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DECEMBER 9, 2019: Pete Buttigieg released a $700 billion childcare and education platform. Donald Trump attended a private fundraiser in Florida.

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There are 14 new candidates running since last week, including two Democrats, three Republicans, and two Libertarians. In total, 986 individuals are currently filed with the FEC to run for president.

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“Strange things happen at contested conventions. At the last such Democratic confab in 1952, the nominee was neither the front-runner, Sen. Estes Kefauver, nor Vice President Alben Barkley, ostensibly supported by President Harry S. Truman. Instead, on the third ballot, Democrats nominated Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson II.

Party elders felt that only Stevenson could keep Northern and Southern Democrats united, and had tried unsuccessfully to draft him to run. Only after a platform fight about civil rights; a disastrous meeting between Mr. Barkley and labor leaders; and wrangling over a loyalty oath aimed at Southern Democrats that threatened to fracture the party, as happened in 1948, did Stevenson reluctantly agree to run. Truman then arrived in Chicago and ordered some of the candidates out of the contest and favorite-son delegations to swing to the Illinois governor. The party left largely unified and mostly happy.

It is hard to see any of the Democratic ex-presidents playing Truman’s calming role in 2020.”

– Karl Rove, Republican political consultant

 
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MICHAEL BENNET ([link removed]) issued his anti-poverty ([link removed]) agenda at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sunday.

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JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) campaigned with former Secretary of State and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in New Hampshire ([link removed]) on Sunday.

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MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ([link removed]) spoke at the quarterly state Democratic Executive Committee meeting in Texas ([link removed]) on Saturday.

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CORY BOOKER ([link removed]) is airing a new radio ad ([link removed]) in South Carolina about his family history on stations with large black audiences.

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PETE BUTTIGIEG ([link removed]) released a $700 billion childcare and education ([link removed]) platform on Saturday that would provide universal childcare and pre-kindergarten programs.

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JULIÁN CASTRO ([link removed]) will kick off a three-day tour of Iowa ([link removed]) on Monday with meet-and-greets across the state.

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JOHN DELANEY ([link removed]) is campaigning in New Hampshire ([link removed]) on Monday.

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TULSI GABBARD ([link removed]) is campaigning in Nashua, New Hampshire ([link removed]) , on Monday.

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AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) attended a town hall Sunday in Denver ([link removed]) about elections, voter registration, campaign finance, and election security.

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DEVAL PATRICK ([link removed]) campaigned in Maine ([link removed]) on Saturday.

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BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) began a three-day tour of Nevada ([link removed]) on Sunday with stops scheduled in Elko, Carson City, Reno, and Las Vegas.

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TOM STEYER ([link removed]) campaigned in Iowa ([link removed]) on Sunday.

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ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) spoke at the College of Charleston in South Carolina ([link removed]) on Sunday.

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MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ([link removed]) is campaigning in Iowa ([link removed]) on Monday.

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ANDREW YANG ([link removed]) announced ([link removed]) that he had hired Julia Rosen to lead his digital operations and Ally Letsky to lead his direct mail operations. Letsky worked on the 2012 Obama and 2016 Clinton presidential campaigns.

 
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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) attended a private fundraiser ([link removed]) in Florida on Saturday that raised $3.5 million for the state Republican Party. He featured Clint Lorance and Mathew Golsteyn, two former soldiers who received presidential pardons related to war crimes.

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_HuffPost_ profiled ([link removed]) JOE WALSH ([link removed]) and his change from being a Trump supporter to Trump critic.

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** WHAT WE’RE READING
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CNN: Trump is hanging over every aspect of the Democratic presidential contest ([link removed])

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FiveThirtyEight: Who’s Leading The Democratic Primary In The First Four States? ([link removed])

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MSN: Get Ready for a Contested Convention ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 9, 2015

According to Facebook’s year in review, the 2016 presidential election was the most talked about topic ([link removed]) on the platform. Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders were the second-, fourth-, and fifth-most talked about politicians, respectively.
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