With 98% of the votes counted the Dems looks set to gain both Georgia US Senate seats
The above from the New York Times shows the big American news overnight that the Democrats look all set to take the two Georgia runoffs seats. This is hugely significant as it means that in the new Senate the split will be 50/50 between the Democrats and the Republicans. Because the casting vote goes to to the Vice President, Kamala Harris from January 20th, Biden will become a President in 2 weeks time with his party controlling both parts of…
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Six hours to go before Georgia voting closes and the pressure builds on Pence who oversees tomorrow’s vital Congress session
The Dems now odds-on favourites to win both Runoff races Today must be the most critical non presidential election in modern American history for if the Democrats can take both the Georgia senate seats then the Biden will start his presidency with his party holding the House, the Senate, and of course the White House. As expected Trump is doing his best to put pressure on all parties in order to avoid him being booted out on January 20th as…
Both Trump and Biden stage Georgia rallies on the eve of today’s Georgia runoffs
Trump’s was all about him and appeared like a series of whines particularly against the Republican governor of the state and, of course, the Secretary of State who stood up for democracy in face of huge pressure as we saw in the recording of a phone call he got from the outgoing president. This contrasted with the President-elect who emphasised consistently the importance of the outcome for the future of the US. There was a good analysis of both parties…
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The loneliness of the long-distance leader
Where is Team Starmer? Sir Keir Starmer has a lot going for him. He is credible as a PM-in-waiting, which is more than can be said for his two predecessors. He seems competent, thoughtful, consistent, honourable, and honest, which are not conspicuous strengths of our current PM. Admittedly he is rather dull, and a poor public speaker, but overall voters think quite favourably of him; his net ratings were modestly positive in six out of the seven December polls. One…
Trump’s desperate attempt to bully the Georgia Secretary of State shows the lengths he’ll go to hang on
Make America Great Again – say goodbye to Trump The big Trump news overnight has been the above attempt by the President to find a way of hanging on in there. Just listening to it he sounds desperate and there are on 16 days left till Biden’s inauguration. Tonight Trump will now doubt bleat on again with his big electoral fraud lie at a rally in Georgia ahead of tomorrow’s runoff Senate election. The day after there is what is…