Tabs/Takes
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Friday, November 10, 2023
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- Through Insider: Sen. JD Vance says Republicans must ‘acknowledge how a lot voters mistrust us’ on abortion. I’ve to confess that my major response is the considered JD Vance speaking about belief.
- Through WaPo: The place is Melania? Within the grand scheme of issues, the previous first girl’s absence doesn’t imply a lot. There are larger issues on the desk. Nonetheless, I’m struck by how that is simply one other instance of how Trump is being handled in another way by each his supporters and the press than others prior to now. His spouse not standing by him in a visual means throughout his authorized troubles is the form of factor that the press/public would have reacted negatively to for nearly anybody else. And, in fact, it is outstanding that the “household values” social gathering apparently do not care. I might additional word that regardless of the fixed cries concerning the “liberal MSM” that the WaPo The piece strikes me as in the end sympathetic to Melania Trump’s invisibility.
- Talking of the liberal MSM, do that story exhausting to make a horse racing narrative (additionally by way of WaPo): Biden faces an expanded record of potential re-election challengers. The prolonged record is: Jill Stein, Dean Phillips, RFK, Jr., and the hypothetical Joe Manchin because the No Labels candidate. As for Phillips, the piece (IMHO) amusingly describes him (emphasis mine), “Biden additionally faces stinging marketing campaign opponents in Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.)”. This piece thirsts for a horse race. And I perceive that given the potential Trump-Biden closeness, third-party votes may matter, however thanks. Aspect word: Stein, Kennedy and a hypothetical Manchin are challengers to each Bidens and Trump, which undercuts the headline.
- Talking of extra vital tales (once more WaPo): Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Division controls for second time period.
Privately, Trump has instructed advisers and mates in latest months that he needs the Justice Division to analyze former officers and allies who’ve grow to be essential of his time in workplace, together with his former chief of workers, John F. Kelly, and former legal professional normal. William P. Barr, in addition to his former lawyer Ty Cobb and former Joint Chiefs of Workers chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley, based on individuals who have spoken to him, who like others spoke on situation of anonymity to explain personal conversations. Trump has additionally talked about prosecuting officers on the FBI and Justice Division, an individual accustomed to the matter stated.
In public, Trump has promised to nominate a particular prosecutor to “go after” President Biden and his household. The previous president has typically made corruption allegations in opposition to them that aren’t supported by obtainable proof.
That this continues to elicit little greater than a yawn in lots of quarters is extraordinarily disturbing.
- To that time, Philip Bump (once more, WaPo) notes that many Individuals embrace Trump’s authoritarianism. I hate to say it, however plenty of the survey information in that piece jogs my memory of issues I noticed finding out Latin American instances of democratic breakdown. For instance, a plurality of conservatives in a latest survey supported the concept we’d like a “sturdy chief,” after which there are issues like this:
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. His important areas of experience embody events, elections and the institutional design of democracies. His newest guide is co-authored A Totally different Democracy: American Authorities in a 31-Nation Perspective. He acquired his Ph.D. from the College of Texas and his BA from the College of California, Irvine. He has been running a blog since 2003 (initially on the now defunct Poliblog). Observe Steven additional Twitter