Biden Gets No Immediate Convention Bounce, but Still Leads Trump by 9% morningconsult.com/2020/08/22/pos… When you are a clear frontrunner like Biden, you don't need a convention bounce. The other guy does.

Georgia. Ohio. Texas. Democrats Tell Biden to Go Big (He’s Being Cautious). nytimes.com/2020/07/11/us/… I go back and forth about this choice too--should Dems/@JoeBiden simply try to get over 270, or should they go big? Mid-July predictions about 'landslides' are especially suspect--so much can happen. Yet there are early signs of a broad anti-Trump backlash in unexpected places.

1/Controversial 'busing' era in 1970s is being framed through the lens of 2019. High unpopularity of busing (most whites & many blacks) resulted in a liberal candidate for VA GOV losing his race to the R in a squeaker after he had led handily earlier. Why? On election day, he was 2/described as the "pro-busing" candidate by the then-host of The Today Show (#1 a.m. show) just as people were going to vote. (Back then, no early voting and few absentees) Richmond, VA was ground zero for busing & school consolidation. #1 issue. Candidate lost area by

Some shocking correspondence between ex-VP Spiro T. Agnew (who resigned in disgrace in 1973) and Saudi Arabia's crown prince was revealed on @maddow tonight. Agnew asked for big $$ to help him take on the Jews and the Zionists in the U.S.! I'd never heard of this. Agnew even congratulated the crown prince on his "jihad" against Israel. No doubt Agnew needed the money, and Agnew would've said anything to get it. Yet it is flabbergasting to read.

One way to lower the temperature of Supreme Court confirmation fights is to limit the justices' terms, lessening the stakes (a bit). I've long favored one 15-year term, nonrenewable. Enactment scheduled for the 12th of never. I can even argue that the Constitution doesn't provide for life tenure for SCOTUS justices. It merely says they serve "during good behavior". The swampy, mosquito-laden Potomac sent most justices packing after a few years. Five of 6 original justices served less than 10 years.

1. Thread: What follows is an advance look at a few previously secret JFK files not yet online at NARA. 2. We have not had a chance to evaluate fully. We post for our fellow researchers and all those interested. Links next --