Mike Berman's Washington Watch

The 59th presidential election will take place on November 3, 2020.

The list of potential candidates from both parties will be sorted into three categories: “Announced/Running”, “Testing the Waters” and “Mentioned”. Continue reading “2020”

Approval of the Congress generally remains in the tank although it is still better than it was at the first of the year. Continue reading “Congress”

Here are 5 Quotes from the New York Times

“We can’t knock on anybody’s doors, we have to build our own house.”
–Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest women every elected to Congress. Continue reading “Women Will Get It Done”

*Any statements in this issue of the Watch which are not sourced are mine and identified by “WW”.

36% of Americans say the country is headed in the right direction. 58% say it is on the wrong track. [CBS, 11/18/18] Continue reading “State of the Nation”

“We now know as surely as anything is knowable in human affairs that Trump is determined to be a force for division not for unity. He has no apparent interest in rising to the historical moment…Though Trump is a novel President, he represents- indeed embodies- ancient and perennial forces of political, racial and cultural fear. Yes, America is the nation that produced Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s also the nation that pursued and perpetuated enslavement and institutional racism to such a prolonged degree that it took a Tubman and a King to bring about a measure of justice. History and experience suggest that, in moments where care fails, we must undertake the duties of guardianship ourselves. We are living in just such a moment.”
-John Meacham Continue reading “Quotes”