Morning Jolt: Florida Democrats Want to Cancel Their Presidential Primary

On the menu today: We have made it to the last month of 2023. In one of the more baffling and likely self-destructive moves of the 2024 presidential cycle, the Florida Democratic Party has decided it just doesn't need to hold a presidential primary this year. Now, Marianne Williamson and Dean Phillips aren't exactly political goliaths, but in a cycle where one of the Democratic messages is that your vote for the wrong candidate is a potential threat to American democracy — pause for irony — there's something spectacularly perfect about a state party concluding that the only way to preserve democracy is to cancel an expected primary election. Meanwhile, Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign has, so far, not worked out as he and his biggest supporters hoped. Am I supposed to pretend that hasn't happened in order to make you feel better?

Florida Democrats Make a Strange Move

You can argue, accurately, that barring some unexpected health issue, President Joe Biden is just about certain ...

TODAY'S MORNING JOLT WITH JIM GERAGHTY IS PRESENTED BY

WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 01 2023 WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 01 2023 Florida Democrats Want to Cancel Their Presidential Primary On the menu today: We have made it to the last month of 2023. In one of the more baffling and likely self-destructive moves of the 2024 presidential cycle, the Florida Democratic Party has decided it just doesn't need to hold a presidential primary this year. Now, Marianne Williamson and Dean Phillips aren't exactly political goliaths, but in a cycle where one of the Democratic messages is that your vote for the wrong candidate is a potential threat to American democracy — pause for irony — there's something spectacularly perfect about a state party concluding that the only way to preserve democracy is to cancel an expected primary election. Meanwhile, Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign has, so far, not worked out as he and his biggest supporters hoped. Am I supposed to pretend that hasn't happened in order to make you feel better? Florida Democrats Make a Strange Move You can argue, accurately, that barring some unexpected health issue, President Joe Biden is just about certain ...   READ MORE

ADVERTISEMENT "Dirk Pitt is oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones."* Intrepid adventurer Dirk Pitt follows clues from Paris to the Irish Sea to the Caribbean, all in pursuit of a treasure that will save the world from catastrophe. Don't miss the latest in the New York Times bestselling series created by the grand master of adventure, Clive Cussler. *Associated Press Learn more. Trending on National Review 1. Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom Give America a Real Debate 2. No Exit Strategy: Ukraine Edition 3. The New Car 'Kill Switch' Should Have Been DOA Top Stories Jennifer Huddleston Elizabeth Warren's Monopoly Claims Are a Bunch of Baloney ... Rich Lowry No, Henry Kissinger Was Not a War Criminal Henry Kissinger has a complicated legacy, understandably for someone so influential for so long, but he's not ... NEWS Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court, Dies at 93 O'Connor was appointed to the high court in 1981 by Ronald Reagan and served until her retirement in 2006. Armond White The Resurrection of Paul Vecchiali "The Strangler" makes us appreciate of how playful and poetic movies can be. The murder-mystery plot goes beyond ... Being Too Christian Isn't Candace Owens's Problem | National Review ...

ADVERTISEMENT

PODCASTS

Kissinger A Worldview Goes a Long Way

VIDEO

The Proposed Ireland Hate... Rothman: The Hamas...

NRPLUS ARTICLES

Jewish High Schoolers Abandon Ivy... Elizabeth Warren's Monopoly Claims...

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.