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☆ 5 things to watch for at the VP debate: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Programming note: Stay tuned for a special edition of the From the Politics Desk newsletter tonight, where we will be recapping and analyzing the Vance-Walz debate. 5 things to watch for at tonight’s VP debateSen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Walz has the longer debate record, but Minnesota is something of a backwater on the national political scene. How Vance and Walz’s poll numbers stack up to past VP nomineesBy Steve KornackiHeading into tonight’s vice presidential debate, JD Vance has an image problem. With tens of millions expected to watch tonight’s debate, Vance does have an opportunity to improve his standing — just as a shaky performance by Walz could erase the advantage he now enjoys over Vance.

Persons: JD Vance, Tim Walz's, Vance, Walz, Sen, Tim Walz, Garrett Haake, Will Vance, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, hasn’t, Harris, who’ve, Vance —, Henry J, Gomez, Peter Nicholas, Harris ’, Emma Barnett, Gen, Raquel Coronell Uribe, Joe Biden, Trump, Biden, Steve Kornacki, James Stockdale, Ross Perot’s, Dan Quayle, George H.W, Bush, Lloyd Bentsen, Quayle, Michael Dukakis, Dan De Luce, Carol E, Lee, Courtney Kube, Monica Alba, Abigail Williams, Israel, Read, Rea, arter Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, CBS News, Minnesota Gov, Trump, Democratic, GOP, Quayle Republican, Bentsen Democratic, Biden White, Israel —, Washington Locations: Ohio, New York City, Minnesota, American, Israel, Iran, Tehran, United States, Syria —, U.S

☆ Kennedy Fails to Qualify for CNN Debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to qualify for the CNN presidential debate on June 27 by the network’s Thursday deadline, according to the outlet, a significant blow to his independent presidential bid that will deny him a coveted national stage alongside President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump. Qualifying for the CNN debate, one of two presidential debates scheduled before Election Day, would have been a plum prize for the Kennedy campaign. More than 73 million people watched the first debate between Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump in 2020, and Mr. Kennedy would have had the opportunity to confront his opponents in front of an extensive national audience. But Mr. Kennedy failed to meet two criteria. In the face of mounting challenges before the deadline, Mr. Kennedy had accused CNN of colluding with the Biden and Trump campaigns to exclude him from the debate, and filed a complaint to the Federal Election Commission accusing the network of violating campaign finance law.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Biden, Donald J, Kennedy, Trump, Ross Perot’s, George Bush, Bill Clinton of Organizations: CNN, Trump, Gov, Biden, Federal Locations: Texas, Bill Clinton of Arkansas

☆ Opinion: RFK Jr.’s VP pick is a missile aimed at Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Paul Begala | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign can’t win, but it could swing the presidency to former President Donald Trump. RFK Jr.’s namesake father was a Democratic US attorney general and a Democratic senator from New York. So was Joe’s son, RFK Jr’s nephew, Joseph P. Kennedy III. To believe that, one must ignore that Perot, like Clinton, was a change candidate; like Clinton, he was pro-choice, and like Clinton, Perot supported campaign finance reform. But you don’t need decades of experience and reams of data to see who RFK Jr’s bid hurts.

Persons: Paul Begala, Bill Clinton’s, Clinton, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, can’t, Donald Trump, Nicole Shanahan, Kennedy, Shanahan, Sergey Brin, Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, Ro Khanna, Biden, McDonkeyface, John Francis “ Honey Fitz ” Fitzgerald, Joseph P, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bobby Jr, ’, John F, Edward M, Teddy, Bobby’s, RFK, Kennedy III, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Patrick Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith, Caroline Kennedy, Barack Obama’s, Bobby Kennedy Jr, Trump, Reagan, I’ve, Ross, Perot, George Bush Organizations: Democratic, CNN, RFK, Biden, Trump, RFK Jr, Google, The New York Times, Times, Boston, Securities Exchange Commission, Rhode Island, Republicans, Twitter, Facebook, Perot Locations: Northern California, California, Great Britain, New York, Massachusetts, United States, Maryland, Rhode, Ireland, Japan, Australia

☆ Opinion | Should Joe Manchin Run for President?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the emotional life of the liberal mediasphere, there was so little space between the release of the New York Times/Siena poll showing President Biden losing to Donald Trump handily across a range of swing states (doom! that one of the striking features of the polling passed with relatively little comment. This was the remarkably strong showing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent candidacy. When added to the swing-state polls, Kennedy claimed 24 percent of registered voters against 35 percent for Trump and 33 percent for Biden. First, for showing Kennedy drawing close to equally from both likely nominees rather than obviously spoiling the race for one or the other.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Perot’s Organizations: New York Times, Democratic, Trump, Biden Locations: Siena

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