Martin Sheen has taped a new digital spot for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, calling attention to one of the party’s biggest challenges this cycle: retaining their Senate majority.
“While I played a fictional president on television, I’ve spent my life outside of acting devoted to political activism. Frankly, I’m concerned about what’s at stake in this year’s elections,” Sheen said.
“This year’s elections will be some of the most important in our nation’s history. With health care, voting rights, climate action, and the very future of our democracy all on the line, I’m asking you to join me and help defend our Democratic Senate majority,” he said.
The spot will be sent out on social media to engage grassroots supporters.
Democrats control the Senate 51-49.
Democrats have 23 seats up this cycle, and Republicans have just 11. Cook Political Report rates one Democratic seat,...
“While I played a fictional president on television, I’ve spent my life outside of acting devoted to political activism. Frankly, I’m concerned about what’s at stake in this year’s elections,” Sheen said.
“This year’s elections will be some of the most important in our nation’s history. With health care, voting rights, climate action, and the very future of our democracy all on the line, I’m asking you to join me and help defend our Democratic Senate majority,” he said.
The spot will be sent out on social media to engage grassroots supporters.
Democrats control the Senate 51-49.
Democrats have 23 seats up this cycle, and Republicans have just 11. Cook Political Report rates one Democratic seat,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump quickly became contentious, as Trump repeatedly interrupted Biden.
“Will you shut up, man?” Biden said to Trump. “This is so unpresidential.”
Then Biden added, “Keep yapping, man.”
Moderator Chris Wallace tried at points to stop Trump from talking, at one point telling him, “I am the moderator in this debate and I would like you to let me ask this question.”
Wallace’s first question was about the Supreme Court and Trump’s decision to move forward with Amy Coney Barrett. But it veered off into another topic, healthcare. The candidates, however, at times talked over one another, making it difficult for either one of them to outline a coherent message.
“We already see this will be one of the least instructive presidential debates ever,’ wrote Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “The moderator has completely lost control.
“Will you shut up, man?” Biden said to Trump. “This is so unpresidential.”
Then Biden added, “Keep yapping, man.”
Moderator Chris Wallace tried at points to stop Trump from talking, at one point telling him, “I am the moderator in this debate and I would like you to let me ask this question.”
Wallace’s first question was about the Supreme Court and Trump’s decision to move forward with Amy Coney Barrett. But it veered off into another topic, healthcare. The candidates, however, at times talked over one another, making it difficult for either one of them to outline a coherent message.
“We already see this will be one of the least instructive presidential debates ever,’ wrote Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “The moderator has completely lost control.
- 9/30/2020
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN faces a split vote on an unorthodox effort it will undertake to harness interest in its coming broadcast of the next round of Democratic debates.
In a non-traditional maneuver, the AT&T-owned cable-news outlet intends to conduct a “live draw” July 18 in primetime that will determine on which of two nights various Democratic candidates will appear. Viewers will be able to learn first hand when former Vice President Joe Biden might take the stage and whether he will vie for attention with Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Kamala Harris, or neither – or any of the other members of one of the broadest candidate slates in history. CNN intends to televise two nights of debates among as many as 20 different Democrats on July 30 and July 31.
To some critics, the “draw” lends what should be serious proceedings meant to inform potential voters the air of a sporting event or game of chance.
In a non-traditional maneuver, the AT&T-owned cable-news outlet intends to conduct a “live draw” July 18 in primetime that will determine on which of two nights various Democratic candidates will appear. Viewers will be able to learn first hand when former Vice President Joe Biden might take the stage and whether he will vie for attention with Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Kamala Harris, or neither – or any of the other members of one of the broadest candidate slates in history. CNN intends to televise two nights of debates among as many as 20 different Democrats on July 30 and July 31.
To some critics, the “draw” lends what should be serious proceedings meant to inform potential voters the air of a sporting event or game of chance.
- 7/9/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
NBC News’ “Meet the Press” and CBS News’ “Face The Nation” regularly compete for Sunday-morning audiences and scoops from politicos. But this past weekend they looked nothing like one another.
On NBC, President Donald Trump dominated the hour by sitting down for a taped interview with host Chuck Todd. Over at CBS, “Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan featured a talk with Senator Bernie Sanders, one of the leading Democratic candidates for president.
“The news cycle has to be split to a greater degree than it was before,” notes Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Covering politics in this moment, he says, means trying to help voters get to know more than 20 Democratic candidates, many of whom aren’t well known by the greater public, and then trying to keep an eye on the President. “It’s all just totally unprecedented,” he adds.
Since Donald Trump was...
On NBC, President Donald Trump dominated the hour by sitting down for a taped interview with host Chuck Todd. Over at CBS, “Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan featured a talk with Senator Bernie Sanders, one of the leading Democratic candidates for president.
“The news cycle has to be split to a greater degree than it was before,” notes Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Covering politics in this moment, he says, means trying to help voters get to know more than 20 Democratic candidates, many of whom aren’t well known by the greater public, and then trying to keep an eye on the President. “It’s all just totally unprecedented,” he adds.
Since Donald Trump was...
- 6/26/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Suzanne Scott sits atop the most watched operation in cable news, and easily the most controversial. She has managed to keep out of the spotlight during her long run at Fox News — viewers certainly know who Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson are, but not her. Yet her anonymity may no longer be possible.
Since ascending to CEO of the unit that manages Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network 11 months ago, Scott, 53, has presided over an organization that continues to be enveloped by a cyclone of criticism from detractors, who think Fox News functions as a propaganda machine for President Trump and his White House.
But Scott, like her late boss, Roger Ailes, who was forced out in 2016 amid a flood of sexual harassment allegations, is unapologetic about the channel’s primetime lineup of contentious right-wing hosts as she attempts to turn the page on an era of scandal and turmoil.
Since ascending to CEO of the unit that manages Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network 11 months ago, Scott, 53, has presided over an organization that continues to be enveloped by a cyclone of criticism from detractors, who think Fox News functions as a propaganda machine for President Trump and his White House.
But Scott, like her late boss, Roger Ailes, who was forced out in 2016 amid a flood of sexual harassment allegations, is unapologetic about the channel’s primetime lineup of contentious right-wing hosts as she attempts to turn the page on an era of scandal and turmoil.
- 4/2/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The dozens of Americans who have been thirsting for former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to take on President Trump in 2020 were treated to some good news Sunday night. The 65-year-old business executive said in an interview with 60 Minutes that he is preparing to mount a presidential campaign, one in which he would run as a “centrist independent, outside of the two-party system.” Schultz described himself as a “lifelong Democrat” in the same interview, but said he is fed up with how extreme both sides have grown, citing the ballooning national...
- 1/28/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding through the streets of Dallas in an open-topped motorcade. With wife Jackie Kennedy by his side, the 46-year-old president was struck by two bullets — one in the head and one in the neck. Former U.S. Marine Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the murder, and a presidential commission later found that the gunman had acted alone.
But that conclusion has hardly satisfied the public, with JFK’s assassination fueling conspiracy theories for decades to come.
On Thursday, nearly 54 years later, the government is expected to release thousands of long-blocked...
But that conclusion has hardly satisfied the public, with JFK’s assassination fueling conspiracy theories for decades to come.
On Thursday, nearly 54 years later, the government is expected to release thousands of long-blocked...
- 10/25/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Facing widespread criticism over his waffling on immigration this week, Donald Trump appeared on CNN on Thursday night to set the record straight - sort of. The Gop nominee shifted back to his usual hardline position on the issue, telling CNN's Anderson Cooper, "There is no path to legalization unless [undocumented immigrants] leave the country and come back." "When they come back in, then they can start paying taxes, but there is no path to legalization unless they leave the country and then come back," he added. "So if you haven't committed a crime and you've been here for 15 years, and you have a family here,...
- 8/26/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Now that Donald Trump has claimed a third straight commanding victory in Nevada on Tuesday, his path to the Republican nomination is all but assured, a thought that has scared the living daylights out of the party’s establishment leadership. Yet there’s still a way to stop Trump, if Gop voters and donors coalesce behind Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, at least according to Larry Sabato, election prognosticator and director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “It’s going to be difficult, but it’s not yet impossible,” Sabato told TheWrap. “He’s the only one with...
- 2/25/2016
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato joined a CNN panel on Wednesday minutes after former President Bill Clinton concluded his inauguration of New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio where he said that Clinton’s speech was an effort to reframe his presidency, and Hillary Clinton, as progressive. Sabato added that Hillary Clinton is genuinely concerned about a 2016 presidential primary challenge from her left.
- 1/1/2014
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Voters in Az-08 head to the poll tomorrow to vote in a special election to replace Gabrielle Giffords, the representative shot during a rampage in Tucson a little over one year ago.
The candidates are Ron Barber, Giffords' former aide, and Jesse Kelly, who lost to Giffords in 2010. Barber is closely associated with Giffords, and though she hasn't appeared in any of his ads or campaign literature, he has surely benefited from the overflow of goodwill extended toward Giffords post-tragedy. Kelly, meanwhile, has been assailed for his past positions advocating for the scaling back of Medicare, and has responded by trying to connect Barber to Obama and Pelosi. (Recall that Barber made a little uh-oh when asked if he supported Obama.)
Larry Sabato still has the race as a toss-up, which was where it was last anybody checked. However, on Monday Public Policy Polling suddenly showed Barber pulling ahead to a 12 point lead over Kelly.
The candidates are Ron Barber, Giffords' former aide, and Jesse Kelly, who lost to Giffords in 2010. Barber is closely associated with Giffords, and though she hasn't appeared in any of his ads or campaign literature, he has surely benefited from the overflow of goodwill extended toward Giffords post-tragedy. Kelly, meanwhile, has been assailed for his past positions advocating for the scaling back of Medicare, and has responded by trying to connect Barber to Obama and Pelosi. (Recall that Barber made a little uh-oh when asked if he supported Obama.)
Larry Sabato still has the race as a toss-up, which was where it was last anybody checked. However, on Monday Public Policy Polling suddenly showed Barber pulling ahead to a 12 point lead over Kelly.
- 6/11/2012
- by Evan McMurry
- Celebsology
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