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‘You can certainly see how he could win’: Why Trump isn’t done yet Retain the Sun Belt and hold Pennsylvania: That, in a nutshell, is Trump's narrow path to four more years. ....... Trump himself has predicted that the election ultimately “will end up in the Supreme Court.”  ......  "Even though the national numbers are much worse than where we were against Hillary at this point, the battleground numbers are virtually the same," a Trump campaign adviser said.

‘She Kind of Reminds You of Margaret Thatcher’: Liz Cheney Prepares To Make Her Move Could the daughter of one of the more reviled leaders in recent GOP history become the face of the party as soon as next year?   

Warren will make case to be Biden's Treasury secretary Warren's move could set up a marquee fight over what will be one of the most consequential Cabinet roles in a Biden administration. .............  the job is appealing because it is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to enact some of the “big structural change” she talked about during the presidential primary, rather than just pressuring Cabinet officials from her Senate perch. Much of her life’s work has revolved around the intricate rules and levers of power in the executive branch. ............ if Warren does not get the Treasury spot, she would likely want to stay in the Senate and push for a seat on the chamber’s influential Finance Committee, which oversees the agency. ........... “I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a .400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody,” James Carville said during Bill Clinton’s presidency.  

Biden is already forming a government. Here's what his Cabinet could look like. An array of officials, from progressives like Elizabeth Warren to establishment types like Susan Rice, are seen as likely for key posts...........  he has pledged would be “the most progressive administration since FDR.” ............  Think Susan Rice, but also Elizabeth Warren. Pete Buttigieg, but also Karen Bass. ........... It did not go unnoticed when Biden in April called corporate America “greedy as hell.” He has also proposed raising the corporate tax rate. ......... It’s totally about what do you do with the incredible hollowing out that Trump has done ... so many of the agencies just are empty, the career people have left. ........... One name often mentioned as a potential secretary of State is Rice, who was Obama’s national security adviser .............  “When [Biden] shows up on the first day, he’s not going to need to be told where the Situation Room is. He’s been in the Situation Room for hundreds of hours. So he’s going to come in as … the most experienced and qualified person in terms of federal experience of anybody in the history of the country.” ............ The prospects of Biden’s legislative agenda would rest heavily on whether Democrats win the Senate. ...........  Biden signaled an openness to ending the 60-vote filibuster rule, a practice President Barack Obama recently called a “Jim Crow relic.” “The filibuster is gone,” said Harry Reid, the influential former Senate majority leader and a friend of Biden. “It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when it’s going to go … Next year at this time, it will be gone.” ...........  it is not Biden "moving to the left," but "Biden, and all of us around him, recognizing this is going to be a very consequential presidency." ................ Roosevelt initially “was certainly not thought of as somebody on the left.” At first, he placed trust in the nation’s financial institutions, pursuing a working relationship with both populists and business interests early in his administration. It was only after businesses balked and the relationship deteriorated that Roosevelt changed course. Then and now, Reich sad, “America was ready and willing and eager to try almost anything.”