Tag Archives: 2020-election

Over the past 72 hours, it’s become increasingly clear that there are two different elections: the actual 2020 presidential election; and the one living in the heads of Trump supporters. The actual 2020 presidential election is a slow-moving beast, the arduous process of vote-counting (and, possibly, recounting) in crucial swing …

Ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Heart‘s Ann Wilson has dropped a cover of Steve Earle‘s “The Revolution Starts Now.” Originally the title track to Earle’s 2004 album, Wilson’s rendition stays true to the former, but with a sense of urgency that arrives like a jolt to the heart. “I …

Verses 14 through 16 in Matthew 5 follow Jesus’ proclamation of the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount. “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden,” it begins. “Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a …

Using South Carolina as a springboard, Joe Biden has won resounding victories across three weeks of primary contests that have put him on track to win the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Bernie Sanders, lagging far behind in delegates, is not done just yet. He’s a hit with voters under 50, …

The newest top contender for the Democratic presidential nomination will finally take the debate stage tonight in Las Vegas. That means all of his newfound supporters nationwide, won over by his barrage of broadcast advertising and monied ground game, may finally hear their candidate utter more than these words: “I’m …

It feels like “election season” has “officially begun” several times at this point, but Tuesday night in Iowa marks the first opportunity candidates will have to put some actual, non-symbolic points on the board. The Iowa caucuses will set the tone for the remaining few months of the Democratic primary …

WASHINGTON — Steve Marchand’s friends were stunned when he told them about his new job in politics. “I love you, Steve, and trust your judgment,” the New Hampshire Democratic insider and in-demand campaign operative recalls them saying, “but Andrew Yang?” It was the spring of 2019, and Andrew Yang was …

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio ended his presidential campaign Friday on MSNBC’c Morning Joe. “It’s been an extraordinary experience,” de Blasio said. “But I have to tell ya, at the same time, I feel like I’ve contributed all I can to this primary election. It’s clearly not my …

Back in 2009, I called for Elizabeth Warren to run for president. I may have been the first media figure to do so. This was early in the Obama presidency, when he was beginning to renege on some of his progressive campaign promises (closing Gitmo, drug re-importation, etc.), but more …

A trio of teenagers from New York state have successfully drafted former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel into the 2020 primary. The anti-war octogenarian famous for helping put the Pentagon papers in the public record made his debut with a campaign video underscoring the liabilities of other Democratic candidates and highlighting …