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    Biden trapped in coronavirus malaise

    Democrats are ringing alarm bells and coming to the simplest of conclusions: It’s the pandemic, stupid.In a focus group last week, Pennsylvania Democrats one after another articulated the issue vexing top White House aides, party operatives in Virginia and voters in Georgia: Why isn’t President Joe Biden’s diminished job rating rebounding?

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    Some very good polling news for Donald Trump

    Analysis: Among all-important Iowa voters, former President Donald Trump notched his highest favorability rating ever, according to the latest Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll.53% of Iowans now have a favorable view of Trump.45% now have an unfavorable view of Trump.2% are not sure how they feel.Among that favorable/unfavorable split, this is Trump's "best showing ever on either metric in the Iowa Poll," the Register writes.

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    Analysis: Donald Trump just keeps driving in the wrong direction

    With just 23 days until the 2020 election, here's my latest roundup of the 5 BIG storylines you need to know to understand the upcoming week on the campaign trail. And they're ranked -- so the No. 1 story is the most important of the coming week.

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    On Critical Elections

    An essay in three parts by Susan Barsy.All rights reserved.PART ONE 2008: THE CRITICAL ELECTION THAT WASN’TA touchstone of my thinking is the election of 2008, which in my mind I refer to as “the critical election that wasn’t.”  For historians, the term “critical election” has a special meaning.  It doesn’t mean simply an election…

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    Steele dossier sub-source was suspected of spying for Russia, DOJ

    Instead, Durham’s authorization and Barr’s decision to release it to Congress ensures a public airing of portions of his investigation, which President Donald Trump has publicly said he hopes would result in prosecutions of his political adversaries and senior intelligence officials.The newly disclosed evidence, provided to Senate Republican investigators conducting a parallel review of the…

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