Asked how he would’ve answered the initial voter Q Haley got, about what the cause of the Civil War was, DeSantis replied, “of course, you have the issue of slavery”
He then said the “abolition of slavery— to this day, remains the [Republican] party’s top achievement.”
2020 Super Bowl
Kansas City Chiefs vs San Francisco 49ers
2020 Presidential Election
Joe Biden vs Donald Trump
2024 Super Bowl
Kansas City Chiefs vs San Francisco 49ers
2024 Presidential Election
Joe Biden vs Donald Trump
"I am bullish on North Carolina, and I don’t fuck around in saying that—because I was bullish on Arizona [four years ago] and that’s because we looked at it very closely" - Biden Campaign Chair Jen O'Malley-Dillon
@JohnDiLillo
1. Buy Star Wars
2. Push out George Lucas so you can put exciting new voices in charge
3. Fire all exciting new voices
4. Put George's inferior apprentice in charge
@jbouie
Also, for a bunch of supposed libertarians, they sure have a lot of opinions on what other people should or shouldn't be allowed to do or express
@gabrielsherman
The President is publicly warring against one of America's largest companies in order to pressure it's CEO, who also owns one of the country's most popular newspapers, to assure more positive coverage. This is what dictators do yet people will just shrug it off as classic Trump.
Joe Biden is the first President to not have even one of his party's Senators lose in his first midterm since FDR in 1934. George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush came closest, losing only one each in 1990 and 2002
A few hours after Morning Consult/Bloomberg Polls showed Trump leading Biden in every swing state, Quinnipiac released a national poll that shows....Biden up by six over Trump
There's this weird belief seeping into elite sentiment, expressed here by CNN President Chris Licht, that we should've somehow gotten over COVID after a few weeks
154 members of the American Political Science Association release their latest Presidential Rankings. Ratings for the living Presidents:
Carter 22nd
Clinton 12th
Bush 32nd
Obama 7th
Trump 45th
Biden 14th
Nina Turner, who can't even win a Democratic primary in her own Congressional district, is apparently weighing a primary challenge against President Biden
"All kinds of Democrats criticizing the President publicly. I don't understand why. I don't know what's in it for you to do that. Whether you're just chasing clout or you want to make it into the news" - John Fetterman February 22, 2024
@aherman2006
Rian Johnson waking up to read about what his good colleagues at Lucasfilm have to say about the upcoming release of Episode IX in the New York Times...
As you no doubt expected, CNN President Chris Licht admonished his own media reporter Oliver Darcy for criticizing the network. Licht called Darcy "too emotional" with one source saying "they put the fear of God into him"
@Srirachachau
Actor James Remar found in research that Stimson had honeymooned there and historians believed that's why it was crossed off the list. Remar brought this up to Nolan and Nolan decided to add it to the movie
NBC's Chuck Todd at
#MPC24
: "There are a lot of people who believe a Whitmer-Warnock ticket would be a stronger ticket for the Democrats right now. Or Warnock-Whitmer."
The dirty little secret in Democratic circles for a while now has been that the Biden people would be perfectly happy with there being NO general election debates.
Debates are ALWAYS a high wire act for politicians -- and given the rampant concerns about Biden's age and
Jeff Zucker was nearly fired from CNN back in 2017 as part of a thinly veiled deal with AT&T for the Trump White House to approve of the Time Warner merger
I'm always struck when supposedly talented observers like Astead and Nuzzi say things like 'Joe Biden is objectively a terrible candidate and you libs just can't take it'. Just naked opinion presented as common-sense by cloaking it in pessimism
I’ve said this 100 times. But it’s not the message. It’s the messenger. That is not to say he can’t win (he can) but the MSNBCification of national Democrats has blinded them to his problems. Dems cleared the field for an unpopular candidate. You do that you get a hard election
"DeSantis tells donors that, if he takes on Trump, he would launch a full frontal attack on his record and competence, according to a GOP source briefed on the conversations. 'DeSantis says the only way to beat Trump is to attack him head-on'"
@FiringLineShow
@AWeissmann_
"I could have negotiated. At worst, I could’ve made a deal to take over something, there are certain areas that are Russian-speaking areas, frankly, but you could’ve worked a deal" - Donald Trump to Sean Hannity March 7, 2023
One side wants to use political murder to intimidate away judicial oversight, the other side says that's bad and wrong. This morning on Meet the Press....
Kristen Welker describes Trump's attacks on a judge's family and other unhinged rhetoric as "a reminder that we are covering this election against the backdrop of a deeply divided nation."
Imagine being a Democratic campaign staffer who gave their all for Fetterman in 2022, only for him to treat their party's 2024 Presidential and Senate candidates this way
Fetterman also went on to:
-Say he backs Israel on whatever they want to do in Rafah
-Assert that his office protesters were paid agitators
-Pass on taking a shot at David McCormick
-Pass on taking a shot at Trump over his trial
-Criticize Biden on fracking
@Dahlialithwick
Sure was nice of those 12 Democratic Senators who voted to confirm Cannon *after the 2020 election* as a favor because the GOP majority didn't have enough Senators present that day. Just some of that classic Senate courtesy we hear so much about, great work everyone!
Notable quotable: Wasserman predicts neither Biden or Trump will be their parties' presidential nominee in 2024.
"I don't think either Trump or Biden will be on the ballot in the fall of 2024. This is the first juncture where I've thought that."
@mattzollerseitz
I haven't seen this movie yet but the internet's turn against Bradley Cooper is a great example of how this hellscape turns against anyone who is earnest in even the smallest way