
Fri. 11/08 – Is Bloomberg Running?
11/08/19 • 19 min
Michael Bloomberg files paperwork to maybe-probably-maybe-probably enter the race, a Tom Steyer aide allegedly offered to pay for endorsements in Iowa, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, Jeff Sessions is running for his old Senate seat, and highlights from The Weather Channel’s climate forum.
Sponsors:
- Mack Weldon – use code ELECTION
Links:
- Chris Higgins on Twitter
- Chris Higgins on Instagram
- Election Ride Home on Twitter
- Election Ride Home on Facebook
- Michael Bloomberg Actively Prepares to Enter 2020 Presidential Race (NYT)
- Fox News Poll: Biden leads nomination race, tops Trump by 12 points in matchup [includes Bloomberg] (Fox News)
- AP Exclusive: Steyer aide offered money for endorsements (AP)
- Steyer aide apologizes after report he offered money for endorsements in Iowa (CNN)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Friday (The Guardian)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Thursday (The Guardian)
- Referee says he told Rep. Jim Jordan that Ohio State doctor performed sex act in shower (NBC News)
- House Dems Want to Give America Impeachment for Christmas (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
- Jeff Sessions Wants His Seat Back (Cook Political Report)
- 5 Things I’ll be Watching for During the Weather Channel’s 2020: The Race to Save the Planet (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | Candidates on Infrastructure (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
- King Canute and the tide (Wikipedia)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | Candidates on Environmental Injustice (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | Candidates on Climate Solutions (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | What Keeps These Candidates up at Night (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
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Michael Bloomberg files paperwork to maybe-probably-maybe-probably enter the race, a Tom Steyer aide allegedly offered to pay for endorsements in Iowa, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, Jeff Sessions is running for his old Senate seat, and highlights from The Weather Channel’s climate forum.
Sponsors:
- Mack Weldon – use code ELECTION
Links:
- Chris Higgins on Twitter
- Chris Higgins on Instagram
- Election Ride Home on Twitter
- Election Ride Home on Facebook
- Michael Bloomberg Actively Prepares to Enter 2020 Presidential Race (NYT)
- Fox News Poll: Biden leads nomination race, tops Trump by 12 points in matchup [includes Bloomberg] (Fox News)
- AP Exclusive: Steyer aide offered money for endorsements (AP)
- Steyer aide apologizes after report he offered money for endorsements in Iowa (CNN)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Friday (The Guardian)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Thursday (The Guardian)
- Referee says he told Rep. Jim Jordan that Ohio State doctor performed sex act in shower (NBC News)
- House Dems Want to Give America Impeachment for Christmas (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
- Jeff Sessions Wants His Seat Back (Cook Political Report)
- 5 Things I’ll be Watching for During the Weather Channel’s 2020: The Race to Save the Planet (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | Candidates on Infrastructure (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
- King Canute and the tide (Wikipedia)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | Candidates on Environmental Injustice (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | Candidates on Climate Solutions (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
- 2020: Race to Save the Planet | What Keeps These Candidates up at Night (YouTube/The Weather Channel)
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Thu. 11/07 – Kentucky Will Recanvass the Vote
Kentucky’s governor requests a recanvass, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, the DNC pulls out of UCLA for the December debate, a new poll gives two candidates spots in upcoming DNC debates, Bernie Sanders is about to begin massive TV advertising, Andrew Yang has begun TV advertising focused on Iowa, Elizabeth Warren gets a key endorsement, Donald Trump begins selling Christmas merchandise, and Julián Castro goes on The Daily Show.
Sponsors:
- Mack Weldon – use code ELECTION
Links:
- Chris Higgins on Twitter
- Chris Higgins on Instagram
- Election Ride Home on Twitter
- Election Ride Home on Facebook
- Bevin campaign formally asks for a recanvass in Kentucky (CNN)
- Here's how the recanvass in the Kentucky governor election will work (CNN)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Thursday (The Guardian)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Wednesday (The Guardian)
- Trump wanted Barr to hold news conference saying the president broke no laws in call with Ukrainian leader (WaPo)
- Democrats will no longer host their 6th presidential debate at UCLA (The Guardian)
- Gabbard and Klobuchar hit debate polling thresholds (Politico)
- 2020 Democratic polls (Google Sheets/Politico)
- Sanders to Spend More Than $30 Million on Advertising in Early States (NYT)
- Montellaro tweet re Yang ads (Twitter/Zach Montellaro)
- Yang’s first TV ad (YouTube/Andrew Yang for President 2020)
- Castro’s first TV ad (Twitter/Julián Castro)
- Ayanna Pressley Endorses Elizabeth Warren for President (NYT)
- Pressley endorsement video on Twitter (Twitter/Ayanna Pressley)
- Trump Campaign Unveils Christmas Merchandise (The Guardian)
- Trump campaign shop (Trump Make American Great Again Committ...
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Tue. 11/12 – More Last-Minute Candidates?!
Is Bloomberg running or not, Deval Patrick might run at the last minute, a New Hampshire poll gives help to candidates for the DNC debates, a pollster weighs on that poll, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, Mike Pence plants a moon tree, and the twentieth Republican announces his retirement from the House.
Links:
- Chris Higgins on Twitter
- Chris Higgins on Instagram
- Election Ride Home on Twitter
- Election Ride Home on Facebook
- Even Michael Bloomberg Supporters Are Worried a Run Would ‘Hand the Nomination to Warren’ (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
- How Seriously Should We Take Michael Bloomberg’s Potential 2020 Run? (FiveThirtyEight)
- Michael Bloomberg on Twitter (Twitter/Michael Bloomberg)
- Deval Patrick, Ex-Governor of Massachusetts, Is Considering 2020 Presidential Race (NYT)
- Anxious Democratic Establishment Asks, ‘Is There Anybody Else?’ (NYT)
- November 11, 2019 - Biden Holds Slight Lead In New Hampshire Dem Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; 54 Percent Definitely Wouldn't Vote For Bloomberg In Primary (Quinnipiac)
- Montellaro on Quinnipiac NH poll (Twitter/Zach Montellaro)
- 2020 Democratic polls (Google Sheets/Politico)
- Silver tweets re Quinnipiac NH polls re: Gabbard (Twitter/Nate Silver)
- Silver image from Quinnipiac crosstabs (Twitter/Nate Silver)
- Open Primaries – New Hampshire (Open Primaries)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Tuesday (The Guardian)
- Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Monday (The Guardian)
- Pence plants a 'moon tree' but will it grow? (Politico)
- The "Moon Trees" [includes locations where known] (NASA)
- New York’s Peter King Is 20th House Republican to Announce Retirement (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
- Rep. Peter T. King, a 14-term Republican congressman from New York, announces retirement (WaPo)
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