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Month: July 2024
Commentary: Democrats’ Convention Rules Actually Give Delegates Some Leeway
President Biden’s debate performance on Thursday night has brought talk of replacing him on the Democratic presidential ticket out into the open. Most have focused on Biden voluntarily withdrawing from the race. There is, however, another solution that is being ignored by party leaders. They can simply decide to nominate a different candidate.
I know this sounds strange, since the 4,696 delegates who will attend the convention, and particularly most of the 3,949 who are pledged to vote for Biden, have likely already booked their hotel rooms in Chicago. The dirty little secret about the Democratic Party, as Bernie Sanders’ supporters learned in 2016, is that the rules governing their conventions are entirely “democratic.” Sanders’ problem was with the so-called “superdelegates,” who attend the Democratic National Convention by virtue of their leadership position in the party. The disconnect between voters and delegates, however, potentially also extends to the rest of the delegates.
Read MoreCommentary: Energy Innovation Is Key to Prosperity
In a recent report, “Powering Human Advancement,” The Heritage Foundation laid bare the truth that the driving force behind wealth creation and raising human development standards is the innovative harnessing of energy.
As historian Vaclav Smil sees it, “Energy is the only universal currency.”
Read MoreKamala Harris Is Floated as a Biden Replacement, but Her Past May Weigh Down Her Candidacy
President Joe Biden’s debate performance raised so many concerns about his cognitive state and advanced age that more and more Democrats are mulling replacing him as their 2024 presidential nominee. But, the president’s most likely replacement—Kamala Harris—has a political past that may give voters pause.
As the current vice president and favorite to replace Biden because of her many institutional advantages, Harris is a known entity and likely the most vetted of the potential replacement nominees. But her rapid rise through the notorious San Francisco political machine was bound to leave some marks on her record, especially on issues that are important to Democratic voters.
Read MoreCommentary: Don’t Let the Department of Education Silence Our Kids
The Founding Fathers recognized that an educated citizenry was vital to the survival of our republic. Thomas Jefferson, for example, saw education as essential to giving every citizen the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a free society.
Writing in 1818, our third president described public education as “the means to give every citizen the information he needs for the transaction of his own business … to express and preserve his own ideas … to improve his morals and faculties … to understand his duties, and to exercise his rights.”
Read MoreDemocrat Lawmaker Says Overlooking Harris to Replace Biden Would Be Bad ‘Optics’ for Party
Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., said the optics of overlooking Vice President Kamala Harris as a replacement for President Biden, should he step aside, would not be a good look for the Democratic Party.
She noted that conversations about replacing Biden as the party’s nominee are “wildly speculative” right now.
Read MoreADP: Private Sector Job Creation Slowed for Third Straight Month
NBC Montana Private employers added 150,000 jobs in June, according to the ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday. And ADP, which bases its report on payroll data of client companies, showed annual pay was up 4.9%. “Job growth has been solid, but not broad-based,” Nela Richardson, ADP’s chief economist, said in a…
Read MoreFourth of July BBQ Meal Up $11.72 Since Biden White House Bragged Price Dropped $0.16 in 2021
Breitbart It is growing more costly to enjoy a celebratory meal on Independence Day in President Joe Biden’s (D) economy. In an email Wednesday, RNC Research pointed to the fact Americans will see the “most expensive Independence Day on Record” this year. “After the Biden White House attempted to brag about the…
Read MoreTrump Predicts Biden Will Be ‘Quitting the Race’ in Leaked Video
A leaked video being shared over social media shows presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on a golf cart predicting President Joe Biden will drop out of the race.
Read MoreTop Story: Another Complaint Adds to Mounting Evidence of FBI’s Political Bias and Whistleblower Retaliation
