https://youtu.be/y25NpTDF5Ec In one of the most hotly contested Senate races, the most recent debate between Joni Ernst, incumbent Republican Senator, against Democratic challenger, Theresa Greenfield, showed precisely how distanced a candidate can get from their state. Iowa is one of the senate seats that the Democrats think they may flip…

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“All those manufacturing jobs have left Ohio. They’re all coming back. Don’t move. Don’t sell your house” Donald Trump 7/25/2017 Looking back at the 2016 election, Ohio’s voters were disproportionately white working-class, and President Trump’s message resonated with them. (Griffin, Teixeira, & Halpin , 2017)    Move ahead four years, Trump…

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Several years ago, I became fascinated by a history professor at American University named Allan Lichtman and his book Predicting the Next President, The Keys to the White House.  In his book, he laid out 13 keys to predicting a President.  Over the last several decades, Professor Lichtman has been…

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Yesterday I posted an article from The Atlantic and a video from The Lincoln Project on Facebook. Both made allegations of comments that President Trump has made concerning the military.  I knew who would instantly comment that the story was total BS or #fakenews.  Here is the deal.  I grew…

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Within hours of Captain Crozier’s letter to the Pentagon hitting the San Francisco Chronicle, my Facebook feed lit up with the armchair Admiralty holding court and determining the fate of the Captain, the Navy, and the Administration.  As a former Sailor and Soldier (I served in two branches of the…

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