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Why Trump Has No Second-Term Agenda

August 24, 2020 Buck Banks

“He has been so intensely focused on all of the implications of coronavirus and the economic problems that he frankly had not thought about it. He had a checklist and this came up in late August. You end up with only so much brain space and adrenaline and that is what happened.”

— Newt Gingrich, when asked by Politico why President Trump has not come up with a second term agenda.

Biden Has Wide Lead Among College Students

August 24, 2020 Buck Banks

70% to 18%

A new Knight Foundation poll finds Joe Biden leads Donald Trump among college students by a stunning 52 percentage points, 70% to 18%. Despite Biden’s wide lead, just 49% of college students said they have a favorable impression of Biden, with 51% saying they had an unfavorable impression.

GOP Pollster Can’t Say What Republicans Believe

August 24, 2020 Buck Banks

“You know I don’t have a history of dodging questions. But I don’t know how to answer that. There is no consistent philosophy, You can’t say it’s about making America great again at a time of Covid and economic distress and social unrest. It’s just not credible… That’s the best I can do.”

— GOP pollster Frank Luntz, quoted by Politico, when asked, “What do Republicans believe?”

Trump Must Pay Porn Star’s Legal Fees

August 24, 2020 Buck Banks

$44,100

A California court ordered President Trump to pay $44,100 to Stormy Daniels to cover her legal fees regarding her nondisclosure agreement, The Hill reports.

No Post-Convention Bounce for Biden

August 24, 2020 Buck Banks

9 points

A new Morning Consult poll finds in a post-convention poll, Joe Biden leads President Trump by 9 points among likely voters, 52% to 43%, compared with an 8-point margin earlier in the week. However, 51% of likely voters said they had a favorable view of Biden on Friday, a single-day record in the tracking poll.

Michelle More Popular than Barack

August 24, 2020 Buck Banks

7.65 million

Axios: “Among the 100 most viral stories about DNC topics this past week, there were 7.56 million social media interactions (likes, comments, shares) on stories about Michelle Obama’s speech.” “That’s 5x more than the estimated total for the next closest person — her husband.”

27 Prominent Republicans, Including Jeff Flake, Announce They’ll Endorse Joe Biden

August 24, 2020 Buck Banks

From Forbes: More than two dozen former Republican members of Congress officially announced on Monday, mere hours before the start of the Republican National Convention, that they are endorsing Joe Biden, who aims to build a wide-ranging coalition in hopes of defeating President Donald Trump in November.

GOP Strategist: Bannon One of the ‘Creepier Freaks’

August 21, 2020 Buck Banks

“I first encountered Steve Bannon in 2004 and if you told me he would be arrested in 2020, my reaction would have been, ‘You really think it will take that long?’ One of the creepier freaks you’re likely to encounter this side of a White House staff meeting.”

— Former Mitt Romney strategist Stuart Stevens, on Twitter.

Trump Campaign Has Spend $1 Billion on Re-Election

August 21, 2020 Buck Banks

$1 billion

“President Trump’s campaign, the Republican Party and two affiliated committees, have spent more than $1 billion since 2017, a record-breaking sum spent toward a reelection effort at this point in the presidential campaign,” the Washington Post reports.

Trump Threatens to Send Sheriffs to Polls on Election Day

August 21, 2020 Buck Banks

“We’re going to have sheriffs, and we’re going to have law enforcement, and we’re going to have, hopefully, U.S. attorneys, and we’re going to have everybody and attorney generals.”

— President Trump threatened to send “sheriffs” and “law enforcement” to polling places on election day to guard against voter fraud—even though he lacks the authority to do so, CNN reports.

“He has been so intensely focused on all of the implications of coronavirus and the economic problems that he frankly had not thought about it. He had a checklist and this came up in late August. You end up with only so much brain space and adrenaline and that is what happened.”

— Newt Gingrich, when asked by Politico why President Trump has not come up with a second term agenda.

70% to 18%

A new Knight Foundation poll finds Joe Biden leads Donald Trump among college students by a stunning 52 percentage points, 70% to 18%. Despite Biden’s wide lead, just 49% of college students said they have a favorable impression of Biden, with 51% saying they had an unfavorable impression.

— GOP pollster Frank Luntz, quoted by Politico, when asked, “What do Republicans believe?”

$44,100

A California court ordered President Trump to pay $44,100 to Stormy Daniels to cover her legal fees regarding her nondisclosure agreement, The Hill reports.

9 points

7.65 million

Axios: “Among the 100 most viral stories about DNC topics this past week, there were 7.56 million social media interactions (likes, comments, shares) on stories about Michelle Obama’s speech.” “That’s 5x more than the estimated total for the next closest person — her husband.”

“I first encountered Steve Bannon in 2004 and if you told me he would be arrested in 2020, my reaction would have been, ‘You really think it will take that long?’ One of the creepier freaks you’re likely to encounter this side of a White House staff meeting.”

— Former Mitt Romney strategist Stuart Stevens, on Twitter.

$1 billion

“President Trump’s campaign, the Republican Party and two affiliated committees, have spent more than $1 billion since 2017, a record-breaking sum spent toward a reelection effort at this point in the presidential campaign,” the Washington Post reports.

“We’re going to have sheriffs, and we’re going to have law enforcement, and we’re going to have, hopefully, U.S. attorneys, and we’re going to have everybody and attorney generals.”

— President Trump threatened to send “sheriffs” and “law enforcement” to polling places on election day to guard against voter fraud—even though he lacks the authority to do so, CNN 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%