tumultuous 1968 as we arrived at its 50th anniversary. (I meant to follow that… Continue reading Quick Hit Friday: PPFA Preps You for Some 2020 Centennials
As teased on Tuesday, I don't think Joe Biden's front-runner status is as strong as his polling numbers suggest. Though I've considered him the front-runner ever since the 2018 midterms (and indeed since Hillary Clinton's general election loss), I've been surprised at how quickly pundits and oddsmakers, many of whom had him trailing Kamala Harris… Continue reading Ranking Primary Favorites of the 21st Century
Remember that game Guess Who? When a player with a field of named faces in front of them would ask questions to figure out what character the other player held on a card? I still remember the crisp thwap produced by the plastic-on-plastic contact when flipping down eliminated faces. “Does your person have glasses?” (Other player… Continue reading Quick Hit Friday: Playing “Guess Who” with the 2020 Candidates
What's this? A Friday post? You're darn right it is. It's that time of year. This week's main post was historical, but with under 20 days until the 2018 Midterms, I can't let a week go by without weighing in on the election. I'll have another formal, data-driven breakdown of the race for the Two… Continue reading Quick Hit Friday: The Four Midterm Scenarios and Their Ramifications
I'm dusting off the old playbook and dropping a Quick Hit Friday to cap off yet another incredible week in presidential politics. Let's do this. Monday: The week started with Sloppy Presidential Politics for America inaugurating its year-long analysis on the 2018 midterms, but no one wanted to talk about that because... Oprah. OPRAH! Her rousing Golden… Continue reading Quick Hit Friday: Oprah, DACA, Issa, FISA
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