Biden did very well in his DNC acceptance speech
Biden offered two lists of considerations voters should take into account in deciding between himself and Donald Trump. Both lists were very helpful.
Eric Black
Veteran journalist Eric Black writes Eric Black Ink for MinnPost. His latest award is from the Society of Professional Journalists, which in May 2017 announced he’d won the national Sigma Delta Chi Award for online column writing.
Trafalgar Group poll has Biden and Trump in virtual tie in Minnesota
Other recent polls show Biden’s lead in Minnesota anywhere from 2 to 18 points.
Obama’s DNC speech: Don’t miss it
The summary: Joe Biden is a good man. He will save democracy in America, just by being a normal president and not an ignorant megalomaniac. Donald Trump represents a grave threat to our democracy.
Could Trumpism be the new normal for the GOP?
According to a chilling op-ed in the New York Times by Adam Jentleson, Donald Trump personifies and epitomizes the current Republican Party.
Dems’ opening night: like nothing we’ve seen before
In her keynote address, former first lady Michelle Obama said, “Whenever we look to this White House for some leadership or consolation or any semblance of steadiness, what we get instead is chaos, division, and a total and utter lack of empathy.”
Setting the stage for the Democratic National Convention
It will be interesting to see how Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris and the other speakers deal with the enormous decline in cross-party civility that Donald Trump has engendered.
Trump’s Postal Service gambit is beyond the pale
Most of us know that to be president you probably have to do some things that are less pure than the driven snow. But Donald Trump is carrying this to previously unimagined heights.
For McConnell, ‘democracy is hard’ only for a Democratic president
The Senate majority leader supports President Trump’s effort to change the payroll tax by presidential edict.
‘I want to increase turnout’: DNC Chair Tom Perez previews election run-up with U of M panel
Perez was questioned in the Zoom event by two Minnesotans, Republican ex-Rep. Vin Weber and Democrat Justin Buoen, who managed Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s presidential campaign.
Paul Begala promoting new book, ‘You’re Fired,’ on podcasts
He’s interviewed on two excellent podcasts, one hosted by David Plouffe and the other by Al Franken.
Harvard scholar explores the question: Is the Republican Party destroying itself?
Thomas Patterson identifies five “traps” that the party has set for itself. They “vary in lethality but, together, they could cripple the party for a generation or more,” he writes.
Sheer volume of Trump’s fundraising emails is astounding
In July, a friend started numbering them as he forward them to me, and the count, just for July, was 241.
U.S. as leader — or not. What Gallup has found about global perceptions
“For the third year in a row, the U.S. received historically low assessments from some of its closest historic allies,” Gallup reports.
Trump has ‘upended conservatism,’ says lifelong Republican Peter Wehner at U of M forum
Wehner, who worked for Reagan and both Bushes, wants his party back — and he’s prepared to support Joe Biden for president this year in hopes of bringing that about.
Minnesota presidential polls: all over the place
In the latest, by Morning Consult, Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 47-44 percent, with a margin for error of +/- four points.
Trump’s approval ratings are dropping
The election is still a little more than three months away. That’s time enough for things to change. And Trump will try to change them.
Looks like a Trump campaign against the media, not Biden
Below is an actual “survey” of views of the news media, emailed recently by Trump Headquarters to its supporters.
Rose Garden diatribe had fact-checkers categorizing a barrage of lies
The serious, scary question is, do the Trumpsters not know that he lies constantly, or do they not care?
Racial issues and the Trump-Biden contest: U of M panel explores the dynamics
Panelist Ashley Jardina said racial issues affect many aspects of the contest, creating an “enormous partisan divide.” LaFleur Stephens-Dougan said the Biden campaign is “not immune to losing support over race among white reactionaries.”
It’s complicated: ‘Frontline’ reviews the Iraq war and aftermath
I could go back and forth with quotes and anecdotes from those for whom life got better and worse, but you get the basic point: better for many, worse for many, forgotten by most Americans.
