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☆ John Fetterman says Gavin Newsom is lowkey running for president against Joe Biden but doesn't have 'the guts' to announce it and go all in
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gavin Newsom doesn't want to admit that he's running for president. Fetterman talked about Newsom during an Iowa Democratic Party dinner on Saturday, per NBC News. Gavin Newsom of California doesn't have "the guts" to admit that he's running a shadow campaign for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. "There are two additional Democrats running for Pennsylvania, excuse me, running for president right now," Fetterman said at an Iowa Democratic Party dinner on Saturday, per NBC News. "You may be termed out here, but does cleaning up the streets of California factor into a potential presidential run?"

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And his appeal among Black and Latino voters, groups that have been foundational within the Democratic Party, seemed to suffer the deepest loss of support, especially among younger voters. The survey results suggest that an unnamed, generic Democrat would fare better than Biden in 2024, leading Trump by 8 points while Biden trails by 4 – a formidable 12-point swing. Political Cartoons View All 1234 ImagesThe survey captures a moment in time – albeit not a very good moment for Biden. “If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party,” Axelrod wrote. Though the poll surveyed how Kamala Harris would fare in a hypothetical matchup against Trump, who performed only slightly better than Biden, other possible Democratic nominees – like California Gov.

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Gail Collins: Bret, I know you’re busy writing about your reporting trip to Israel, and I am looking forward to reading all your thoughts. (I guess that’s another definition for the term “manspreading.”) On the economy, voters prefer Trump over Biden by a 22-point margin. And a whopping 71 percent think Biden is too old to be president, as opposed to just 39 percent for Trump. As a matter of law, I think Trump belongs in jail. Gail: I know Trump appears more energetic, but he’s really only a whole lot louder.

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☆ Biden primary challenger Dean Phillips sees little support from past home state donors in Minnesota
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

These former boosters explained to CNBC that they support Biden and are not in favor of the Minnesota congressman's primary bid. A spokesperson for Phillips' campaign did not return a request for comment. Opperman said Phillips told him his contributions would not be used for the primary run versus Biden. "On behalf of myself and my husband, Jim Deal, we would like a refund of our contributions to your congressional campaign. Jim and Pamela Deal combined to give $11,200 to Phillips campaign during the 2022 election cycle, according to FEC records.

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☆ WSJ Opinion: Why Dean Phillips Is Taking On Joe Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Wsj Opinion | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Review and Outlook by The Editorial BoardVideos that speak for free markets and free people, the principles, if you will, marked in the watershed year of 1776 by Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations."

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☆ Trump leads Biden in key swing states, new polling finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Ariel Edwards-Levy | Paul Leblanc | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump holds an edge over President Joe Biden in a series of hypothetical matchups among registered voters in four key swing states, new polling from The New York Times and Siena College shows. In Nevada, a state Biden narrowly carried in the 2020 presidential election, Trump boasts 52% support to Biden’s 41%. Trump also tops Biden in Georgia, a state that was central to his ploy to overturn the last presidential election, with 49% to Biden’s 43%. Trump leads Biden in Arizona, too, with 49% to the president’s 44%. In Pennsylvania, a state Trump won in 2016 but Biden recaptured in 2020, Trump is at 48% to Biden’s 44%.

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☆ For Nikki Haley, Opportunity Knocks Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Barton Swaim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Review and Outlook: Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips fears President Biden could lose to Donald Trump, and he’s right. Images: Reuters/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyManchester, N.H.You might say Nikki Haley has an exceptional sense of timing, or that she possesses the most valuable political gift of all: luck. That’s not to diminish the former South Carolina governor’s political skill or competence; it’s to point out that at crucial moments in her career, things have gone her way—either because she took the right opportunities at the right time, or because those opportunities fell into her lap, or both. Probably both.

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☆ Gary Gensler and the SEC Lose Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Review and Outlook: Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips fears President Biden could lose to Donald Trump, and he’s right. Images: Reuters/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyIs Gary Gensler ever going to win a case? On Tuesday the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman another legal defeat by scuttling the agency’s stock-buyback rule (U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. The SEC in May finalized a rule requiring public companies to disclose their daily share repurchases and the reason for buying back their stock. Mr. Gensler claimed companies might buy back their stock to boost executive compensation, which is sometimes tied to accounting metrics such as earnings per share.

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"I seeded my campaign with capital because I had to," Phillips, 54, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of an event at Manny's, a meeting space in San Francisco. "I will be in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and I'll be going to New York and Chicago, and Miami and larger cities to raise resources and campaign," Phillips said. Phillips said he did not know exactly how much he had raised since launching his campaign. "I think Joe Biden is a good man but he's been doing this for 50 years," Phillips told a crowd of several dozen in San Francisco. (This story has been refiled to clarify that the loan is for Dean Phillips' campaign in paragraph 1)Reporting By Alexandra Ulmer; Editing by Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon MusicThe polls are clear: Neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump has the full confidence of American voters. But is Biden’s latest competition, Democratic Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota, the answer to voters’ malaise? Or perhaps an independent candidate like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? On this week’s episode of “Matter of Opinion,” the hosts imagine their own alternative candidates for 2024 and debate what good — if any — could come from long-shot contenders. (A full transcript of the episode will be available midday on the Times website.)

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☆ The Unrestrained 2024 Front Runners
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Karl Rove | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Review and Outlook: Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips fears President Biden could lose to Donald Trump, and he’s right. Images: Reuters/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyThe behavior of the front-running Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns is perplexing. Neither Joe Biden’s surrogates nor Donald Trump seems to know the value of restraint. First there’s the rhetorical hell Democrats rained down on Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips after he announced he’s running in the New Hampshire presidential primary. Mr. Phillips believes that Mr. Biden is too old and that Democrats will lose the White House unless they nominate a younger leader.

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☆ Biden Has a Spending Choice: Guns or Butter
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Review and Outlook: Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips fears President Biden could lose to Donald Trump, and he’s right. Images: Reuters/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyThe last American President who tried to finance a war along with a new Great Society was Lyndon Johnson . President Biden now wants Congress to help allies win two wars abroad, and deter a third over Taiwan, yet he wants to continue spending on everything as if nothing in the world has changed. Mr. Biden has asked Congress for $106 billion for arms to Ukraine and Israel, plus money for the U.S. southern border and the Pacific theater. These are urgent priorities as two wars rage and the U.S. military isn’t remotely prepared to meet the growing threat of a Russia-Iran-China axis.

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☆ Biden takes the fight to Dean Phillips’ backyard, but won't say his name
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn before boarding Marine One and departing the White House on Nov. 1, 2023. President Joe Biden on Wednesday will tout his accomplishments and rub elbows with wealthy donors in Minneapolis, the political backyard of his newly announced 2024 primary challenger, Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips. The White House says the trip is intended to highlight how Biden's agenda is helping rural communities. Biden plans to stop at a family-run farm south of Minneapolis before attending a campaign fundraiser with several prominent Minnesota Democrats. Asked Tuesday why the president chose to visit Minnesota now, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre laughed.

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☆ Biden kicks off rural America tour in Minnesota
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Andrea Shalal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] U.S. President Joe Biden holds an event about American retirement economics in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2023. Thirteen top administration officials will visit rural places in 15 states, including election battlegrounds like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona, to highlight investments in rural communities, where one in five Americans live. A campaign official told Reuters that Biden would also participate in a fundraiser in Minneapolis after the farm visit. Biden beat former president Donald Trump in Minnesota by 52.4% to 45.3%, winning the state's 10 electoral college votes out of a total of 538 total. "President Biden believes that investing in America means investing in all of America and leaving no one behind," Neera Tanden, who heads the White House Domestic Policy Council, told reporters.

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☆ Biden to Travel to Minnesota to Highlight Rural Investments
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Lisa Friedman | More About Lisa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The White House on Wednesday will announce more than $5 billion in funding for agriculture, broadband and clean energy needs in sparsely populated parts of the country as President Biden travels to Minnesota to kick off an administration-wide tour of rural communities. But the president and his aides are well aware that his hopes for a second term are likely to be determined closer to home. Rural voters like the ones he will address at a corn, soybean and hog farm south of Minneapolis are increasingly voting Republican. A recent poll showed that most voters had heard little or nothing about a health care and clean energy law that is the cornerstone of Mr. Biden’s economic agenda. And the president even faces a challenge within his own party, from Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota, who announced his long-shot presidential bid last week.

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He described the announcement as “an exciting opportunity to celebrate the importance of rural America.”Biden’s reelection campaign said the president's trip to Minnesota was planned before Phillips announced his candidacy. Political Cartoons View All 1227 ImagesBiden's trip, coming so soon after Phillips’ announcement, will be an opportunity for the president to try to snuff out any potential support for his nascent primary challenger. Invited guests to Biden's fundraiser include past donors to Phillips' congressional campaigns, as well as Minnesota Democratic Gov. Phillips' campaign will feel “almost like a cold glass of water being thrown in his face," said Ken Martin, chair of Minnesota Democrats and a Democratic National Committee vice chair. “I welcome President Biden back to Minnesota, where Everyone’s Invited!,” Phillips said in a statement about Biden's trip, referencing his campaign slogan.

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☆ A congressman tried to get the governors of Michigan and Illinois to run against Biden in the Democratic primary, but they simply ignored his calls
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Dean Phillips recently announced he's running against Biden in the Democratic primary. He told Puck News he called Gov. AdvertisementAdvertisementPresident Joe Biden's newest Democratic challenger, Rep. Dean Phillips, personally called up the governors of Michigan and Illinois to jump into the race, but they ignored his calls, Puck News reported. AdvertisementAdvertisement"They didn't answer," Phillips told Puck News. Phillips holds a slight advantage over Biden in New Hampshire's January primary as Biden's name won't formally appear on the state's ballot.

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Nikki Haley is surging in support among Iowa Republicans and is now tied for second place in the battle for the GOP nomination in the Hawkeye State, according to a poll released Monday morning. Haley has the first-choice backing of 16% of Iowa Republicans – the same as Florida Gov. The poll was conducted before Trump's vice president, Mike Pence, dropped out of the race on Saturday, saying "this is not my time." Even before the realignment, Pence was struggling, having dropped from 6% support in August to 2% in the current poll. The Iowa poll reflects a new political reality for the 2024 elections, with the nominations for both major political parties appearing to be sewn up with two and a half months to go before the first nominating contest.

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A presidential primary filing period marked by lights, cameras and (in)action has come to a close at the New Hampshire secretary of state's office. While Biden will rely on a write-in campaign, the Democratic ballot hardly will be blank. There will be 21 names on the Democratic ballot and 24 on the GOP ballot. The simplest path to get on the New Hampshire presidential primary ballot is to submit a Declaration of Candidacy and pay a $1,000 filing fee. In 2024, New Hampshire will defy a new Democratic calendar that has South Carolina leading off presidential primary voting on Feb. 3 and Nevada going three days later.

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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will be in Arizona to talk about power grid and clean energy investment in the rural Southwest. Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough plans to visit Iowa to discuss improving access to medical care for veterans in rural areas. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra will be in North Carolina talking about health care access in rural areas. Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su will be in Pennsylvania to discuss boosting employment opportunities in rural areas. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will head to Indiana to discuss how international trade can benefit rural farmers and producers.

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☆ Ex-NBA star Charles Barkley isn't thrilled about a potential Biden-Trump rematch in 2024, calling the president 'too old' and blasting the ex-president for lacking 'civility'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"I don't feel really good about either one of them," Barkley said during a recent interview. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer NBA star Charles Barkley said in a recent interview that he doesn't feel "good" about a potential rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I don't feel good about a rematch," he said. "I don't think President Trump represents a statesman, civility, things like that. And I think President Biden is too old."

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☆ Why Dean Phillips Is Taking On Joe Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Representative Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) speaks after filing the paperwork to put his name on the ballot in Concord, N.H. on Friday. Photo: reba saldanha/ReutersPresident Biden is only weeks shy of turning 81 years old, most of the public thinks he shouldn’t run for a second term, and the polls suggest he might lose next year to Donald Trump. Yet Mr. Biden has been running for the Democratic nomination all but unopposed—at least until Friday. That’s when Dean Phillips filed paperwork in New Hampshire to challenge Mr. Biden, and give the 54-year-old Minnesota Congressman credit for daring to tell Democratic voters the hard political truth that bigger party names duck.

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☆ Joe Biden: Democrats dismiss worries about president’s reelection bid as Dean Phillips launches primary challenge
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —President Joe Biden is just as low in the White House’s internal polls as in any of the public ones. But while Biden advisers are dismissive of Rep. Dean Phillips’ primary challenge launched this week, they are also annoyed about it. Still, they remain confident that Biden is Democrats’ best option in 2024. Boyle told CNN this week that between the war in Israel and Gaza and the chaos of House Republicans electing their new speaker, he had not had “one conversation with anyone” about Phillips. Asked if he was worried about Phillips being a factor even back home in their state’s primary, Walz laughed.

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☆ A top South Carolina Democratic official dismisses Dean Phillips' presidential bid as 'not serious,' says the Minnesota lawmaker has not yet contacted the party in the key early-voting state
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But Christale Spain, the SC Democratic Party chair, told Politico he had not yet contacted Dems in the state. AdvertisementAdvertisementSpain said that Phillips had not yet spoken with Democrats in South Carolina, which she said was a sign that he's "not serious." "Any serious Democratic candidate … would understand that Black voters in South Carolina have been the backbone of the Democratic Party," she told the publication. (The change has caused a major rift with New Hampshire's claim as the first primary state by law.) (Steve Schmidt, the former GOP strategist now advising Phillips, told Politico that the campaign would "cede" the state to Biden.)

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Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., is launching a new ad for his presidential campaign by saying it's time for President Joe Biden to "hand the torch" to the next generation. "I celebrate Joe Biden. I love Joe Biden," Phillips later says in the ad. Biden's campaign, its affiliate groups and the pro-Biden super PAC Future Forward USA have already spent nearly $40 million million on ads, according to AdImpact. While in New Hampshire, Phillips was asked if Biden would lose to former President Donald Trump if the election were held that day.

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