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Democracy dies in delusion | President Biden has made preserving democracy a centerpiece of his reelection campaign against Donald Trump. There's just one problem, writes political science professor Austin Sarat: Voters think Biden is the greater threat to democracy. |
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Sarat cites a recent survey finding that nearly two-thirds of swing-state voters say "threats to democracy" are extremely important to them. Unfortunately for Biden, 44 percent "believe Trump is best equipped to deal with threats to democracy, compared with only 33 percent who favor Biden to do so." Biden's problem, according to Sarat, "is that he is an incumbent at a time when many voters are deeply dissatisfied with the way democracy is now functioning. Voters can look at what he has done during his time in the Oval Office to improve democracy. They don't like what they see." Trump has managed to convince many Americans that Biden is the real threat to democracy, in part because the president is seen by many as leading a "politically motivated persecution of a political rival." Biden's chances of winning reelection are plummeting after last Thursday's debate performance. To win, Sarat believes Biden must get back on message and "be much more concrete about why voters should trust in him after his three years in office to make democracy work better." Because right now, "Biden's promise to preserve a system that many people think is failing is not a winning message." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
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By Douglas Schoen, pollster and pundit |
To trigger an open convention, party leaders like former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, in concert with congressional leaders Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Hakeem Jeffries, must plead with Biden to step aside. If amenable, the president would release his delegates, triggering the first open Democratic convention in the modern political era. |
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| By Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School |
For years, calling January 6 an "insurrection" has been a litmus test for press, pundits and politicians. The claim is legally absurd but politically advantageous. It now seems like the insurrection increasingly looks more like a legal case of mass trespass and unlawful entry. |
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By Robert W. Patterson, former speechwriter at the Department of Health and Human Services |
Should he win another term, Trump can't afford a repeat of the 2017 debacle. He needs a gamechanger, a "utility capitalism" solution that doesn't rest on the faulty notion that nothing is wrong with health care sector that free-market reforms can't fix. |
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By Mark Pinsky, author of "The Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust." |
In mass popular culture, very little of what appears on screens or in theme park rides is there by accident. The same holds true for what doesn't appear. |
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