Saturday, January 11, 2020

SFGate: Some Democrats alarmed at impending all-white debate - Not to worry, Dems, totally non-white debates are coming! - Image: South African Lincoln-Douglas Debate --tma


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Only white candidates have qualified for next week's Democratic presidential debate, the first time in this election cycle that no minority contender will make the stage. It's a dynamic that critics say threatens to undercut the party's rhetoric of inclusivity.
The race for the 2020 Democratic nomination kicked off last year with a historically diverse pool of candidates, including two black senators, a black mayor, a Hispanic former Cabinet secretary and an Asian businessman. Since then, all have either dropped out or failed to qualify for a spot on the stage, determined by poll numbers and donations. ...

Thursday, January 9, 2020

One of 18 GOP 'Refugee' Scam Governors: Please tweet or write TN GOP Gov Bill Lee. Ask why he’s demanding his state be flooded with 'refugees,' putting their needs ahead of US citizens. - Image: Isn't he precious? Don't you just want to pinch him on the cheek? --tma



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List: Reynolds, IA; Ducey, AZ; Stitt, OK; Lee, TN; Burgum; NK; Noem, SD; Sununu, NH; Herbert, UT; Ricketts, NB; Justice, WV; Holcomb, IN; Scott, VT; Baker, MA; DeWine, OH; Hutchinson, AR; Parsons, MO; Little, ID; Hogan, MD.

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/now-18-27-gop-governors-requesting-refugee-resettlement-without-dissent/

WSJ: Demographic Shift Poised to Test Trump’s 2020 Strategy - "Working-class, white voters are projected to decline by 2.3 percentage points nationally as a share of eligible voters" - as 18 GOP governors ask for more 'refugees' - Image: meanwhile in Maine --tma


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President Trump’s 2020 election strategy relies largely on the white, working-class base that he excited in 2016. But he faces a demographic challenge: The electorate has changed since he was last on the ballot in ways likely to benefit Democrats.
Working-class, white voters are projected to decline by 2.3 percentage points nationally as a share of eligible voters, compared with the last election, because they are older and therefore dying at a faster rate than are Democratic groups. As those voters pass on, they are most likely to be replaced by those from minority groups or young, white voters with college degrees—groups that lean Democratic. ...