by Jim Heath | Feb 13, 2020 | 2020, Bloomberg, Endorsements, Headlines
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner endorsed Michael Bloomberg for president this morning. The backing of the mayor of the fourth-largest city in America is Bloomberg’s most high-profile Texas endorsement yet. It also gives Bloomberg another nod from a prominent black...
by Jim Heath | Feb 12, 2020 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
Troy Price, the chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party who has been under siege since the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses last week descended into chaos, will step down. The veteran Iowa political strategist, who has held the state party’s top position since 2017,...
by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Delegates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
Fiery progressive Bernie Sanders has earned the Democratic front-runner status after winning the first-in-the-nation primary. The results from New Hampshire could bring some clarity to a presidential nomination fight that has so far been marred by dysfunction and...
by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2020 | 2020, Bloomberg, Headlines, Trump
President Trump called Mike Bloomberg a ‘TOTAL RACIST’ after the emergence of audio of the former New York mayor adamantly defending the use of stop-and-frisk policing in minority communities. The issue is a fraught one for Bloomberg, who has since...
by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2020 | 2020, Bloomberg, Delegates, Democrats, Headlines
Mike Bloomberg was a surprise winner in a New Hampshire political ritual early this morning, taking 50 percent of the Democratic votes in Dixville Notch … out of 4 votes cast. The tiny town is traditionally one of the first to vote shortly after midnight in primaries...
by Jim Heath | Feb 10, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Trump
Supporters at President Trump’s rally in New Hampshire on Monday chanted “lock her up” about Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). The chant broke out as Trump complained about Pelosi’s conduct during his State of the Union address last week....
