Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar are inextricably linked in most facets. Their base of voters may differ slightly with Klobuchar voters being more likely to have graduated college, but their appeal and folksy natures are quite similar. The two candidates have overlapping qualities that draw in voters not just for their personalities, but also for their perceived even-keel approach to politics…
Read MoreIn October, 2019, Elizabeth Warren was the front runner in the Iowa Caucus. Warren had come off a highly successful summer where she had offered a litany of specific policy positions that were well-received by Democrats and even some Republican voters…. Despite some issues, Warren still remains a force to be reckoned with in Iowa and should be discounted at your own peril…
Read MoreIowa will not be kind to Joe Biden… On the surface the Democrat candidate seemingly best suited for success in Clinton County and thus the State of Iowa is Joe Biden. Biden has made a career for himself as a blue collar politician and a man of the people. His pro-union message would surely be thought to resonate with voters here. There’s one problem with this thinking though. Joe Biden is no longer a populist.
Read More2016 was an unmitigated disaster for Democrats in Iowa. Donald Trump trounced Hillary Clinton by 9.5% as many farmers and blue-collar workers turned on the Democrats. Nowhere was this shellacking more emblematic than in Clinton County. Barack Obama had carried Clinton County with vote totals of 60.6% and 60.8% in 2012 and 2008 respectively. Donald Trump, however, carried Clinton County 48.9% to 43.8% over Hillary Clinton in 2016. Once reliable Democrat voters had suddenly fled the party seemingly overnight. It is these very same voters that Democrats must win back in order to flip the State of Iowa blue in 2020…
Read MoreElizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are on a collision course. The pair share similar progressive ideologies and have been an uncompromising force during the 2020 campaign. A plurality of Warren’s supporters would pick Sanders as their second choice if Warren were to drop out. This is mirrored by Sanders’ supporters who would choose Warren as their second choice. Despite their overlapping voting bases, Warren and Sanders have rarely gone after each other and have often tag teamed against their more moderate rivals.
Read MoreBernie Sanders 4th quarter fundraising shows that he must be taken seriously by all remaining candidates. While many have written Sanders off, especially after his heart attack in October, 2019, Sanders may now have the necessary ammunition to take the Democratic nomination. Sanders has set the 2020 Democratic field ablaze with his staggering $34.5 million fundraising haul in the fourth quarter of 2019…
Read MoreChristine O’Donnell- There was nothing that could have prepared Delaware voters for the disaster that was Christine O’Donnell in 2010. O’Donnell’s comments on witch craft, masturbation, and the separation of church and state not only torpedoed her campaign, but also made her a national laughingstock…
Read MoreOn December 14, 2019, it was reported that New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew, a Democrat, would switch parties and become a Republican… Party switching while in office is extremely rare as only eight member of the House and 4 members of the Senate have switched during the last 20 years.
Read MoreOn December 3, 2019, Kamala Harris, once a front-runner for the 2020 Democrat nomination, dropped out of the race for president. This development was not entirely unexpected and I myself, prior to the Fifth Democrat Debate, predicted that Harris would drop out before the Iowa Caucus. Still, this was a staggering fall for a woman who just a few months prior was rising in the polls.
Read MoreWhat if I told you that a former Massachusetts governor and Harvard graduate was entering the 2020 Presidential race? This former governor not only worked for Bain Capital but is also accepting Super Pac money in his quest for the presidency. Based on this description, you would think that current Utah Senator Mitt Romney (R) must be running a quixotic bid to unseat Donald Trump, right?
Read MorePete Buttigieg has broken out in the polls in recent weeks. This has been especially pronounced in early primary and caucus states such as New Hampshire and Iowa. Buttigieg’s relentless advertising and voter outreach has been paying dividends for his campaign as recent polls show him ahead in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
With the bump in the polls, expect several candidates, especially Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar to go after Buttigieg.
Read MoreTexas’ 3rd District at first glance hardly appears to be a congressional battleground seat. Collin County, which holds the entire 3rd District has long been inhospitable ground for Democrats. The District which extends through Plano, McKinney and portions of Richardson and Dallas is covered in its entirety by the booming Dallas metropolitan area. Not a single Democrat currently holds a seat in any level of government in the county…
Read MoreJon Bel Edwards, like Mississippi’s Jim Hood, is not your typical Democrat. Edwards is pro-life, and supports gun rights, but has also championed liberal initiatives including Medicaid expansion and voting rights. The Louisiana Democrat is always quick to tout his bipartisan bona fides and has often decried the polarization of politics.
Read MoreThe political party that has won Kentucky’s governorship has gone on to see their party win the following year’s presidential election in every election cycle since 2003. If this cycle continues into 2020 then Donald Trump will find himself out of a job come next November.
Read MoreAfter all the hype, fundraising and live streaming, former Congressman Beto O’Rourke dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. It was a stunning fall for a candidate that was once viewed as a potential top three contender for the Democrat nomination. After O’Rourke’s narrow defeat at the hands of Ted Cruz, in 2018, it seemed all but a given that not only would he run for president…
Read MoreOn November 5, 2019, the states of Kentucky and Mississippi will host their gubernatorial elections. In Mississippi, Governor Phil Bryant (R) is term limited and will pass the torch to either his Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves (R) or to Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood (D). Like in Kentucky, rural voters will make up a large amount of the electorate.
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