Here's all you need to know about Mark Penn's column: it does not use the word "abortion."
There's no point listening to any electoral advice that doesn't suggest Dems lean into their best issue in 50 years, one proven in 2022 & 2023 to work nationwide.
The NYT has for some reason (maybe since the new head editor in 2022? IDK, that's only a guess) become explicitly anti-Biden. I suspect that this article is their concern-trolling way of criticizing Biden, and doesn't at all represent actual constructive advice from someone who wants him to win.
Third-party campaigns can inject new ideas and force major parties to incorporate a wider array of interests.
The minor-party campaigns of Ross Perot in 1992 and Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan in 2000 are remarkable examples where their campaign increased overall voter turnout.
But lawmakers from the Democratic and Republican parties make the rules – and those rules make it very hard for third parties.
A fmr White House aide who worked closely w/ #Trump returned to the stand to testify about a significant meeting between Trump & #MichaelCohen his personal lawyer that is at the center of Trump’s #criminal trial.
#Westerhout, described on Thurs setting up an #OvalOffice meeting in Feb 2017 between #Trump & his fixer, #MichaelCohen, where prosecutors say they discussed a #HushMoney payment to #StormyDaniels, a porn star who said she had sex w/ Trump in 2006 at a hotel in Lake Tahoe, NV. Cohen paid her $130k to stay silent about the liaison in the days before the 2016 presidential #election, & falsified business records to further hide it.
Justice #Merchan discusses w/ both prosecutors & defense lawyers what the jury instructions may look like. This is an important part of the case, because of the complexity of the charges against #Trump, which wrap in a secondary #crime w/ which he is not charged: prosecutors have tried to convince jurors that second crime is an #election crime.
After pleading #guilty to #MoneyLaundering & #obstruction of #justice, Paul #Manafort, the globe-trotting #political consultant & former campaign chairman for #Trump, asked for leniency in his sentencing, telling a federal judge 5 yrs ago that he was nearly 70, struggling w/health concerns & remorseful for his actions.
Emails, documents & interviews fill in details of Manafort’s life & work between 2020, when he swapped #prison for home confinement owing to the COVID pandemic & then landed a #pardon from #Trump, & this #election cycle, as he prepares to reenter Trump’s orbit. Advisers say Trump is determined to hire #Manafort, likely handing him a substantial role at the #RNC in Milwaukee, #Wisconsin because he appreciates that his onetime campaign chairman has remained #loyal to him even while… in prison.