by Jim Heath | Apr 16, 2019 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Kamala Harris, Republicans, Trump
Monday was the deadline for 2020 presidential candidates to upload their fundraising disclosures for the first quarter of 2019 to the Federal Election Commission. Early fundraising totals are an indicator of candidates’ capacity to power a national presidential...
by Jim Heath | Apr 16, 2019 | 2020, Analysis, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Headlines
It’s been a good month for Sen. Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail as he now leads the Democratic pack in fundraising, the latest poll and cable news ratings. A new Emerson poll finds Bernie Sanders leads the Democratic presidential race nationally with 29%,...
by Jim Heath | Apr 15, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
James Murdoch, the son of media mogul and Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch, made the maximum possible donation to Democrat Pete Buttigeig‘s 2020 presidential campaign. The executive donated $2,800 to the mayor’s campaign, and it is presumably his first political...
by Jim Heath | Apr 14, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
Sen. Bernie Sanders has accused a liberal think tank of undermining Democrats’ chances of taking back the White House by “using its resources to smear” him and other contenders pushing progressive policies. Sanders’s criticism of the Center for American Progress...
by Jim Heath | Apr 13, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
Faced with low poll numbers, Democratic presidential contender Andrew Yang says he will use a 3D hologram of himself to campaign in several places at once. The New York businessman, 44, claims the technology will more effectively allow him to promote his policies in...
by Jim Heath | Apr 8, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
The growing influence of talk show host Stephen Colbert with left-leaning voters is once again on full display tonight as California Rep. Eric Swalwell became the second Democrat to announce their 2020 White House bids on The Late Show. Swalwell, 38, followed New York...