DES MOINES, Iowa — Some key takeaways from Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, the final forum before the Iowa caucuses: Civility and Substance Over Fighting and Friction After the United States’ killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Democrats were bracing for fights over foreign policy. Instead, a whole lot of substance...
Opinion: How to Be Black in 42 Million Ways
National Football League Hall of Famer Terrell Owens started it; then, actor and game-show host Nick Cannon piled on. The beginning: In November, quarterback/pariah/social justice warrior Colin Kaepernick participated in undoubtedly the most scrutinized workout/audition in pro sports history. Kaepernick essentially had been de facto banished from the NFL since...
Home-State Skepticism of Kamala Harris Foretold Trouble
SACRAMENTO — When Sen. Kamala Harris entered the presidential race in January, her California roots were supposed to give her special access to the cash and delegates required to win the Democratic nomination. Instead, she faced headwinds in her home state that would become a microcosm for the trouble that ultimately forced her...
Leading White Democrats Court Black Votes; Some Find Trouble
ATLANTA — Coming out of their debate in a key center of black America, the leading Democratic presidential contenders aimed for the party’s crucial black and minority vote, with the scramble putting internal party tensions on display. From black protesters disrupting Elizabeth Warren to the lone black woman in the race chiding...
See Democrats Scramble for California’s Cash in 5 Charts
While California Sen. Kamala Harris has harvested more than $7.5 million here this year in her bid for the presidency, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, outraised her in her own state in the year’s second quarter. Even so, she bested Mayor Pete Buttigieg in California dollars in the past...
Poll: Democratic Voters Not Fully Tuned in to 2020
WASHINGTON — Nearly two dozen Democratic presidential candidates have crisscrossed the country for six months selling their vision for the United States. But on the eve of the first debates in the campaign, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows most Democratic voters haven't fully...
Biden’s Draft Record Looks a Lot Like Trump’s. Do Democrats Care?
He was 6 feet tall and had an athlete’s build. He played football in high school and was active in sports throughout college. He spent one summer as a lifeguard at a local pool. But after he graduated from college in the spring of 1968 and became eligible for the...
Details Revealed for Buttigieg’s ‘Hardball’ Town Hall in Fresno
A nationally televised town hall with presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-Indiana) will happen at Fresno State. The event, to be aired live as an episode of MSNBC's “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” is scheduled for June 3 at the Dennis & Cheryl Woods Theatre in the Speech Arts Building. Information...