by Jim Heath | Mar 25, 2019 | 2020, Headlines
He’s just a likable, plain spoken Midwestern mayor who happens to be about everything that Donald Trump isn’t. Now, South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg has surged to third place in a new Iowa poll, making strides in a crowded field in the key caucus state. The...
by Jim Heath | Mar 24, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
Here’s something that ought to catch Democrats’ attention 589 days before the election: Swing voters at a recent focus group in Wisconsin hadn’t heard of either the Green New Deal or “Medicare for all.” These are Democrats’ biggest...
by Jim Heath | Mar 24, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Mueller Investigation, Trump
President Trump’s reelection campaign wasted no time asking supporters for cash after his attorney general said the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election found no evidence that the campaign conspired or coordinated...
by Jim Heath | Mar 18, 2019 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, Democrats, Headlines, Kamala Harris
To those who doubted whether former Rep. Beto O’Rourke would be a fundraising juggernaut as a presidential candidate can put those doubts to rest. O’Rourke raised $6.1 million in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, surpassing Bernie Sanders and...
by Jim Heath | Mar 17, 2019 | 2020, Headlines
In an ethnically charged tweet on St. Patrick’s Day, the GOP tied Beto O’Rourke’s decades-old DUI to his Irish heritage. “On this St. Paddy’s Day, a special message from noted Irishman Robert Francis O’Rourke. Please drink responsibly,” the...
by Jim Heath | Mar 17, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today cast herself in a new video as “a leader who makes big, bold, brave choices” and announced she would hold a rally outside one of President Trump’s hotels later this month. Gillibrand, 52, made the announcement on Twitter and...
