by Jim Heath | Jun 22, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg took the stage at the South Carolina Democratic Party’s convention today and addressed difficulties he’s faced in the aftermath of a police shooting that has both exposed racial tensions in his home town and left him the...
by Jim Heath | Jun 19, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
Former Vice President Joe Biden came under fire on Wednesday after invoking his working relationships with two segregationist senators in the 1970s as an example of bygone “civility” in the Senate. Five of Biden’s rivals in the Democratic presidential field, New York...
by Jim Heath | Jun 13, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
The Democratic National Committee announced the candidates who qualified for the first debates of the 2020 presidential campaign today, chopping the historically large field of 23 contenders down to the 20 available slots. Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, Representative...
by Jim Heath | May 19, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Fox News, Headlines, Pete Buttigieg
President Trump, seemingly never very busy, today criticized Fox News, accusing the network of “wasting airtime” over its coverage of South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and other Democratic 2020 contenders. Buttigieg is among two dozen people competing...
by Jim Heath | May 16, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is a life-long Boston Red Sox fan. That dichotomy is about all you need to know about his life and political career. For a start, he doesn’t even use his real name. Bill de Blasio was born Warren Wilhelm Jr., later became...
by Jim Heath | May 14, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
The Democratic presidential field got even more crowded today when Montana Gov. Steve Bullock became the 23rd candidate to enter the race for the right to take on President Trump in 2020. Bullock was one of the few Democrats to win statewide in 2016 when he was...
