Today is five days until the general election in America.  In July, I wrote a blog examining the state of the race with 100 days until the election. With just five days to go, I’m going to revisit what the leading political handicappers say now that we are at the beginning of the end of this campaign. Cook Political Report         In Cook’s ranking, 290 Electoral College (EC) votes as solid, likely, or lean Democrat, 123 EC votes are toss-ups, & 125 solid, likely, or lean EC votes for the Republicans. 270 are required to win. Sabato’s Crystal Ball    &n ..read more

Good afternoon and welcome to today’s edition of the Fitz File. This fall, there will be millions of Americans who will vote for President Trump in little more than two weeks time. What will they do when Trump is no longer in office (hopefully, this January)? What’s remarkable about President Trump is how little his job approval ratings have fluctuated this year. According to Gallup, as of last month, Trump’s approval rating was at 42 percent. It’s hovered in the 40-something percent range for not just this year, but for almost his entire presidency. Yikes… In 2016, Trump said he could stand i ..read more

With President Trump hospitalized for COVID, the campaign enters a perilously uncertain stretch with just 30 days to go until Election Day. To complicate matters, as of this writing, more than 3.2 million people have already voted in the election (including yours truly). And millions more will cast their ballots in-person or through the mail leading up to Election Day. #earlyvote morning update 10/4 At least 3,298,165 people have voted in the 2020 general election https://t.co/s8K2xFDeSA pic.twitter.com/r7zDZDKVrQ — Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) October 4, 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Bi ..read more

(Spoiler alert: that guy is)  Chances are you’ve paid more income taxes than the President of the United States has over the past decade. Last night’s bombshell report from the New York Times about the president’s taxes wasn’t necessarily a bombshell if you already knew about the president’s many, many failures in business. However, it was still an illuminating look at how the wealthy and powerful play by a different set of rules than the rest of us, containing takeaways like: In 2016 & 2017, Donald Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes. For 10 of the previous ..read more

The below clip from the movie “Aliens” sums up my view of the current SCOTUS situation. I could probably finish this blog post by just sharing this clip because there really isn’t much Democrats can do to prevent the Republicans from filling RBG’s Supreme Court seat. The Left lacks the one thing in this battle that matters the most in politics: leverage. Right now, there are three potential scenarios in play, and there really isn’t a great way to fight back in any one of them. Republicans fill the seat before Election Day. This is the least likely scenario to happen as keeping the ..read more

As of today we are 90 days away from the presidential election. Many Democratic operatives are (understandably) scarred by the 2016 election, warning many that the party could be headed to a repeat in 2020. However, there are five distinct reasons why the 2020 presidential election is not the same as the 2016 presidential election. The national environment is different. In 2016, Donald Trump was able to claim that, as an outsider who had never held office before, he could shake things up in Washington. He was a businessman, not a career politician like crooked Hillary Clinton, and was runnin ..read more

Today is five days until the general election in America.  In July, I wrote a blog examining the state of the race with 100 days until the election. With just five days to go, I’m going to revisit what the leading political handicappers say now that we are at the beginning of the end of this campaign. Cook Political Report         In Cook’s ranking, 290 Electoral College (EC) votes as solid, likely, or lean Democrat, 123 EC votes are toss-ups, & 125 solid, likely, or lean EC votes for the Republicans. 270 are required to win. Sabato’s Crystal Ball    &n ..read more

Good afternoon and welcome to today’s edition of the Fitz File. This fall, there will be millions of Americans who will vote for President Trump in little more than two weeks time. What will they do when Trump is no longer in office (hopefully, this January)? What’s remarkable about President Trump is how little his job approval ratings have fluctuated this year. According to Gallup, as of last month, Trump’s approval rating was at 42 percent. It’s hovered in the 40-something percent range for not just this year, but for almost his entire presidency. Yikes… In 2016, Trump said he could stand i ..read more

Today is National Coming Out Day, a special day for the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate and take pride in who we are. I appeared in an ad for the Biden campaign today to mark the occasion, where I talked about one of the reasons why I’m supporting Joe Biden for president. (My remarks are at about 2:08 in the below clip) Days until Election Day: 23 This Week’s WTF Moment in Congress  Graham dismisses calls to delay Supreme Court confirmation hearings ahead of the election https://t.co/ZddZawU4zO pic.twitter.com/gftW4ucrmX — The Hill (@thehill) October 11, 2020 Of course. Can’t say ..read more

With President Trump hospitalized for COVID, the campaign enters a perilously uncertain stretch with just 30 days to go until Election Day. To complicate matters, as of this writing, more than 3.2 million people have already voted in the election (including yours truly). And millions more will cast their ballots in-person or through the mail leading up to Election Day. #earlyvote morning update 10/4 At least 3,298,165 people have voted in the 2020 general election https://t.co/s8K2xFDeSA pic.twitter.com/r7zDZDKVrQ — Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) October 4, 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Bi ..read more