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☆ Analysis: Crowded 2024 Republican race helps clear way for Trump's nomination
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 27, 2023. That would allow the former president to clinch the nomination, just as he did in similar circumstances in 2016. Political analysts estimate that Trump can count on a diehard core of supporters, who make up at least a third of Republican voters, to help him secure his party's nomination. Trump dominates the field among potential Republican primary voters with 49% support and DeSantis next with 19%. Many may have also decided to enter the 2024 race because of the perceived vulnerabilities of the two front runners, Feehery said.

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☆ Jimmy Carter's legacy: How he welcomed refugees
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

These steps Carter took during his presidency are still shaping the United States, decades after he left office. Because of Carter’s actions, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing persecution had a chance to come to the United States when he was commander-in-chief. A crisis that began before Carter took office was becoming increasingly dire by the day. That respect, Nguyen says, was earned by actions that Carter took that changed the course of her parents’ lives. “They were only able to do so because of the political courage exercised by President Carter,” she says.

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☆ Why running for president has a lot of upsides, even for the candidates who lose
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Often, candidates can even get the book deals before they run for president, especially if there's a lot of buzz around them. CNN host and debate moderator Wolf Blitzer stands in front of the Republican presidential candidates in 2016. outlook has taken hold among both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates. Numerous presidents were once failed presidential candidates, including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, George H.W. "The only way to learn how to run for president," Sullivan said, "is to run for president."

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☆ Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, the Carter Center has announced
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rosalynn Carter has dementia, the Carter Center announced Tuesday. The former first lady remains at home with her husband Jimmy Carter, who entered hospice care earlier this year. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia and remains at home, her family has announced. Carter, now 95, remains at home with former President Jimmy Carter, who has been at home receiving hospice care since early this year. The family noted in its statement that Rosalynn Carter spent her long public life advocating for individuals and families affected by mental illness and for those in caregiving relationships with loved ones.

☆ Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is diagnosed with dementia
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Blayne Alexander | Dareh Gregorian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary with friends at Plains High School, within the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park in Plains, Georgia, U.S. July 10, 2021. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, the Carter family said Tuesday. The announcement, which was released by the Carter Center, comes as Carter's husband, former President Jimmy Carter, is receiving hospice care at their home in Plains, Georgia. In February, the Carter Center announced that Jimmy Carter, 98, had begun receiving hospice care at home. Jimmy Carter is the oldest living former president and was the first president born in a hospital.

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☆ Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Has Dementia
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter and a longtime advocate for expanded access to mental health care, has dementia, the Carter Center said on Tuesday. The announcement came just over three months after the center said that Mr. Carter, who at 98 is the longest living president in American history, had decided to forgo further medical treatment and would enter hospice care at the couple’s home in Plains, Ga. The center said on Tuesday that Mrs. Carter, 95, “continues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring in Plains and visits with loved ones.”“We recognize, as she did more than half a century ago, that stigma is often a barrier that keeps individuals and their families from seeking and getting much-needed support,” the center said. “We hope sharing our family’s news will increase important conversations at kitchen tables and in doctor’s offices around the country.”

Washington CNN —Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady of the United States and wife of former President Jimmy Carter, has dementia, the Carter Center announced on Tuesday. “The Carter family is sharing that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. Additional details about Carter, 95, were not immediately provided and the Center said it did not expect to comment further. President Carter, 98, began home hospice care in February after a series of short hospital stays. At an event in Norcross, Georgia, last week honoring the former president, President Carter’s former UN ambassador, Andrew Young, described the former president to WSB-TV as being in good spirits during a visit with him last month.

☆ Here are stocks to own to take the debt ceiling, bond market out of your investing equation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

Are the travails of the bond market, like Macbeth expounds, a "tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing?" The billionaire class — so incorrectly sought after by the media — so often seems to use the bond market as a sort of intellectual cudgel. That's why I always start my discussion on bonds with the simple query of "where are the layoffs, not forget about stocks, think fixed income." Here the bond market polices only those companies that haven't pivoted to making a profit. They, among all sectors, could be pummeled by the bond market freeze and by the consumers' paralysis.

☆ Polls: Where is Trump polling today?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Trump is polling, on average, north of 50% in national polls of likely GOP primary voters. There are very few candidates, of either party, in nonincumbent races who were near or north of 50% in the national primary polls this early on. Trump has now opened up a 20-point advantage in the latest UNH survey among likely GOP primary voters. Of course, if it was solely the polls where Trump was ahead, that might be one thing. It will take something big to knock him off his perch at the top of the Republican polls.

☆ Iran’s New Friends: Russia and China
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( David S. Cloud | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

On New Year’s Eve in 1977, President Jimmy Carter rose in the glittering banquet hall of Tehran’s Niavaran Palace to toast the deep bonds between the U.S. and Iran. As Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi looked on, Mr. Carter showered accolades on the monarch, praising Iran’s modernizing society, attention to human rights and military power. “Iran, because of the great leadership of the Shah, is an island of stability in one of the more troubled areas of the world,” he told his host before they raised their glasses in friendship.

☆ Opinion: Why US presidential debates have lost their luster
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Julian Zelizer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump is considering sitting out one or both of the first two Republican primary debates, three sources told CNN. Julian Zelizer CNNMeanwhile, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) doesn’t have any primary debates scheduled – a move that helps President Joe Biden and hurts his challengers Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson. That would be a departure from the norm, since debates have been a big part of presidential politics since World War II. Meanwhile, the Republican primary debates in 2016 often felt like professional wrestling matches as Trump hammered away at a crowded field. The 2020 debates were not quite as thrilling, even though they continued to play a key role in the election.

☆ America Hits Bottom With Trump and Biden in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Joseph Epstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

What about Joe Biden? How has it come about that the more-than-likely presidential candidates of our two political parties in 2024 turn out to be Donald Trump and Joe Biden? One can of course be a good man and a poor president. But no one would argue that either Mr. Trump or Mr. Biden is a notably good man. Each has been ethically challenged and found wanting: Mr. Trump by his long experience in the New York real-estate world, Mr. Biden by his 36 years in the Senate.

☆ Ron DeSantis is polling at RFK Jr.'s level
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Ron DeSantis has spent the past few months running to the right ahead of his expected entry into the 2024 Republican presidential primary campaign. So far at least, those efforts have not paid off in Republican primary polling, with DeSantis falling further behind the current front-runner, former President Donald Trump. Early polling problemsThe Fox poll is not alone in showing DeSantis floundering. Candidates polling the way DeSantis is now have gone on to win about 20% of the time. Moderates and liberals made up about 30% of potential Republican primary voters in the Quinnipiac poll.

☆ Opinion: Biden’s secret weapon to defuse the age issue
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Opinion Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Recent polls tell us that many Americans have questions about the age of the 80-year-old Biden heading into the 2024 election. It’s in everybody’s mind and by everyone, I mean The New York Times.” Biden then added, “Headline: ‘Biden’s advanced age is a big issue. Biden’s reelection campaign (he announced his bid last week) is not the first time that age has been front and center in a presidential campaign. It became even more acute after the first presidential debate in October 1984. At the second presidential debate, however, Reagan was ready for the age question.

☆ Biden set to address White House Correspondents Dinner
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Maegan Vazquez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But undoubtedly, a White House official told CNN, his speech will address the issue of wrongfully detained Americans abroad. US President George W. Bush, left, waves with impressionist Steve Bridges at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2006. Roger L. Wollenberg/Pool/Getty Images The White House Correspondents' Dinner is held in 1923. It was started two years earlier by the White House Correspondents' Association, the organization of journalists who cover the president. Roosevelt was congratulating Brandt for winning the first Raymond Clapper Memorial Award, which was given by the White House Correspondents' Association for distinguished reporting.

☆ Don’t Count Ron DeSantis Out
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Mark Penn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Wonder Land: A beside-the-point president is the best thing that has ever happened to the progressive centralization project. Images: Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock/AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyCan Ron DeSantis beat Donald Trump? When Mr. Trump was the challenger, he polished off Jeb Bush , the Florida governor who once led the pack. Mr. Trump leads Mr. Biden in the RealClearPolitics polling average. A Trump-Biden rematch is a risky proposition, and with the Democrats consolidated around Mr. Biden, the only way to avoid it is through the Republican primary.

☆ Why Joe Biden Decided to Run Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Ken Thomas | Catherine Lucey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo Illustration: Ryan TrefesWASHINGTON—By the time Ronald Reagan turned 80, he was a former president, watching the end of the Cold War unfold from his home in California. At the same age, Jimmy Carter was deep into his postpresidential work promoting democracy around the globe, while George H.W. Bush was months away from seeing his son win a second term as president. Now 80, President Biden is embarking on a path with no precedent in American political history, as he is running for a second term. He is driven to stay in one of the world’s most challenging jobs at a moment when many Americans are years into their retirement—and as polls show majorities of voters, including many Democrats, don’t believe he should run again.

☆ Joe Biden’s Second Basement Campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Karl Rove | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Wonder Land: A beside-the-point president is the best thing that has ever happened to the progressive centralization project. But its success in 2024 depends on whether Republicans back Trump or not. Images: Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock/AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyA three-minute video issued at the crack of dawn Tuesday was a strange way to launch President Biden’s re-election bid. Granted, President Obama announced he would run for a second term by video in April 2011, but no one questioned his energy and mental acuity. If he’s re-elected and serves four years, he would be 86—older than all but seven former presidents ever lived, including Jimmy Carter , who is 98 and left office at 56.

☆ Biden vs. Trump? Why 2024 could be the most boring presidential primary season ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

At this point, Biden doesn’t look likely to break that streak. First, primary endorsements are as good a predictor at this point of primary success as polling is. Second, it’s true that Democratic primary voters tell pollsters they are open to listening to a credible challenger to Biden. So it’s not like Democratic voters will be kicking and screaming if they have to support Biden for another term. Trump, like Biden, seems to have two things going for him: a large share of Republican voters and the party behind him.

☆ Opinion: Why Biden has little 2024 Democratic opposition
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( David Axelrod | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —President Joe Biden was the toast of Ireland last week, as he was treated to a hero’s welcome in a pageant-laden return to his ancestral home. Biden, who is expected to formalize his plans next week, has a significant body of achievements on which to run. So is the absence of a real primary challenge simply the luck of the Irish? Perhaps with that primary battle in mind, Biden has worked assiduously to court the progressive wing of the party, from which such Democratic primary challenges generally arise. Finally, there is former President Donald Trump, whose candidacy is a boost to Biden among Democrats.

CNN —Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist and environmental lawyer, described himself as a truth-teller who will “end the division” as he launched his bid for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday in Boston. Some Kennedy family members have denounced his views on vaccines. Kennedy lives in Los Angeles, but he chose Boston as a nod to his family’s deep political roots in the city, even though his father, Robert F. Kennedy, declared his presidential ambitions in the Senate Caucus Room on Capitol Hill in 1968, the same place his uncle, John F. Kennedy, launched his presidential campaign in 1960. “I’m a lifelong Democrat, but I will not be voting for Robert Kennedy Jr. because I cannot stomach the anti-vaccine thing,” said Tyson Humble of Portland, Oregon, who was visiting the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former President Kennedy, is currently the US ambassador to Australia.

☆ Biden lags recent Democratic presidents in declaring re-election campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Trevor Hunnicutt | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Biden trails recent Democratic incumbent presidents on the issue: Barack Obama announced he would run for a second term in 2012 on April 4, 2011, and Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election announcement was April 14, 1995. Jimmy Carter, however, waited until Dec. 4, 1979, to announce his 1980 re-election run. He would be 86 at the end of a prospective second term. But the trip here just reinforced my sense of optimism about what can be done," Biden told reporters at the tail-end of an emotional trip to Ireland last week. This week, Biden plans remarks on childcare and environmental justice, along with a visit to a labor union training facility in Maryland to talk about the economy.

☆ Opinion: Why Biden is lying low ahead of 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Julian Zelizer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. But when the ensuing conversation doesn’t go his way, he unleashes on them, declaring, “You are not serious figures. I love you, but you are not serious people.”The line is powerful — and may just capture the way President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are approaching the declared and expected GOP candidates ahead of the 2024 campaign. Among the GOP candidates, former President Donald Trump was the first to announce his campaign five months ago. Biden might be boring and fly under the radar much of the time, but that is the image of normality that helped him win in 2020.

☆ Powell is leader of the free world – for now
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Lauren Silva Laughlin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

As former President Donald Trump will attest, Powell will do what he thinks it’s right. This month, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, a left-wing firebrand, went on TV and called Powell a “dangerous man,” saying she doesn’t think that he should be Fed Chair. CNN television host Jake Tapper asked her if she had told Biden that Powell should be fired. Then Trump called Powell “a golfer who can’t putt, has no touch.” Trump wanted economic growth. Powell resisted and later responded saying that the Fed chair, more than anyone else, needs to be free from political pressures.

☆ The Wrong Indictment Against Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Peggy Noonan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The New York Times last week recounted the memories of Ben Barnes , 84, who traveled to the Mideast in the summer of 1980, at the height of the U.S. presidential election, with his political mentor, Texas political powerhouse John Connally . There, Mr. Barnes said, Connally urged heads of state not to push for a deal with President Jimmy Carter to release the American hostages held in Iran, but to wait for Ronald Reagan to offer a better one. Highly partisan Democrats are like their Republican counterparts in that they always think their man didn’t lose but was cheated out of what was his. However: Reagan beat Mr. Carter, an incumbent president with all an incumbency’s powers, 489 electoral votes to 49. America hadn’t seen a sitting president lose in a landslide since FDR took out Herbert Hoover in 1932.

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