National
Klobuchar’s presidential bid leans heavily on Minnesota donors
Klobuchar’s fundraising total puts her in the middle of the pack. But to get there, she’s been more reliant on her home state than some other candidates.
Election 2020
Eric Black Ink
From Trump’s better self: Let’s lose the ‘Send her back’ chant
What are you becoming? You claim to be patriotic Americans who believe in the American dream. We don’t lock up those with whom we disagree, and we don’t deport them.
Eric Black Ink
Klobuchar at National Press Club: substantive, likable, full of good ideas
In an appearance before the National Press Club, Sen. Amy Klobuchar came across as smart, likable, substantive, knowledgeable and full of good ideas in the liberal-but-not-too-far-left lane that she inhabits in the crowded Democratic presidential field. It’s an hour long. [cms_ad:x100]
Eric Black Ink
NRCC credibility plunges with identical, serial charges of 29 Dems being ‘deranged’
Seriously. This really happened. In my own little email inbox.
National
With fundraising results, third Democratic debate is in reach for Klobuchar
With 100,000 unique donors so far, Klobuchar needs just 30,000 more (and one poll result) to participate in the debate in December.
Eric Black Ink
Minnesota to go red in 2020? Color me skeptical.
I don’t claim to know the future, but I think my evidence from 2018 bodes well for the Democratic presidential nominee in 2020 in Minnesota.
Eric Black Ink
Two ways to improve our presidential elections: RCV, NPV
Almost half of our last 14 presidential elections have been won by someone who didn’t get a majority of the popular vote, including two cases where it wasn’t even a plurality.
Eric Black Ink
Once again, why current polls tell us nothing about who’ll win the Dem nomination in 2020
Jeb Bush. Scott Walker. Marco Rubio. Ben Carson. They won zero primaries and/or caucuses in 2016, even though the pre-Iowa polls indicated they were the four to watch.
National
In debate debut, Klobuchar avoids head-on clashes with rivals
Without naming him, at most, it seemed like Klobuchar disagreed most with Sanders. But fate (or more likely randomized selection) did not place him on the debate stage.
Eric Black Ink
Leaked internal poll must have especially alarmed Trump
It showed Joe Biden, the current leading Democratic candidate, clobbering Trump in several states that Trump has to win to have a chance of winning a second term.