How Long ? ? ?

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

2024 Election Round Up

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,

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

Here’s the deal

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

The Voters’ Dilemma

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

gobsmacked

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

a referendum, a choice, double-haters and a debate

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’m Back

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.

The New Democratic Presidential Primary Calendar

“The committee approved moving South Carolina’s primary to Feb. 3 and having Nevada and New Hampshire vote three days later. Georgia would go the following week and Michigan two weeks after that.” I don’t pretend to know how decisions are being made inside the Biden White House but it was quite remarkable that President Biden Read More