Walter Mondale to Gary Hart: "When I hear your 'new ideas,' I’m reminded of that ad, 'Where’s the Beef?'"

When you see the clip, you can see how hard Mondale worked to talk over Hart and get that canned line out ... and how pleased he was with himself afterwards
For the youngsters out there: this was considered *the* pivotal moment of the 1984 Democratic presidential primary
BTW I got to talk to Hart about 1984 a little more than a year, which I wrote about here politico.com/news/magazine/…

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20 Apr
In my latest for @monthly, which talks of the value in threatening to court-pack (but not actually doing it), I delve into the debate over the impact of FDR's court-packing attempt. I include some details you may not know...

washingtonmonthly.com/2021/04/20/sho…
@monthly ...Some argue FDR's court-packing bill instigated the "switch in time that saved nine," as the Court flipped from anti-New Deal to pro-New Deal rulings after that.

But the "switch" happened before the bill's introduction...
...FDR announced his bill on Feb. 5, 1937 presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/mess…

But as Justice Owen Roberts explained in a 1945 memo academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnso… he cast the "switch" vote on Dec. 19, 1936, so FDR's announcement could not have pressured him...
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26 Dec 20
Having gotten Obama's memior for Xmas, I was struck at how quickly it grabs you.

Which got me thinking about how well does the intro stand up to past presidential autobiographies and memoirs...
...There have been 16 presidential autobiographies and memoirs, covering that time in office (I'm not counting Grant's, which, while celebrated, is a war memoir from a general).

Here's how they begin...
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25 Dec 20
No one has yet improved upon the original “Last Christmas”
In “Santa Baby,” no one nails “to a platinum mine” better than Madonna
“Fairytale of New York” is probably my favorite Christmas song but I wish they didn’t rush through the “You’re a bum/you’re a punk” verse.
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4 Dec 20
My first history podcast episode–about the creation of the UN–begins with a seemingly unrelated scandal: when Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles sexually propositioned porters on FDR's train

scherable.com/whenamericawor…

This got me thinking, is this the 1st WH gay sex scandal?...
...Before the Sumner Welles incident was the 1919 Newport sex scandal, which involved Navy sailors and implicated FDR as Asst Sec to the Navy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_s… . But didn't involve sexual activity among people in the administration...
...But perhaps the Welles incident shouldn't qualify either because the scandal never became public during FDR's presidency, though it was gossiped about and led to Welles' resignation...
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28 Nov 20
Huh? Biden absolutely did flip suburban white women voters.

Blacks and Latinos are not monolithic voting blocs but neither are white women. Image
As with much “white women” analysis in 2016, this piece ignored the widening education divide.

Dem presidential margin with college educated white women:

2012: -6
2016: +6
2020: +9

With non-college white women

2012: -20
2016: -28
2020: -27
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4 Nov 20
In the CNN exit poll, 66% of voters believe climate change is a serious problem

Of those who believe climate change is a serious problem, 29% voted for Trump
More CNN exits

11% of voters did not vote in 2016

Biden won '16 non-voters 61-37
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White vote by education & gender

Non-college men: Trump 67 Biden 30
Non-college women: Trump 60 Biden 39
College women: Trump 50 Biden 49
College men: Biden 50 Trump 48
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