There are 31 article(s) tagged Joe Biden:

• January 2021

  • At Celtic Crossing, they’ll celebrate a hometown hero on Inauguration Day

    Celtic Crossing hosts a party on Jan. 20 to raise a pint to the new president, one a little town in Ireland claims as its own.

    By Jennifer Biggs January 14, 2021

  • Sanford: At this swearing-in, unity is missing, replaced by anxiety

    On Jan. 20, 2009, there was remarkable unity and mutual respect among those in an inauguration crowd estimated at 1.8 million. Now, 12 years later, Jan. 20 promises to be a day of anticipation mixed with anxiety.

    By Otis Sanford January 14, 2021

  • Opinion: Cries of election fraud are less about facts, more about race

    At the heart of claims by Trump and his horde of conspiracy theorists is that it was statistically and historically impossible for Trump to lose the election, other than through fraud. How could they believe such grand-scale treachery occurred? The answer, sadly, is rooted in race. 

    By Otis Sanford January 07, 2021

• November 2020

  • Regime change could benefit Memphis economy

    A Democrat in the White House and divided control of Congress may be good for the city: relaxed trade and immigration policies, more stimulus spending, status quo on taxes.

    By Wayne Risher November 16, 2020

  • Opinion: Black men supporting Trump chose policy over character

    One of the major side stories to the 2020 presidential election is the noticeable shift of more African American men to Trump and his brand of politics.

    By Otis Sanford November 12, 2020

  • President-elect Joe Biden calls for unity

    “I sought this office to restore the soul of America,” 77-year-old Biden said in a Saturday night victory speech not far from his Delaware home.

    By The Associated Press November 07, 2020

  • Biden says he’s prepping for White House

    While neither presidential candidate has reached the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the White House, Joe Biden is on the verge and told Americans in a Friday night address that he and running mate Kamala Harris are taking meetings on assuming leadership.

    By The Associated Press November 06, 2020

  • Biden expresses optimism as vote count continues

    The fate of the presidency hangs in the balance as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fight for the last handful of battleground states.

    By The Associated Press November 04, 2020

  • In a year of uncertainty, presidential outcome fits the pattern

    Millions of voters put aside worries about the virus — and some long lines — to turn out in person, joining 102 million fellow Americans who voted days or weeks earlier, a record number that represented 73% of the total vote in the 2016 presidential election.

    By Don Wade, Bill Dries November 04, 2020

  • Opinion: Tennessee feels rural/urban divide

    The Trump presidency has accelerated preexisting rural/urban divides and Tennessee, while not a “battleground” state, is one of the states where those divisions are most deeply felt.

    By Chris Herrington November 04, 2020

• August 2020

  • Akbari to give keynote speech at Democratic National Convention

    State Sen. Raumesh Akbari will give a keynote speech Tuesday, Aug. 18, with 16 other “rising stars” at the Democratic National Convention.

    By Sam Stockard August 17, 2020

  • Sanford: Biden’s bet on Harris is backed by the numbers

    Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is counting on his choice of running mate Kamala Harris to bring in new and reenergized voters in key battleground states.

    By Otis Sanford August 12, 2020

• May 2020

  • Nelson: Who casts Tennessee’s electoral votes, and why it matters now

    “Faithless electors” – those who were elected to support the nominee of their party, then voted for someone else – have been rare. In the 13 presidential elections from 1964 to 2012 there were six. But in 2016 alone, there were seven faithless electors. 

    By Michael Nelson May 04, 2020

• March 2020

  • Conaway: The reality of old white men

    A collection of old white men may sound like a Cabinet meeting in Washington or a Senate vote, but it was just another Tuesday and the regular meeting of my “and I’ll tell you another damn thing” lunch group.

    By Dan Conaway March 20, 2020

  • Strickland joins Biden camp

    Mayor Jim Strickland is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential race.

    By Bill Dries March 10, 2020

  • Local Democratic Party chairman questions Bloomberg’s message

    Michael Harris and party Democratic Party Vice Chair Sarah Beth Larson also talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about Saturday’s local Democratic convention, the first of two steps to select delegates to this summer's Democratic National Convention. 

    By Bill Dries March 06, 2020

  • Sanford: Black voters bring Uncle Joe back

    Voters are yearning to be free – of the nutty, crude and corrupt. They want moderation in our national politics, and a center-left leader at the helm of the executive branch whom everyone knows and a majority of Americans trust.

    By Otis Sanford March 06, 2020

  • Super Tuesday follows pattern: Low turnout compared to general election

    Memphians likely got their closest view of the presidential campaigns in the lead-up to Super Tuesday. The state isn't considered a battleground state in the general election.

    By Bill Dries March 04, 2020

  • Biden takes state and Shelby County in strong showing

    Biden won big in the county and across the state with Bloomberg betting big on Super Tuesday as his entry point to the Democratic nomination. Bloomberg's early organization in Memphis proved no match for Biden's post-South Carolina momentum.

    By Bill Dries, Omer Yusuf March 04, 2020

  • Nelson: What comes after Super Tuesday? Weird Wednesday

    And in the race for Shelby County General Sessions Court clerk, candidates with experience relevant to the job but names unknown to the voters lost the usual game of local musical-chairs politics. Joe Brown, the Democrat. Paul Boyd, the Republican. These guys again? 

    By Michael Nelson March 04, 2020

• February 2020

  • Democratic presidential camps emerge to boost early voting

    The first numbers from the start of early voting are strong and much higher than the same point in early voting four years ago. 

    By Bill Dries February 14, 2020

  • Democratic presidential contenders look toward Tennessee

    The morning after the Iowa Democratic caucuses, the presidential contenders were waiting on delayed results but were also making campaign moves in March Super Tuesday primary states including Tennessee. 

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2020

• January 2020

  • Nelson: We know who’s going to win the Tennessee primary. But we’re probably wrong.

    You can find FiveThirtyEight.com predictions more than a month in advance of the Tennessee primary and nearly two weeks before votes are cast in the Iowa caucuses. How much faith should we have in these forecasts? Not a whole lot.

    By Michael Nelson January 21, 2020

• December 2019

  • Local Biden supporters court undecideds in city’s Democratic base

    Biden partisans locally are pushing the narrative that the former vice president is the only Democrat in a large pack of contenders who can beat President Donald Trump in the November general election.

    By Bill Dries December 11, 2019

• November 2019

  • Nelson: Biden’s strangely valid point about Tennessee’s two President Andrews

    In addition to both being Andrews from Tennessee, Jackson and Johnson were among the earliest presidents to be the targets of assassination plots.

    By Michael Nelson November 19, 2019