Great photo! I live in NYC but I joined Blue Missouri a year or so ago. Their emails and their monthly Zooms are very inspiring! You can do $5 a month or even less and it helps! Nothing beats candidates on the doors and those funds allow candidates to do basic work and get out there. And every vote they get out will help Lucas Kunce at the top of the ticket. Lucas is a terrific candidate and would make an exceptional Senator. He had a great launch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McuIscYMRmw
Go Missouri! Robert, your road trip sounds amazing!
Just a brief comment to acknowledge that you are a very fine man with impeccable scruples and fortunate to have such a great teammate as your “editor.”
Thanks for the advice on those folks that are thinking of not voting for Biden because of the Israel / Gaza situation. I was at the Rally and March for Ukraine in DC on Saturday. I wish there were more people there at the Lincoln Memorial. I'd say maybe a couple thousand? A very enthusiastic crowd with a variety of speakers including the Ukrainian Ambassador to the US, and my Representative in the House, Jamie Raskin. I was lamenting to a friend about people caring more about the Super Bowl than something as important as this, and trying to get the funding to help Ukraine. He said it was "Bread and Games" - keep the people fed and entertained. The Romans apparently did. And you're right, it has to be a blowout election. It's nerve wracking.
I love that you are travelling the country and sharing perspectives from all over. Through volunteering in many different phone banks over the years, for many different candidates all over the country, I feel like I am touring the country - from The San Fernando Valley to Virgina....from Alaska, to Nebraska!!! "from the redwood forests to the gulf stream waters, this land was made for you and me". I just burst into song!!!! Looking forward to hearing from you from Memphis!
Your efforts to distort the truth about Donald Trump's poor performance in South Carolina is shameful and your dismissive attitude about the failure of your polling accuracy is a disgrace. You defensively and irresponsibly describe your misleading forecasts by saying that Trump "slightly underperformed".
Your polling and 538's vs actual election outcomes like South Carolina's are consistently bias in favor of Trump by a whopping 7%. Your analytical work is a sham. What should your readers believe? The Times, has lost its ability to write the truth or your election work has become a Trump campaign asset?
Love the space devoted to Lucas Kunce's challenge to the extremely unpopular Josh Hawley. Much as Democrats should worry about the vulnerable incumbent Senators, Republicans should worry about their vulnerable Senators -- Ted Cruz of Texas, the most disliked member of the Senate, could be beaten by Congressman (and ex Baylor and NFL football player) Colin Allred. Rick Scott of Florida, made nationally famous by his plans to end Medicare and Social Security, could be beaten by former Member of Congress Debbie Marcarcel-Powell who came to the US with her mother and her sisters from Ecuador. Less likely, but worth a try is ousting Marsha Blackburn (once identified as the Senate's most conservative member) by State Rep Gloria Johnson, ally of the two young Black Reps expelled by the Tennessee House, special education teacher who has experienced both a school shooting and a possible life saving abortion. There is one more surprise candidate worth our attention. Nebraska labor leader Dan Osborn, an independent candidate in Nebraska where the Democrats will not run a Senate candidate, is targeting nondescript Senator Deb Fischer. She is so nondescript that he led her in a poll by 2 points and most people did not know who he was. Maybe they did not know who she was either.
Great newsletter today; we are winning and it's going to get better. After reading Today's Edition I sent $50 to Kunce and wrote the following to the NYTimes:
Dear Mssrs. Cohn,Halbfinger and Kahn-
You have failed to meet even the lowest standards of journalism in your biased reporting on Trump's "win" in South Carolina. Your support of gross polling inaccuracy is an insult to real, honest, unbiased reporting, which the NYTimes appears to have abandoned in favor of fealty to Trump. If you can call his miserable performance - losing 40% of the Republican vote in the most Republican state in the US - as "slightly underperform(ing)" with a straight face, then you have lost any semblance of truth in reporting. Your polling, along with 538's are clearly biased, showing a consistent 7% discrepancy in favor of Trump; can you not see that? We the readers can, and it erodes any confidence in what NYT publishes. You are no longer the credible source of news that the NYT once was. Honest journalists past & present look away in shame on your distortions.
When Howard Dean was Chair of the DNC he ran a 50 state campaign of Democratic candidates. After Obama was elected he stopped that. Democrats should be active and campaigning in every state.
Robert, as we move forward, I continue to find the closeness of the presidential race very frustrating. What is wrong with American voters? President Biden, in only three years, has been one of the most productive Presidents in history. People from both parties are experiencing the results of his infrastructure efforts. They can readily see the results of his efforts to lower drug costs and overall healthcare. He has achieved huge employment gains and similar reductions in unemployment. Inflation is under control better than any other country. Biden and Harris are great advocates of women’s healthcare and efforts to ban assault weapons. Two vitally important issues to young voters.
Trump, on the other hand, was an incredibly unsuccessful President. The only people who experienced the effects of his tax reductions were very rich businessmen. He cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people due to his totally incompetent response to the COVID pandemic. He is a convicted sexual assaulter, a cheater in the real estate market and the leader of an attempt to use sedition to destroy our democracy. He is a troll of Vladimir Putin and truly a threat to our country and our military with his unlawful handling of crucial classified information.
A close race just doesn’t make sense. Voters can’t be that ignorant. Are the Democrat advisers really doing enough for Biden? Where should the emphasis be placed? Biden’s unprecedented success or Trump’s unprecedented failure? It’s too easy to say “both”. There must be a better plan to defeat the MAGA Republicans. Are Biden’s advisors the best people available?
Good news. On twitterX (whatever), @Muellershewrote lists the 10 positive judicial events that happened 'this week' including that Steve Bannon's criminal trial starts in May.
I couldn’t sleep past 3 this morning. So I’ve already read Todays Edition, LFAA, and Joyce Vance. I feel like we’re the people in Ukraine as the Russian armies stacked up around them while Putin assured everyone they weren’t there to attack. The citizens of Ukraine kept going on with their everyday lives. I mostly feel confident things will work out for keeping Trump from office, but the craziness going on around us is really taking a toll in the “keep moving on with your regular goals and lives” status. Yes, “We’re in this together” is comforting … but not enough to be complacent. Thanks for all the information on Missouri. I already have a monthly small donation to Kunce, and I will do the same for the first group listed today. Thanks.
Odious Josh Hawley. Exactly. I, and I'd guess most of your readers, applaud all and any efforts to send the odious Josh Hawley back to the hustings. He has betrayed Missourians and the nation by being an unflagging Trumpista - itself a sure sign of being a bigoted bully.
Bob, I hope you will tackle the basic polling question: Who answers a poll?
Most people I know will not answer a call from someone they do not know, or are afraid of some kind of repercussion if they were to answer a poll truthfully, or are wary of pollsters in general.
NYT has an article about how tomorrow’s Michigan primary is a challenge for Gov. Whitmer. My comment was that the question is not whether Joe Biden can win in February, but whether he will win in November, and articles that don’t recognize that are merely taking up column inches. As for polls, which I despise, Trump’s predicted margins may be padded by a failure to measure factors like South Carolina Democrats voting in the Republican primary. (That was not the case in New Hampshire, however.).
I’m encouraged to read about Blue Missouri. One of the first things I asked my wife twelve years ago when we married and I moved to Mississippi was why we had so many uncontested elections. She had no answers. I learned over time how difficult it is to attract candidates to a losing proposition and ask them to raise money from donors skeptical of a losing cause. Some try, but ultimately, they're beaten down by the system and give up. We’ve had a few solid candidates for Senate and, most recently, Governor, but the attempts have been futile. To the best of my knowledge, we have no organization comparable to Blue Missouri. I might see what I could do about that if I were twenty years younger. I've known some who have tried, but the party here is a mess mired in infighting and legal struggles.
Regarding the South Carolina primary, I was infuriated that the outcome was portrayed as domination by the media. When an opponent garners 40% in a two-person primary, the winning candidate has some issues. Yet unless one were to get deep in the political media weeds, you'd never know it. I’m not sure what good it does to shake our fists at the mainstream political press, but we can sure as hell ignore them and try to get others to listen.
Finally, I had an odd experience this weekend to address my last point. A minor political Facebook group I'm a member of but not active in launched a group chat entitled, “Who do we support in 2024?” I joined the chat only to find members advocating drafting Jon Stewart to run for President. I pointed out this folly but ran into more whacky ideas. Folks, we have work to do. I usually don't engage unserious people, but this was crazy. I’ll keep trying.
Great photo! I live in NYC but I joined Blue Missouri a year or so ago. Their emails and their monthly Zooms are very inspiring! You can do $5 a month or even less and it helps! Nothing beats candidates on the doors and those funds allow candidates to do basic work and get out there. And every vote they get out will help Lucas Kunce at the top of the ticket. Lucas is a terrific candidate and would make an exceptional Senator. He had a great launch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McuIscYMRmw
Go Missouri! Robert, your road trip sounds amazing!
Just a brief comment to acknowledge that you are a very fine man with impeccable scruples and fortunate to have such a great teammate as your “editor.”
Thanks for the advice on those folks that are thinking of not voting for Biden because of the Israel / Gaza situation. I was at the Rally and March for Ukraine in DC on Saturday. I wish there were more people there at the Lincoln Memorial. I'd say maybe a couple thousand? A very enthusiastic crowd with a variety of speakers including the Ukrainian Ambassador to the US, and my Representative in the House, Jamie Raskin. I was lamenting to a friend about people caring more about the Super Bowl than something as important as this, and trying to get the funding to help Ukraine. He said it was "Bread and Games" - keep the people fed and entertained. The Romans apparently did. And you're right, it has to be a blowout election. It's nerve wracking.
I love that you are travelling the country and sharing perspectives from all over. Through volunteering in many different phone banks over the years, for many different candidates all over the country, I feel like I am touring the country - from The San Fernando Valley to Virgina....from Alaska, to Nebraska!!! "from the redwood forests to the gulf stream waters, this land was made for you and me". I just burst into song!!!! Looking forward to hearing from you from Memphis!
Everyone, please write directly to Nate Cohn and his editors at the New York Times about the latest pro-Trump distortion.
See my letter below:.….....................................
The addresses to email are;
Nate.cohn@nytimes.com
david.halbfinger@nytimes.com
joe.kahn@nytimes.com
,...........................................................................
Mr Cohn
Your efforts to distort the truth about Donald Trump's poor performance in South Carolina is shameful and your dismissive attitude about the failure of your polling accuracy is a disgrace. You defensively and irresponsibly describe your misleading forecasts by saying that Trump "slightly underperformed".
Your polling and 538's vs actual election outcomes like South Carolina's are consistently bias in favor of Trump by a whopping 7%. Your analytical work is a sham. What should your readers believe? The Times, has lost its ability to write the truth or your election work has become a Trump campaign asset?
Yours
Merrill Weingrod
401-480-8003
Love the space devoted to Lucas Kunce's challenge to the extremely unpopular Josh Hawley. Much as Democrats should worry about the vulnerable incumbent Senators, Republicans should worry about their vulnerable Senators -- Ted Cruz of Texas, the most disliked member of the Senate, could be beaten by Congressman (and ex Baylor and NFL football player) Colin Allred. Rick Scott of Florida, made nationally famous by his plans to end Medicare and Social Security, could be beaten by former Member of Congress Debbie Marcarcel-Powell who came to the US with her mother and her sisters from Ecuador. Less likely, but worth a try is ousting Marsha Blackburn (once identified as the Senate's most conservative member) by State Rep Gloria Johnson, ally of the two young Black Reps expelled by the Tennessee House, special education teacher who has experienced both a school shooting and a possible life saving abortion. There is one more surprise candidate worth our attention. Nebraska labor leader Dan Osborn, an independent candidate in Nebraska where the Democrats will not run a Senate candidate, is targeting nondescript Senator Deb Fischer. She is so nondescript that he led her in a poll by 2 points and most people did not know who he was. Maybe they did not know who she was either.
Great newsletter today; we are winning and it's going to get better. After reading Today's Edition I sent $50 to Kunce and wrote the following to the NYTimes:
Dear Mssrs. Cohn,Halbfinger and Kahn-
You have failed to meet even the lowest standards of journalism in your biased reporting on Trump's "win" in South Carolina. Your support of gross polling inaccuracy is an insult to real, honest, unbiased reporting, which the NYTimes appears to have abandoned in favor of fealty to Trump. If you can call his miserable performance - losing 40% of the Republican vote in the most Republican state in the US - as "slightly underperform(ing)" with a straight face, then you have lost any semblance of truth in reporting. Your polling, along with 538's are clearly biased, showing a consistent 7% discrepancy in favor of Trump; can you not see that? We the readers can, and it erodes any confidence in what NYT publishes. You are no longer the credible source of news that the NYT once was. Honest journalists past & present look away in shame on your distortions.
Yours
Thomas F. Keefe
W. Cornwall, VT 05753
When Howard Dean was Chair of the DNC he ran a 50 state campaign of Democratic candidates. After Obama was elected he stopped that. Democrats should be active and campaigning in every state.
Robert, as we move forward, I continue to find the closeness of the presidential race very frustrating. What is wrong with American voters? President Biden, in only three years, has been one of the most productive Presidents in history. People from both parties are experiencing the results of his infrastructure efforts. They can readily see the results of his efforts to lower drug costs and overall healthcare. He has achieved huge employment gains and similar reductions in unemployment. Inflation is under control better than any other country. Biden and Harris are great advocates of women’s healthcare and efforts to ban assault weapons. Two vitally important issues to young voters.
Trump, on the other hand, was an incredibly unsuccessful President. The only people who experienced the effects of his tax reductions were very rich businessmen. He cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people due to his totally incompetent response to the COVID pandemic. He is a convicted sexual assaulter, a cheater in the real estate market and the leader of an attempt to use sedition to destroy our democracy. He is a troll of Vladimir Putin and truly a threat to our country and our military with his unlawful handling of crucial classified information.
A close race just doesn’t make sense. Voters can’t be that ignorant. Are the Democrat advisers really doing enough for Biden? Where should the emphasis be placed? Biden’s unprecedented success or Trump’s unprecedented failure? It’s too easy to say “both”. There must be a better plan to defeat the MAGA Republicans. Are Biden’s advisors the best people available?
Thank you Robert. Removing Hawley is a top priority. Lucas Kunce will have our support!
Good news. On twitterX (whatever), @Muellershewrote lists the 10 positive judicial events that happened 'this week' including that Steve Bannon's criminal trial starts in May.
I couldn’t sleep past 3 this morning. So I’ve already read Todays Edition, LFAA, and Joyce Vance. I feel like we’re the people in Ukraine as the Russian armies stacked up around them while Putin assured everyone they weren’t there to attack. The citizens of Ukraine kept going on with their everyday lives. I mostly feel confident things will work out for keeping Trump from office, but the craziness going on around us is really taking a toll in the “keep moving on with your regular goals and lives” status. Yes, “We’re in this together” is comforting … but not enough to be complacent. Thanks for all the information on Missouri. I already have a monthly small donation to Kunce, and I will do the same for the first group listed today. Thanks.
Odious Josh Hawley. Exactly. I, and I'd guess most of your readers, applaud all and any efforts to send the odious Josh Hawley back to the hustings. He has betrayed Missourians and the nation by being an unflagging Trumpista - itself a sure sign of being a bigoted bully.
Bob, I hope you will tackle the basic polling question: Who answers a poll?
Most people I know will not answer a call from someone they do not know, or are afraid of some kind of repercussion if they were to answer a poll truthfully, or are wary of pollsters in general.
So, what demographic is eager to answer a poll?
NYT has an article about how tomorrow’s Michigan primary is a challenge for Gov. Whitmer. My comment was that the question is not whether Joe Biden can win in February, but whether he will win in November, and articles that don’t recognize that are merely taking up column inches. As for polls, which I despise, Trump’s predicted margins may be padded by a failure to measure factors like South Carolina Democrats voting in the Republican primary. (That was not the case in New Hampshire, however.).
I’m encouraged to read about Blue Missouri. One of the first things I asked my wife twelve years ago when we married and I moved to Mississippi was why we had so many uncontested elections. She had no answers. I learned over time how difficult it is to attract candidates to a losing proposition and ask them to raise money from donors skeptical of a losing cause. Some try, but ultimately, they're beaten down by the system and give up. We’ve had a few solid candidates for Senate and, most recently, Governor, but the attempts have been futile. To the best of my knowledge, we have no organization comparable to Blue Missouri. I might see what I could do about that if I were twenty years younger. I've known some who have tried, but the party here is a mess mired in infighting and legal struggles.
Regarding the South Carolina primary, I was infuriated that the outcome was portrayed as domination by the media. When an opponent garners 40% in a two-person primary, the winning candidate has some issues. Yet unless one were to get deep in the political media weeds, you'd never know it. I’m not sure what good it does to shake our fists at the mainstream political press, but we can sure as hell ignore them and try to get others to listen.
Finally, I had an odd experience this weekend to address my last point. A minor political Facebook group I'm a member of but not active in launched a group chat entitled, “Who do we support in 2024?” I joined the chat only to find members advocating drafting Jon Stewart to run for President. I pointed out this folly but ran into more whacky ideas. Folks, we have work to do. I usually don't engage unserious people, but this was crazy. I’ll keep trying.