by Jim Heath | Mar 24, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
They weren’t always friends. Jim on History remembers a feisty showdown between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton during their spirited campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. Obama had won the Iowa Caucus and Clinton the New Hampshire...
by Jim Heath | Oct 22, 2020 | 2020, Debates, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
In their final debate, Donald Trump unleashed an unrelenting series of false, misleading and exaggerated statements as he sought to distort Joe Biden’s record and positions and boost his own re-election hopes. Trump once again relied heavily on well-worn talking...
by Jim Heath | Oct 19, 2020 | 2020, Debates, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
The Commission on Presidential Debates has adopted new rules to mute microphones to allow Donald Trump and Joe Biden 2 minutes of uninterrupted time per segment. The commission is responding to the first face-off between Trump and Biden which was marred by frequent...
by Jim Heath | Oct 8, 2020 | 2020, coronavirus, Debates, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
The campaigns for President Trump and Democratic nominee former Vice President Joe Biden clashed over the timing and format of the remaining two presidential debates Thursday, raising questions about whether the debates will take place at all. Trump’s campaign is...
by Jim Heath | Oct 7, 2020 | 2020, Debates, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
Vice President Mike Pence defended the Trump administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 210,000 Americans tonight, while his Democratic challenger, Kamala Harris, condemned “the greatest failure of any presidential administration”...
