Dem Notes
- The Biden Administration isn’t sending troops to Haiti. But—more appropriately—it did send 500,000 doses of COVID vaccine—with more on the way. A lot more, hopefully.
- “This is a moment of existential urgency. It calls on Democrats to be creative, committed and bold. Like Lincoln, (Democrats) must take the fight to higher ground and found a new nation: one without gerrymandering, dark money and voter suppression.”—Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald.
- “AOC”: too bad that doesn’t also stand for pandemic common sense, as in “Abundance Of Caution.”
- “Strong black turnout will be crucial for (U.S. Senatorial candidate) Val Demings, as will continuing support from younger voters and non-Cuban Hispanics. She will also need to grow her support in the state’s metropolitan (especially suburban) areas. … She cannot afford additional defections from Hispanic voters.”—Stuart Rothenberg, CQ-Roll Call.
- Speaking of, Demings has done well on the fundraising front; she raised $4.6 million in her first three weeks. Marco Rubio raised $4 million over three months.
- If the likes of Nancy Pelosi, the San Francisco liberal, and Liz Cheney, the Wyoming conservative, can find common cause, maybe there’s still hope.