February 11, 2020

Mickey Might Actually Have a Better Shot than Joe

February 11, 2020 Buck Banks

“I refuse to suggest any Democrat can lose. I think we could run Mickey Mouse against this president and have a shot.”

— Joe Biden, on Morning Joe.

Job Creation Cratered Under Trump

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Buck Banks

19%

Newly revised figures from Trump’s own Department of Labor show that 6.6 million new jobs were created in the first 36 months of Trump’s tenure, compared with 8.1 million in the final 36 months of Obama’s ? a decline of 19% under Trump, according to a HuffPost analysis.

The Latest Home-Spun Carvilleism

February 11, 2020 Buck Banks

“If Michael Bennet is the nominee, Mitch McConnell’s going to look like he crapped a pineapple.”

— James Carville, quoted by the Washington Post, in support of Sen. Michael Bennet’s presidential campaign.

Sanders Takes Lead in national Poll

February 11, 2020 Buck Banks

25%

A new Quinnipiac poll shows Bernie Sanders leading the Democratic presidential race nationally with 25%, followed by Joe Biden at 17%, Michael Bloomberg at 15%, Elizabeth Warren at 14%, Pete Buttigieg at 10% and Amy Klobuchar at 4%.

Tussling with Tulsi

February 11, 2020 Buck Banks

Tulsi Gabbard is still campaigning for president,
Though we wonder if she’s really a Russian malcontent.
She has said that she
Will back the Dem nominee,
But we’re willing to wager she’ll just vote “present.”

Adelson Commits $100M to Trump Re-Election Campaign

February 11, 2020 Buck Banks

$100 million

“Sheldon Adelson, an ardent pro-Israel conservative, is expected to donate at least $100m to boost Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election efforts and Republican congressional candidates this fall,” The Guardian reports.

Day: February 11, 2020

Mickey Might Actually Have a Better Shot than Joe

“I refuse to suggest any Democrat can lose. I think we could run Mickey Mouse against this president and have a shot.”

— Joe Biden, on Morning Joe.

Job Creation Cratered Under Trump

19%

Newly revised figures from Trump’s own Department of Labor show that 6.6 million new jobs were created in the first 36 months of Trump’s tenure, compared with 8.1 million in the final 36 months of Obama’s ? a decline of 19% under Trump, according to a HuffPost analysis.

The Latest Home-Spun Carvilleism

“If Michael Bennet is the nominee, Mitch McConnell’s going to look like he crapped a pineapple.”

— James Carville, quoted by the Washington Post, in support of Sen. Michael Bennet’s presidential campaign.

Sanders Takes Lead in national Poll

25%

A new Quinnipiac poll shows Bernie Sanders leading the Democratic presidential race nationally with 25%, followed by Joe Biden at 17%, Michael Bloomberg at 15%, Elizabeth Warren at 14%, Pete Buttigieg at 10% and Amy Klobuchar at 4%.

Tussling with Tulsi

Adelson Commits $100M to Trump Re-Election Campaign

$100 million

“Sheldon Adelson, an ardent pro-Israel conservative, is expected to donate at least $100m to boost Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election efforts and Republican congressional candidates this fall,” The Guardian reports.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”