Byron York
Chief political correspondent, Washington Examiner, Fox News contributor, author of The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy
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How Bloomberg Bungled a Debate That He Had Been Prepped For
Michael Bloomberg’s campaign advisers had anticipated tough debate questions on stop-and-frisk and nondisclosure agreements. The former mayor’s performance left his team rattled.
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From NYT: 'How Bloomberg Bungled a Debate That He Had Been Prepped For; Michael Bloomberg’s campaign advisers had anticipated tough debate questions on stop-and-frisk and nondisclosure agreements. The former mayor’s performance left his team rattled.'
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In NYT piece, Bloomberg's highly-paid staff avoids pointing fingers at candidate. Wolfson takes blame for debate performance. ('I accept responsibility for inadequately preparing him.') But it's early yet...
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Sanders Running Even With Biden Among Black Voters, WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds
Joe Biden has lost a substantial part of his black-voter support and is now running about even with Bernie Sanders, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found.
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From @WSJ 'Sanders Running Even With Biden Among Black Voters, WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds.' Something to remember: Might be accurate, but poll is of just 252 people, with 6.17% margin of error.
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Why Harvey Weinstein Might Walk
Our reporter offers a view from the public line at the Weinstein trial.
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Fascinating piece in @thenation 'Why Harvey Weinstein Might Walk.' Suggests many press accounts aren't telling the whole story of the trial. Doubt 'would not be unreasonable.' ow.ly/F31N50ysmHg pic.twitter.com/AhGO3OW1NP
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From @thenation Harvey Weinstein juror 'has a debut novel coming out in July that involves young women interacting with 'predatory older men.'' Defense had run out of peremptory challenges; judge would not remove. ow.ly/S8Ti50ysnqA pic.twitter.com/vfHsuin1QC
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Bloomberg in debate: Billions of dollars, zero vision
Michael Bloomberg had a lot of bad moments in his first debate as a Democratic candidate for president. He had little to say when Elizabeth Warren slammed him for having called some women, at various times in the past, "fat broads" and "horse-faced...
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Democratic Presidents Obama and Clinton were strong on 'the vision thing.' (Phrase came from GHWBush, who wasn't.) Reagan strong, too. Then there was MAGA. Bloomberg vision: 'Look, this is a management job...I'm a manager.' Not a winning message.
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Reagan: Morning in America.
Clinton: Don't stop thinking about tomorrow.
Obama: Hope and change.
Trump: Make America Great Again.
Bloomberg: Look, this is a management job.
A candidate with money to burn but no vision
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Bolton says if he had testified in impeachment trial, outcome would have been the same
But former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice Rice challenged his decision not to publicly discuss Trump's Ukraine pressure campaign.
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John Bolton discusses move to have him testify at Senate impeachment trial: 'My testimony would have made no difference to the ultimate outcome.'
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It Won't Work | Mike Bloomberg for President
As an entrepreneur, mayor, and problem-solving philanthropist, Mike has taken on the toughest challenges and gotten big things done. To learn more about how ...
Utah senators pass bill to decriminalize polygamy
A bill that would effectively decriminalize polygamy and dispel fears of prosecution for plural marriage among consenting adults sailed through the Utah Senate on Tuesday.
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From @sltrib 'Utah senators pass bill to decriminalize polygamy.' Unanimous vote. How can government discriminate based on who you love?
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Bloomberg camp's "dire" warning: Sanders soon unstoppable
"I don’t think many people understand the dire circumstances here."
State of the Race Memo
Source document contributed to DocumentCloud by Shane Savitsky (Axios).
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Michael Bloomberg, who will not appear on any ballot for another two weeks, would like Biden, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar to drop out of the race, leaving Bloomberg to challenge Sanders alone. From Bloomberg strategists
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Who Will Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination?
FiveThirtyEight's predictions for the 2020 Democratic presidential primary election.
Bernie Sanders takes wide lead in California primary, new poll finds
Four rivals nearly tied for a distant second in biggest Super Tuesday primary
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From LAT: 'Bernie Sanders takes wide lead in California primary, new poll finds.' Sanders 32 Biden 14 Warren 13 Buttigieg 12 Bloomberg 12.
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I Covered Blago’s Trial From Start To Finish. Trump’s Commutation Isn’t Crazy.
There was one sentiment I heard over and over again, which went something like, “I know Blagojevich was guilty as hell but 14 years is insane.”
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From @politico 'I Covered Blago’s Trial From Start To Finish. Trump’s Commutation Isn’t Crazy; There was one sentiment I heard over and over again, which went something like, 'I know Blagojevich was guilty as hell but 14 years is insane.'
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Mayor Doesn’t Always Live by His Health Rules
Many of the targets of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s battle against unhealthy foods overlap with his cravings.
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Sugary drink plan aside, Mayor Bloomberg's campaign against salt was more, shall we say, aspirational. From NYT: ow.ly/eKRq50yqhog pic.twitter.com/wyvSZnD1Yp
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Latest Polls
The latest political polls collected by FiveThirtyEight.
NBC News/WSJ poll: Sanders opens up double-digit lead nationally in Democratic race
The Vermont senator's lead in the Democratic race comes as former Vice President Joe Biden's standing has dropped 11 points since January.
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New: 'NBC News/WSJ poll: Sanders opens up double-digit national lead in primary race.'
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The Lavish Spreads of Mike Bloomberg’s Food-Filled Campaign
The billionaire Democratic presidential candidate stocks his events with complimentary cheesesteaks, smoked salmon spreads, and much, much more
Who's complaining about investigations now?
Attorney General William Barr is looking into the murky origins of the politically-charged Justice Department investigations that roiled American public life for the last three years.
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For years, Dems, resistance/NeverTrump, many in press have been in frenzy about investigating Trump. More! More! But now, Barr is investigating the investigations. And suddenly, they're concerned about investigations. 'The power to destroy.'
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Bernie breaks out of the pack
In Nevada, rival campaigns privately concede the race is for second or third place.
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From @politico 'Bernie breaks out of the pack; In Nevada, rival campaigns privately concede the race is for second or third place.' ow.ly/eMTe50yomjj pic.twitter.com/UBMVLlQtUf
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Bernie Sanders Draws More Than 11,000 To Denver Rally
The campaign quickly claimed the event was the largest any candidate has held in Colorado during the 2020 election cycle.