WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders describes President Joe Biden‘s recent debate performance as “painful.” In an interview, he says he’s not confident that Biden can win this fall. But the progressive senator from Vermont does not want Biden to step aside. Instead, Sanders, who served as Biden’s chief rival in the Democratic Party’s 2020 nomination […]
The Biden campaign enjoyed a substantial fundraising haul in June, taking in $127 million. Roughly $38 million came into the campaign’s coffers after Biden’s poor debate performance. Biden’s campaign is aiming to use the sustained fundraising figures to calm the nerves of anxious donors. President Joe Biden‘s campaign on Tuesday touted a fundraising windfall in […]
The biggest disappointment in the CD1 Democratic primary has been the blown opportunities by the six candidates to distinguish themselves. As a result, the race may well be decided not by policy, or even personality, but by negative campaigns. The dominant debate in recent weeks centered on whether having a Republican past is disqualifying. The […]
Nebraska voters in the state’s 2nd Congressional District will face a rematch between Democratic State Sen. Tony Vargas, left, and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. (Courtesy of the candidates; Capitol photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) OMAHA — National Republicans have more than matched the $1.07 million advertising reservation of their Democratic counterparts in the Omaha-based […]
Jill Biden told Vogue magazine on Sunday that her husband “will continue to fight” to remain the Democratic nominee for president and then, in the same breath, declared that he “will always do the right thing for the country.” That these two statements directly contradict each other is obvious to anyone who watched last Thursday’s […]
WASHINGTON — Four days after his disastrous debate performance, President Joe Biden still hadn’t personally called top Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill to shore up support, five sources told NBC News, though White House chief of staff Jeff Zients was making calls. Biden’s team has been working to quash questions swirling in the party about […]
President Joe Biden participates in the CNN presidential debate on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. As Democrats reel from President Joe Biden’s befuddled debate performance last week, political strategists are trying to weigh the impact the new narrative in the presidential election could have on competitive down-ballot races. In […]
California Democratic leaders are spending their last week before summer break pushing a ballot measure changing portions of Proposition 47 — even though a large chunk of their members may not support it. On Monday, 35 Assembly members voted in favor of a last-minute initiative from Newsom and legislative leaders rolling back portions of the […]
Monday’s Supreme Court decision giving Donald Trump immunity for past and potentially future presidential acts gave Democrats more urgency to defeat him, just as new polling showed that last week’s debate intensified voters’ concerns that President Biden may not be the man to do it. The dueling pieces of news underscored the conundrum the party […]
Biden is facing the biggest challenge of his career as he aims to remain the Democratic nominee. The president’s family encouraged him to continue his campaign, The New York Times reported. So far, he’s leaning on his family and his political appeal among party blocs to forge ahead. Democrats are still trying to pick up […]
As President Joe Biden attempts to reassure supporters following his widely panned debate performance on Thursday, Democrats still worried about having him at the top of the ticket in November have few realistic options at their disposal, at least as far as party rules and historical precedent are concerned. Those fretting over Biden as the […]
Kamala Harris’s team is concerned that Democrats will install a white candidate ahead of her to replace Joe Biden, arguing that it would be “offensive” to black voters to overlook her should the president stand aside. Mr Biden is facing calls to step back from the race over concerns about his age, after a disastrous […]