republicans are hoping this could give them a shot to regain political power in a state where they re outnumbered by democrats 2:1. steve kornacki is at the big board. what are you watching for in this final week? take you through here again just to backdrop in california we all know in extremely democratic state in 2018, when gavin newsom was elected governor, here were the results, a 24-point victory for gavin newsom over his republican opponent then in the 2020 presidential election, joe biden beat donald trump in california by 29 points. you got to go back all the way to 1988 to find a republican presidential candidate who won california, bush sr. in 88 or came within ten points in california so that s how blue california is, that s the backdrop for this. the polling in the early part of this summer, mid part of this summer was suggesting this was a competitive recall election and the more recent polling in the
that president obama had given her, which to many observers seemed rather cheeky. they re pretty much always messages, so i think the brooch she s wearing is a jardine brooch, we think she wore it when she met president bush sr. for the first time. we know she was a big fan of president bush as she was of president reagan, so i think it s a compliment. absolutely. katty, given your across the pond ability to keep an eye on things in your bbc role and for america as well, tell us what you think in terms of what this means for the bidens and the brits. is this something that britons in general want to keep perpetuating, this special relationship between the queen
Bush Presidential Museum still in pandemic-forced closure, no date set to reopen
Museum employees await green light from NARA
Source: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum Facebook
and last updated 2021-01-18 11:20:37-05
COLLEGE STATION, TX â Since Mar. 13, 2020, not a soul has passed through the rotunda of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Museum located on Texas A&Mâs campus, save for a few staff members keeping the property secure and clean.
âWe fall under the administration of the National Archives and Records Administration [NARA] in Washington, D.C., so we are kind of in the same boat as the other 14 presidential libraries, explained David Anaya, spokesperson for the Bush library and museum. [NARA] are looking at every library individually, and theyâre looking at the local infection rates.â
can you president bush sr. he s been a very reluctant general in the need to go to war. other say the opposite. the fact that he opposed the president and drawing down the troops is that he was. history leaves that an open question. i think that mattis has set himself said the iraq and syria conflicts are long and complicated. there s a lot of moving parts. he probably did the best he could. going back to the political ramifications in his book. as much as people want to use what mattis said about the president and what they think he might privately think about the president against president trump in this uncoming election, they can also use that same type of argument and criticisms
so, that s the sports tradition in philadelphia. what about the political tradition in philadelphia, in pennsylvania? well, we re talking about the significance for 2020. you all know the big story here. pennsylvania, election night 2016, by a margin of 44,000 votes, donald trump won this state, didn t just win this state, this is one of those states that he flipped. they were talking about the blue wall, democrats were, heading into election 2016. states like pennsylvania, michigan, as well, wisconsin, we re going all the way back to the 90s, the 80s. democrats had been winning. in pennsylvania, you had to go back to 88 to find the last republican victory, bush sr., but then trump pulled it off by a fraction of a point in 2016. you know it, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. can trump do in 2020 what he did in 2016? big question that hovers over this entire election. where does he stand right now? in pennsylvania, here s the most recent head to head polling. from a couple weeks ago