PBD Podcast: NYC Mayor Eric Adams

 

[VIDEO] Last month yielded an interesting result. I banked on former Governor Andrew Cuomo becoming the new Mayor, however, he couldn't quite defeat the presumptive nominee.

That nominess is named Zohran Mamdaii whom is actually a member of the New York State Legislature. He is a self described Democratic Socialist and seeing some of his soundbites I can see why New Yorkers will choose him over Cuomo. To be fair Cuomo who is trying to rebuild his political career is still largely dogged by his handling of the pandemic as New York state governor and of course the misconduct that led to him resigning in 2021.

The incumbent Mayor is Eric Adams - a former police officer and a former Brooklyn Borough President. I had high hopes for him considering his background as a police officer. He was a marked change from Mayor Bill de Blasio who largely ruined NYC. However, I got the feeling he really wasn't the right man for the job of mayor of America's largest city.

However, at least I get to hear from him. He has spoked with Tucker Carlson another time and while I'm sure he's nowhere near right of center philosophically. I was glad to hear from him on Patrick Bet David's podcast on Friday morning. He would call on former Gov. Cuomo to drop his bid as while he failed to win the Democratic nomination for mayor he's choosing to run as an independent. While Mayor Adams ran as a Democrat in 2021, he's choosing to run as an independent this year.

Perhaps for those New Yorkers who are about common sense, the question is whether or not Cuomo and Adams on the ballot will split that vote and allow Assemblyman err Assemblymember Mamdani to be elected Mayor.

Mamdani seems to be a great communicator, however, he has displayed his opinions over the years. His Twitter shows his thoughts on police and of course he believes in create public groceries stores - remember a public option for produce. So we know where he stands on two issues. 

Beyond that he appears to have weighed in on the Palestine affair and I get the feeling that the power brokers of NYC will find a way to get him off the ballot. Barring that and he does remain on the ballot Mamdani isn't a lock yet. 

Of course as the incumbent mayor is now finally attempting to get his message out, we'll see how well he knows his voters as he claims. He may well also claim there is a bias against him due to his arrangements with President Trump - especially with regards to any potential prosecution by the Federal gov't under Joe Biden. And of course some of his contrary positions with regards to policing and immigration which he had to tackle within the first two years of his time in office.

We have a long way until November when we'll see how things will play out.

Finally, I really like the idea of using a gender-neutral term for members of the state house in New York. I like that better than our new gender-neutral term for Aldermen - Alderperson, yuck! I want to create new titles for members of the Chicago City Council.

If you made it this far with this post I hope you enjoy the hour & a half of PBD's podcast.

What a time we're living in

 I'm sorry to not have written a whole lot on this blog after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump and all the developments during the Republican nat'l convention to now.

We can start with Trump has a running mate US Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). And the Dems with their own changes since the Republican convention had started referring to him as "weird".

Pres. Joe Biden dropped out of his re-election campaign after the GOP Nat'l Convention. It's very likely almost certain that his Vice President Kamala Harris will replace Pres. Biden at the top of the Democrat ticket. 

VP Harris will soon appoint her own running mate  and one candidate under consideration is my Governor J.B. Pritzker. The Democrat nat'l convention is coming to Chicago this month and most are predicting it will be chaotic inside and outside.

Other possible candidates for the Democrat nomination for Vice President include Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).

Mark Dice did a video about this recently. VP Harris did a rally in ATL this week and one of the acts that were there were Megan the Stallion and her entourage. Megan was probably the draw to this rally that appeared to be very packed. [VIDEO]

BTW, nice dig from Dice as they introduced the Vice President and it appears it was a moment before she got on stage. I will admit I have yet to see raw footage from the rally just to be sure how long it took for her to get onto stage.

VP Harris is being marketed as a "cultural icon". She's the best thing since sliced bread. And I already know how she could possibly attack Trump it's to utilize her identity as a woman or as a Jamaican-Indian. She's going to use her identity as a Woman of Color.

Nevermind that she's part of a horrible administration the Biden/Harris administration. Out of control inflation (grocery prices very high), a border crisis which has sent migrants to these blue sanctuary cities. And allow me to add VP Harris is the border tsar and they're trying to forward the narrative that she never was. Even if NBC News anchor Lester Holt tried to query her about going to the border and she just laughed awkwardly when he tried to press her.

I wanted to add this segment from Matt Walsh. How to counteract the use of celebrities by one side of the aisle in politics. [VIDEO]

A good answer is that you don't. Especially if this other celebrity doesn't have the reach that left-wing celebrities do. You can't play the game of, "hey look I got a rapper too".

You got to challenge these politicians on policy. That's the best way. However, my concern is that no one really thinks in term of policy. Can you really convince people to vote for you based on your policies?

I don't know. Most voters seem to make up their minds on candidates and there isn't a rhyme or reason. I might vote based on policy. I might vote based on who's running. As much as I wish people were with me on certain positions or candidates, in reality people do what they think makes the most sense to them.

Allow me to add, 2020 was such an odd year and thankfully we a far cry from the pandemic, the race riots err sorry civil unrest, the anxiety, being shut-in at home, kids not going to school, most of the economy shut down, etc. There were people who thought Trump needed to go in 2020, and yes we could say there was some cheating going on that enabled Joe Biden to be elected the 46th POTUS.

I'm a long way from saying that I know what's going to happen in November. Time will tell if VP Harris starts to implode in her attempt to become America's first female POTUS. Will this seemingly manufactured enthusiasm be sustained into November?

Timcast: Trump ROASTS Hostile Journalists At Black Journalist Conference

[VIDEO] I was surprised to see Trump visit Chicago yesterday. The last time he was in Chicago they rioted inside of an auditorium at a Trump campaign rally in Chicago. We're talking 2016, this was era of Rahm Emanuel's "Chicago Values".

Tim Pool on his IRL podcast takes a look at some of his "roasts" of the journalists who only seem to expose their hostility towards him. What are Black jobs? What are DEI hires? Why should Black voters vote for you based on your "racist" rhetoric"?

I like how Pool notes that Trump - the former President - brought all the receipts as far as how this event was conducted. For example they were late and the questions and even the sound equipment.

Someone else in a video noted that FOX News' Harris Faulkner's microphone was quite compared to the other two journalists who were much closer to Trump on the stage.

Re: What happened on Tuesday the Virginia elections

 

Allow me to further expand upon the brief mention from Tuesday of a candidate for a legislative seat in Virginia who was discovered to have an OnlyFans Chaturbate. I might have mistakenly believed that she had won her race for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Her name was Susanna Gibson and whatever material she and her husband produced was widely distributed to certainly Republican voters in District 57 which is near the city of Richmond, VA. It appears to have been a close election between the Democrat Gibson and her Republican opponent David Owen, however, as this report from a local TV station in Virginia the results are 17,878 votes to 16,912 favoring Owen as of Wednesday. The District 57 House of Delegates race has since been called for Owen.

So this rather salacious scandal didn't have an overall effect over the Republicans gaining control over the Virginia State Legislature. Owen was smart not to make it an issue himself although the idea here for any candidates is to certainly keep your private life private. Of course find a better way to earn some extra money! 

ABL: What happened on Tuesday?

 

[VIDEO] We had some elections that amateur politicos had kept their eyes on. I didn't exactly watch network TV to follow the results. However once I saw the results for at least two races I've been hearing about it now causes questions about what the GOP is doing right now and what bodes for next year 2024.

In Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin rode a bit of a wave to become the first GOP Governor elected since 2013. In fact he defeated a former VA Governor in Terry McAw.....McAuliff and what helped Youngkin's election was anger over Virgina school boards and how they strayed from the expectations of parents towards their children.

Alas on this past Tuesday, Gov. Youngkin who had hoped to secure a majority in the VA Legislature (General Assembly) in both houses only saw Democrats pick up seats in the house and secure a slim majority in the state Senate. So if the Governor wants to pass legislation to address abortion or further address the issues that helped him get elected in 2021 he's going to have a tougher time. And noted by Anthony Brian Logan above a candidate who caused a scandal for an OnlyFans page and not especially mentioned by ABL a transgender candidate was elected to the VA General Assembly.

Virginia is the bible belt, however, the most populous part of the state is in the north, the northern Virginia DC suburbs. The achillies heel of many Republicans trying to get elected in blue states and as it goes the most populous areas of even blue states are the major urban population centers. Here in Illinois that would be the Chicagoland area.

Anyway, in Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear defeated Attorney General Daniel Cameron. Is this a huge surprise? No. Daniel Cameron it was said had no real energy behind him and of course it's always difficult to defeat an incumbent and in the case of Gov. Beshear he's popular so of course the citizens of Kentucky would be happy to re-elect him absent a good reason to change course in the Governor's mansion in Frankfort.

For those of you who may not know who Attorney General Cameron is, he was involved in a decision to not further charge those Louisville, Kentucky police officers who were involved in a raid that shot & killed Breonna Taylor. I can't tell you if that was a factor in him losing this election though I'm sure for those who were following that case that was enough to NOT support Cameron.

And mentioned by ABL and not something I followed completely is abortion measures to the state constitution passing in Ohio. If the idea was to make abortion more of a right in the Buckeye State they had succeeded. I'm sure many celebrated the demise of Roe v. Wade the complications we have seen in 2022 and 2023.

It's a very polarizing issue and it's difficult to really win on it. The dividing lines are strong and it's very difficult to get past the argument of a woman's body therefore her right to choose. I do consider myself pro-life though with reasonable exceptions and I'm a long way from every banning it completely. I just often say life of the mother & rape or incest with in the case of minors parents must be notified. Unfortunately some are not even satisfied with that they might go further and say abortion up until 9 months which borders on infanticide IMO.

Difficult issue, however, the only thing I can say for the political side on this issue is how does a pro-life Republican win in a state (such as Illinois which does have a history of pro-choice Republican governors) where there is solid support for abortion rights. Again that's a very difficult issue though I've laid out a solution which I think is more than reasonable. However, obviously I've never ran a political race so I'm a long way from saying I know the winning message.

So again these are my takeaways on what happened Tuesday. And I almost forgot there was a Republican Presidential Debate on Wednesday and I hear Vivek Ramaswamy just owned that room. That young man had better run for something other than the presidency to keep his name out there! 

Tim Pool: Katie Hobbs wins governorship in Arizona

 

[VIDEO] While I haven't kept up with this particular race, I know that Hobbs' Republican opponent former news anchor Kari Lake is a bit of a firebrand. She was sure she'd win this race and it's out there that Hobbs - who also doubles as AZ Secretary of State and oversees elections there - wouldn't debate Lake. Seeing Lake in action with TV interviews it's entirely possible she'd wipe the floor with Hobbs and perhaps Hobbs knew it with her excuses to not debate.

I hope Lake won't take this sitting down and will file lawsuits and I understand that in a very close election in Arizona a recount is automatic. Here's how automatic a recount occurs

Automatic recounts are required if a candidate or measure is defeated by less than or equal to 0.5% of the total votes cast.

As far as the tally that allegedly put Hobbs over the edge as of last nite

Via azcentral.com

 Of course we could ask the question why did it take over a year to count the votes. Hobbs as the overseer of elections in Arizona may have done such a bangup job not only this year but in 2020 also as this was one of the disputed states in that wild Presidential race. Owing to the coronavirus emergency we get the idea of mail-in voting, and perhaps we get these voting supersites that might contribute to why it's difficult to count votes in places like Arizona.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is the ongoing trend if American voters start to think that there votes no longer matter if the means is there for one party or the other to cheat.

How about a little balance today

 Rich Miller wrote about these "pink slime" papers in his syndicated column. I'd say give it a read, especially if you've actually seen one of these newspapers.

Daily Herald the big loser https://t.co/mBEVORMFdr

— Capitol Fax (@capitolfax) September 26, 2022

He would say in this the big loser is the Daily Herald since they had a hand in the publishing of these papers. Proft's "pink slime" rags had a contract with a printing house that was connected with the suburban Daily Herald newspaper. The Daily Herald's reputation took a hit once the connection was uncovered.

I guess the question I still have is will this affect the election in November...

Mark Dice: Bye bye Liz Cheney

 

[VIDEO] Dice rubs in last nite's primary loss in Wyoming of at-large Congresswoman Liz Cheney - daughter of former Vice-President Dick Cheney. And he shows the ad that the former VP (or shadow President to George W. Bush) and using sounds of Darth Vader breathing, heh. 

Rubin Report: MSNBC guest ugly racist reason why GOP likes this Black Republican

 

[VIDEO] I don't normally watch MSNBC, however, I often just marvel at the comments made by the various personalities on that network. Elie Mystal comments on the Georgia US Senate race between former football legend Herschel Walker and incumbent - and Morehouse Man - US Sen. Raphael Warnock.

So basically Mystal states that the Republicans want from their negroes - yes he says this out loud - a lack of independent thought. No real grasp of public policy. Just do as Republican Leader Mitch McConnell tells you to do.

I wish I had shared more of his thoughts with you all. He's outspoken though it seems he just can't look at anything beyond the veil of race. I wonder how he'd do outside of the mainstream media circuit.

The Republican gubernatorial primary 2022

 Well the state of the GOP in Illinois is discussed in this column by Rich Miller. Illinois has a history of electing liberal Republicans from the late Jim Thompson to Jim Edgar to George Ryan and to perhaps a lesser extent Bruce Rauner.

With that said I've always thought it strange that in a state that seems to not like conservative Republicans, if you're not that conservative you're a RINO. And we're seeing that play out in the Republican primary which will be held at the end of June.

Richard Irvin could be described as more moderate he might be closer to Thompson, Edgar, and even Ryan. He wants to paint himself as a conservative and unfortunately he's had some downstate Republicans paint him into a different corner. It shows his closest opponent is Darren Bailey a downstate farmer most well known in this state for opposing Gov. Pritzker's pandemic mandates.

The last debate I saw Richard Irvin - mayor of Illinois' second largest city of Aurora - there were references to Irvin being a closet Democrat. There were references to Irvin who has pulled a lot of his TV attacked Bailey - a sitting state senator - as a Biden supporter were more or less dividing this state's GOP. It seems from a strong rollout there was enough time for the tide to turn.

To be honest, I was somewhat excited about voting for someone who could be the Republican nominee for Governor who happened to be a Black man and hopefully that person defeating J.B. Pritzker handing him a re-election loss. Perhaps it's saying something, now I'm not so sure.

Those millions given to Irvin's campaign by this state's wealthiest resident a man by the name of Ken Griffin - he has his name on the Museum of Science and Industry. Seems to have not done much good, and worse still Griffin himself will likely be outspent.

My final comment to this is, it seems difficult to be a Republican in this state. You can't be too conservative and that's true for the Chicago area which is where most of the voters in this state are. At the same time you can't be seen as a "RINO". And now we can add, you can't allow yourself to be seen as selling your soul to a billionaire.

O'Reilly: Did Pence save Donald Trump from being banned from politics?

 

[VIDEO] Hmmm an interesting thought. If Pence was able to single-handedly throw the election to Trump on January 6, 2021 would it have failed and effectively cancelled Trump out of possibly running in 2024? Also consider that after January 6, 2021 once the protests over the electoral college vote count started to spiral out of control then the Democratic Congress would attempt to impeach an outgoing President with the idea to potentially prevent him from running again in 2024 and destroy his movement. However, could Pence's stance that he was only a facilitator of the electoral vote count be the one thing that keeps Trump in the game?

The Hill: McAuliffe up by 7 points in Virginia governor's race

 This was published there on Sept. 30, 2021 the latest poll in the governor's race even after the debate in which we got the soundbite from former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

McAuliffe up by 7 points in Virginia governor's race: poll https://t.co/RkxJTcDBJV pic.twitter.com/nZEp4jLO8L

— The Hill (@thehill) October 1, 2021

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has a 7-point lead over Republican Glenn Youngkin in the commonwealth’s gubernatorial race, according to a Roanoke College poll released Wednesday.

The survey shows McAuliffe with 48 percent support among likely voters, compared with 41 percent for Youngkin. Nine percent said they are undecided ahead of the November race, for which early voting is already underway.

McAuliffe, who served as governor from 2014 to 2018, has a 50 percent approval rating, with 37 percent of likely voters disapproving of him. Youngkin’s favorability rating sits at 40 percent, while 41 percent of likely voters disapprove of him and 20 percent still don’t have an opinion.

Still, Republicans have an enthusiasm edge, with 43 percent of likely GOP voters saying they’re enthusiastic about voting compared to just 35 percent of Democrats.

The Wednesday poll shows little movement from the same survey in August, when McAuliffe had a 46-38 lead.

Well we're a month away from seeing what's going to happen in Virginia. 

Ingraham Angle: Youngkin slams former Gov. McAuliffe over parental control comments

 

[VIDEO] Remember that recent post about this year's race for Virginia Governor between the Democrat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his opponent Republican Glenn Youngkin.

I was hoping to find a stand-alone clip and preferably not by either a campaign or even from a biased media source. Indeed if this was just a run of the mill YouTube channel like my own which you're free to subscribe probably would work regardless of their agenda.

Either way perhaps this is the moment where the governor's race there could turn. In that recent post I shared a video regarding a poll showing the race has tightened. And as far as schools as far as the pandemic or even critical race theory in some districts I hear Virginia is a hot bed for those issues.

From the comments I first saw on the Ingraham Angle Wednesday nite it's amazing. I think parents as tax paying citizens should be very concerned about what their children are being taught in school. We're not talking about prayer in schools or anything like that we want to make sure our children are being educated to the point where they can truly function in our society.

Of course if you believe that public schools are now "indoctrination centers" students are being trained to become social justice activists more concerned about their preferred pronouns than basic skills to go through life. It's a shame that it's up for debate now.

Last nite Laura Ingraham interviews Glenn Youngkin.... At this point another month before the elections for Governor not only in Virginia, but New Jersey as well. I guess nothing to see there, yet.

Timcast discusses Texas GOP calling for "secession"

 

[VIDEO] As Tim Pool discusses in the above video is the responses to the dismissal by the S.C.O.T.U.S. of the TX vs. PA lawsuit to overturn results in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Michigan. As I said last nite, it was very disheartening to hear the comments about taking up arms against the federal gov't or the republic is now dead. Just a very dim view of the future with a Biden/Harris administration holding the White House.

The most over the top response which is akin to taking up arms is a "civil war" or secession. Thankfully we're not essentially fight a war over slavery or over sectional issues. We seem very fractured politically and that's very unfortunate and likely heightened by the coronavirus pandemic. We probably were already there before that but it seems a lot of issues came out once our leaders decided on a course of mitigation efforts with stay at home orders, closing down "non-essential" businesses, etc.

I also want to share this with you as it pertains to this and I just retweeted this

COVID as a political weapon

 

[VIDEO] First and foremost I don't buy into this idea of a "plandemic" here are people out there and you see some of the comments under this video - if you choose to click through - where they think this virus was manufactured by the Democrats or by the Chinese communists. I don't believe all that, I believe this is a virus that simply wasn't contained in the timeframe necessary to avert all these lockdowns.

With this said, Bill O'Reilly takes aim at Democrat lobbyists or politicos and their collusion with the media as far as how to use this pandemic to hurt President Trump. Sadly I do think there is some truth to this and it might even go further than who's currently in office right now.

There is a gamut of opinion as far as how to handle this pandemic. The lockdowns were prudent in the beginning when we didn't understand this virus, and I think we should be at the point where we understand coronavirus and how to treat it. Some parts of America still have to deal with restrictions, here in Illinois some parts of the state are still facing mitigation efforts.

What I read this week and O'Reilly alluded to in this brief video is that people are getting tired of this pandemic. They want life to return to normal as it was before we shut most of society down. And I'm with that, we got to learn how to live with this pathogen at this point. We know to wash our hands, socially distance, and even to wear a face covering. Everyday people know what's necessary to not get sick with this tricky virus.

We don't need the governing class - who for the most part did a horrible job of managing this - to micromanage our lives just to satisfy their own soundbites.

As always be safe out there! 

A Republican & Democrat fair tax IL ad

 

[VIDEO] This is America and whether or not you disagree or agree with a subject at least we can hold our views. We don't have to go strictly along party lines. For some reason this ad bothers me.

I've mentioned this on occasion recently that Illinois voters will vote on a constitution amendment to allow the state to levy a tax on income according to thier particular income level. This "fair tax" is advertised here as an income tax hike on the rich and a huge tax cut for those who aren't wealthy.

What's amazing to me is that they got two men one Republican and one Democrat from two different Illinois cities to make this ad. I wonder if they found two actual voters or they have actors reciting lines. I can't really believe a Republican is OK with this idea of taxing the rich and believing he might get a tax cut out of it. But then who knows, I'll let you decide.

POTUS and FLOTUS tests positive

 I don't normally post this early and probably haven't for years, however, worth sharing now as it broke overnight.

Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020

Well this is after reports that one of his aides Hope Hicks has herself tested positive for the coronavirus.

This is a tricky disease and probably like a lot of people I go back and forth on it. I feel as if this disease has gotten more political as there is a divide as far as how serious this virus is and how to deal with it. There are still those out there who may be politicians and/or regular citizens who think we need to lockdown indefinitely & that's very unrealistic.

At this stage as shocking as this news is, I think we're in a better position now that we were when most of the country did the lockdowns. Florida has ended their restrictions over the weekend and now I hear Mississippi is ending their facemasks mandates. Also I'm pretty sure our medical system have figured out how to treat this virus better than they had at the start.

When I clicked through to read the replies to President Trump's tweet I instantly regretted it. There were memes of Clorox thrown about especially thrown around by Michael Rappaport - you might have seen him in such films as Higher Learning - the Clorox is making reference to an anti-malaria drug that the President discussed months earlier.

Sso anyway to the President and First Lady and Hope Hicks and anyone else affected I wish all a speedy recovery. The President and First Lady have started their quarantine, which is prudent and no more than two weeks. There were well wishes from yet another world leader - a head of state or head of gov't - after the President's announcement. In this case he himself also contracted the virus.

My best wishes to President Trump and the First Lady. Hope they both have a speedy recovery from coronavirus.

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) October 2, 2020

Finally this is necessary a news report from of course the FOX News Channel on this breaking news from overnight. This news came out not too long after the President had called into Hannity last nite. [VIDEO]

I hope to share yet another post as early as 11:30 AM or perhaps one as usual at 11:30 PM tonight. Stay safe everyone and take your precautions.

Last night's debate: Debate of the Century!

 

[VIDEO] I only caught the last half-hour or so of this debate. Trump is a fighter and defies convention in his debates, he speaks his mind. Unlike last year when he was the insurgent or disruptor and it likely resonated with the American people whenever he went after "Crooked Hillary" declaring she'd be in jail, he's the President now. Perhaps what he did as a candidate in 2016 probably doesn't come off well as President in 2020.

Here's Mark Dice analyzing last nite's debate looking at what was said on the "Fake News Media" and of course analyzing some of what happened during the debate. If I believe Dice, he might say Biden didn't do that great last nite. And it seems among many on the right most believe the President had to debate two people last nite, Biden and moderator Chris Wallace.

Hillary Clinton has a meltdown...

 

[VIDEO] The most satisfying part of this video from Liberal Hivemind is that we see former President Bill Clinton respond with his eyes or his lack of facial expressions to his wife and former First Lady, US Senator, US Secretary of State & 2016 Democrat Nominee for President Hillary Clinton field a question about the man who defeated her in '16 President Donald Trump. Ugh, I wrote a lot in that sentence...

Anyway, the former First Lady still can't help but go on and on about what happened in '16. Allegedly her husband put a copy of her book published after her historic run - she was the first woman to lead a major party ticket afterall - in the trash can.

I got to admit former President Clinton is the master. He's the guy whom had the great gift that make for a great politician and at that one that would be able to defeat a sitting President who won a war. Hillary on the other hand is a different story and there is a reason - leave aside the likeability or trust issues - she's not the first woman President of the United States.

There is video out there of Clinton who touted his wife as a very well qualified candidate and what did we get. Well we got Trump who's never before held an elective or appointed public office in his life - well '16 was going to be an election of firsts regardless. That was one reason why I wouldn't vote for him four years ago. 

I could believe President Clinton wanted to come back to the White House even if he was the first gentleman - actually what would the first husband of the US have for a title? I could also believe the former Secretary of State would have enough of an ego along with the staff around her to think she doesn't need the political gifts of her husband. Perhaps the '16 election proved that, he could've made a different as we see what happened without him.

So I could believe as you see here that no matter what ranting the former Secretary of State as far as her amazing - though satisfying defeat - he seems uninterested and wishes she'd get off of it. Perhaps even for him the reality of what happened with his attempt to return to the Oval Office has finally sunk in. Meanwhile we see Mrs. Clinton still hasn't gotten over the sting of that defeat.

Democrats are worried about Minnesota

Via 1KeyData.com

Via Instapundit: Yet polls show President Trump gaining ground in Minnesota, and Democrats are worried because they haven’t seen any appearances by Biden or his running mate Kamala Harris.

I just had flashbacks to 2016. When I think about that presidential elections it was satisfying seeing someone who was well qualified to be president and seemingly took this election for granted - considering some of Trump's negatives - lose the election. It was her's to win and she blew it....

This year is a bit different isn't it? Trump is the incumbent and Biden hardly has anything to take for granted and he has his own negatives one of which is his age. And also consider this nation is now in a different state four years later.

And like some of that blue wall in 2016 Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, I find myself thinking Trump could win more blue state's this year. Nixon won Minnesota in 1972 the last Republican to do so and the '72 election was a blowout. Let's not forget about 1984 was another blowout by Ronald Reagan who lost Minnesota to native son Walter Mondale in the '84 presidential election.

Alson consider a group of Minnesota mayors has endorsed President Trump. Also note Trump thinks he can win his former home state of New York. '20 could indeed turn out to be an unusual political year in a time of unrest.

And just think for the first time in years I'm starting to pay attention to polling. I couldn't find any Illinois polls that shows where Biden and Trump is although it seems for now the Land of Lincoln is likely a Biden lock. However we're down to two months to go before Election Day so all we can do is wait and see.