74% of Americans view the war in Ukraine as important to US national interests
43% describe it as “very important”
59% of Americans describe the war in Ukraine as important to them personally when askedhttps://t.co/6k9MIs1tjU
— mozy1995 (@PatriziaScally) February 19, 2024
Former Rep. @AdamKinzinger urges Republican House members to force Speaker Johnson to allow a vote on Ukraine aid:
“I know it's uncomfortable and you might get a call from Donald Trump, but guess what, you’ll be able to look at yourself in the mirror for the rest of your life” pic.twitter.com/gZJ4wCmGC8
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) February 18, 2024
Both presidential and Biden’s own history make obvious why he’s not likely to just drop out. https://t.co/pSJ9HMbbpv
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 20, 2024
I’m finding Philip Bump’s weekly Washington Post “How to Read This Chart” newsletter at the really helpful. This week’s entry — “There’s an obvious reason Biden isn’t dropping out of a tied race” [Unpaywalled MSN version]:
… It’s useful to remember 2020 when considering Biden’s path toward his reelection bid this year. Then, he and his staff took a very even-keeled approach to the nomination and the general election, watching allies and supporters get spun up into a sense of crisis while they simply pressed forward. To some extent, Biden’s team got lucky in the way any candidate might, but either way, the approach worked. Biden won.
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