Author: Alan Rosenfeld

I wish the media and Mahmoud Khalil’s supporters would stop referring to him as a “pro-Palestinian” activist. He’s not. I wish they also stop repeating the lie that he is opposed to the Israel-Gaza war. He’s not that either. He is clearly pro-Hamas, anti-Israel and most likely antisemitic. If he was truly pro-Palestinian there would Read More

I am struggling with the question of how long (how many generations) it takes before someone becomes native to a new country. My mother was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both of her parents had come over on a boat from pre World War One Russia. I certainly do not feel in any way Russian. My Read More

I have to admit that like most other election prognosticators I was wrong about the 2024 Presidential election. Like many of you I spent the last month a bit depressed and very scared about the election of Donald Trump with the GOP in control of the US Senate. I spent of that time reading other Read More

Dear Kamala, I’ve never before voted for you but now that you are the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee it looks like I will have no choice but to vote for you in the 2024 election against Donald Trump. It is not just a slogan but a reality that this is an election we cannot afford Read More

Democrats are terrified that they made a mistake in renominating President Joe Biden for a second term. It’s called buyer’s remorse. There certainly was a time to convince him not to run for re-election. For a variety of reasons, no leading Democrat challenged or even questioned Biden’s renomination a year ago when there was time Read More

I’ve always assumed that at least 80 percent of the voters were locked into their choices. Maybe even 88 percent with a pretty even split. That leaves a small group of potential voters trying to choose between Trump and Biden and not really happy with either. Biden is old and not getting any younger. He Read More

There is really nothing else to say as my initial reaction to the Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity ruling. I am just starting to read through it now and will update this periodically as I do. 23-939_e2pg.pdf – Google Drive

Often, re-election campaigns are referendums on the incumbent. Historically, incumbent Presidents who had an approval rating below 45 percent in June of their re-election year ended up losing and those with a rating above 46 percent won. President Biden’s approval rating sits at 40.4 percent according to the latest RCP average. If the election was Read More

I hope to try to post something at least once a week from now until the election. Please check back and let me know what you think.

There is a map and a list that people should review before considering the upcoming presidential election. First for the list. Here is a list of the ten closest states in the 2020 election. There are no other states where the winning margin was less than 7 percent. There are no other states where there Read More