Barack Obama

In this eerie hiatus in U.S. electoral politics -- we don't, as I write, know the result and may not for a while -- let me state what I consider the optimum outcome: a narrow Biden win. A squeaker. I say this despite the view among well-meaning leftish sorts like me that…

This is not how things were supposed to go. It was widely anticipated, of course, that Joe Biden would defeat President Trump in a victory that could take time to emerge given the pandemic-driven shift to mail voting and the Trump campaign’s threats of legal challenges to the acceptance and…

Hours after President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Thursday evening, claiming the presidential election had been stolen, the late Senator John McCain's 2008 concession speech went viral.McCain, who lost against former President Barack Obama 12 years ago, began his speech by congratulating Obama on his presidency."We have come to…

Neither Joe Biden nor President Donald Trump has officially won the 2020 election yet, but Biden did just break a major record.Per People, Biden has reportedly received more votes than any presidential candidate in history, a record previously set by President Barack Obama. So far, Biden has received more than…

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Heading into Tuesday’s election, the public polling told the same story, over and over again. Joe Biden had a commanding lead in the national popular vote, somewhere between seven and 10 points. He was ahead in nearly every swing state, and trailing in…

Supporters of Joe Biden rallied in Pasco County, Florida, on Friday, October 23, as the Biden and Trump campaigns made a final push for the state’s 29 electoral votes as election day neared. High profile surrogates stumped for the candidates at competing events over the weekend, including former President Barack…

Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and urged Michigan voters to turn out for Tuesday's election during rallies in the state. Musician and Michigan native Stevie Wonder, along with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Democratic…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Barack Obama is hitting President Donald Trump right where he thinks it’ll hurt most: His ego.Campaigning for Joe Biden on Saturday, the former president painted Trump as insecure and self-absorbed, describing him as a failed president who cares more about himself than the country.“Trump cares about…

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If Biden is elected, he may be one of the most corrupt people ever to assume the office.One of the great rallying cries of the 2016 election was “Lock her up!” Hillary Clinton was never a very likable candidate, despite Barack Obama’s comment in 2008 that she was “likeable enough.”…