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Bill Clinton chief strategist James Carville: "Bernie Sanders is the reason Donald Trump became president."

In 2027, I'll be Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee once again. And I'll wake up every single day with one goal: confirming as many conservative judges as possible.

Senator Cory Booker reminisces about his “good friend Lindsey Graham”. They aligned on many things, namely wars and Israel.

Graham Platner just posted a video claiming he "intends to withdraw" and that he's "suspending" his campaign. I think he's lying. I think this is strategy. Let me explain. Most of his 11-min video is spent denying the allegation as totally false, portraying himself as a "regular person" and a victim against "large forces" and as a defender of the people. Here's what I think is his strategy... Graham Platner's campaign is currently encouraging Mainers to send feedback to the Maine Democratic Party. I believe he's hoping that over the next few days, enough Mainers will send feedback defending him that he can justify not submitting the withdraw paperwork by the Monday deadline. This is strategy. That's why he only says he's "suspending" and why he doesn't give a concrete date for officially withdrawing. It's a stall. There is a famous precedent for this. Richard Nixon did it. In 1952, Nixon was chosen as Eisenhower's running mate. He was subsequently ensnarled over his use of a very shady slush fund. He faced intense pressure to drop from the ticket. So, he asks Eisenhower for the chance to make his case to the voters on television. Eisenhower lets him. Nixon goes on TV and doesn't really address the concerns of how the slush fund is inappropriate. Instead, he cleverly talks around it, denies wrongdoing, talks about his "modest" personal finances (the appearance of transparency), paints himself as an honest family man being attacked, and ends by saying he was gifted a dog that his daughters loved and had named "Checkers" and he wasn't giving up the dog. He then told voters to write to the RNC if they believe he should be kept on the ticket. It was incredibly manipulative. It's called "the Checkers speech," and it worked. Four million letters, telegrams, and phone calls were placed to the RNC overwhelmingly in support of Nixon. Eisenhower kept him on the ticket. The use and impropriety of the slush fund were never really properly addressed. Platner is, I believe, hoping that Maine voters will flood the Maine Democratic Party over the next few days urging them to keep him on. I think that's the strategy here. He wants enough "feedback" to point to the "will of the voters" and justify staying on the ballot.