Author: Max Thornberry

Buyer’s remorse?  Vice President Kamala Harris shocked the country when she plucked Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) out of the shadows to join her on her quest for the White House. The Democratic bench looked stacked with star governors of influential and pivotal states. Consensus wisdom said Harris would have been wise to pick Gov. Josh…

Swap sickness On net, Democrats were thrilled to jettison President Joe Biden in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the presidential ticket in July. While the president has been praised for his service and his role in toppling former President Donald Trump four years ago, there was a dearth of excitement…

Litigation nation Former President Donald Trump and his allies were caught on their heels in 2020. After an incredibly tight election that was decided by a handful of voters in key states, Trump and an army of lawyers went on the offensive to challenge the voting procedures during and the results of the election.  Most…

SAVE the citizens Republicans have been saying for years that they aren’t trying to make it harder to vote. They have been tightening the lid on rules around elections that were loosened during COVID-19, and that meant 2020 not only saw the largest turnout in any presidential election ever but also that there was increased…

The best people?  Former President Donald Trump and his campaign team aren’t letting the 2024 election get away from them. They are already putting contingency plans in place to challenge election results in states they lose, setting up a protracted battle to certify the winner and give officials a repeat of 2020.  Critics of the…

Another assassination attempt Former President Donald Trump had just 65 days of relative peace and security between attempts on his life. Secret Service agents protecting the former president were more proactive on Sunday than they were in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was shot.  It’s not clear whether the “shots fired” reported by agents to the…

Campaign shopping cart Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump don’t want to walk down the campaign trail talking about mergers, acquisitions, and the Federal Trade Commission. They do, on the other hand, want to discuss grocery prices.  The most enduring pain of the largest spike in inflation in 40 years, under the…

Georgia on everyone’s mind Few states have earned more interest, scrutiny, praise, and criticism in the last four years than Georgia. The Peach State was the center of former President Donald Trump’s attention in 2020 when he narrowly lost to President Joe Biden by roughly 11,000 votes. Two years later, it was the poster child…

‘Blue wall’ reinforcement None of the seven primary battlegrounds have tipped so far in one direction that either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump can afford to take their foot off the gas. Both candidates are scrapping for every inch of ground for a map that was shaken up by President Joe…

Counting on the Keystone State Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are working on truncated timelines and with a miniscule map. The abbreviated contest that only came together under 45 days ago is a historical outlier. Most campaigns develop over months, sometimes years, as the Democratic and Republican principals do a slow…