More than anyone else, former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick would bring much more harmony to Republicans than to the masses should he formally announce a 2020 presidential candidacy. And more so than Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Patrick is still today's marquee progressive. A gift for the GOP.
Patrick recently told a Kansas City public radio station that a presidential run is "on my radar screen." He was in Missouri for an event whimsically billed "An Evening with Deval Patrick: Reinvesting in America." There, a panel discussion waxed on today's "political moment." To wax off these days of discord (certainly and entirely President Donald Trump's fault) Patrick believes we need to "model an alternative."
U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-Nevada) said in a speech that Anthony Kennedy will retire from the U.S. Supreme Court sometime this summer.
Kennedy, 80, is a swing vote on the court. He forms part of a current 5-4 majority of justices in favor of abortion and same-sex marriage, among other matters. If he leaves the court, it would give President Donald Trump opportunity to nominate a replacement who might swing the majority the other way.
