by Jim Heath | Jul 25, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Headlines
Last week in Cleveland, former Republican presidents and past nominees may have been largely absent, but in Philadelphia this week, Democrats will pull from their very deep bench. Tonight their convention starts in prime-time with a bang. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the...
by Jim Heath | Jul 24, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Headlines
The embattled chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee has announced she’s stepping down at the end of the week. “Going forward, the best way for me to accomplish those goals [of winning the presidency for Hillary Clinton] is to step down as Party...
by Jim Heath | Jul 24, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Headlines
For the sake of party unity, there is growing consensus the chairwoman must go. Just a day before the start of the Democratic Party’s big show. What a mess. On what should have been a unified eve of the Democratic National Convention, Sen. Bernie Sanders wants...
by Jim Heath | Jul 22, 2016 | Conventions, Democrats, Headlines
Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has chosen Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate. Kaine is from battleground Virginia and a popular former governor. A low key Spanish-speaking ally, he is widely viewed as a...
by Jim Heath | Jul 21, 2016 | Conventions, Headlines
Why isn’t she the candidate? That could be on the minds of many voters after Ivanka Trump’s fantastic introduction of her father at the Republican National Convention. For years I watched Ivanka, 34, sit by her father’s side on the reality show The...
by Jim Heath | Jul 21, 2016 | Conventions, Headlines
Donald Trump once said presidential candidates should be banned from using teleprompters, but tonight the Republican nominee used them in a speech viewed around the world. It was long and loaded with a lot of promises, with few specifics on how to accomplish them, but...
