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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017) |
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Meet the Press interviews for 2026 races
(Margaret Brennan interviewing candidates for 2026 races)
(Click for external website)
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from Meet the Press interviews for 2026 races (number of quotes indicated):
- Cory Booker (2) New Jersey Mayor of Newark; N.J. Senator
- J.B. Pritzker (3) Illinois Democratic Illinois Governor
- Lindsey Graham (1) South Carolina S.C. Senator; Republican Presidential candidate
- Marco Rubio (1) FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate
- Markwayne Mullin (3) Republican U.S. Rep Oklahoma-2
- Tim Walz (2) Minnesota DFL Governor & V.P. nominee
- Tom Cotton (1) Republican (Senate run 2014) U.S. Rep Arkansas-4
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We excerpt the Sunday pundit shows as candidates prepare for the 2026 Senate and Gubernatorial races.
Currently, five separate "talking head" programs appear on five different TV stations every Sunday morning.
OnTheIssues.org excerpts all five of the shows, listed below, with their respective interviewing pundits and each pundit's political affiliation:
- ABC This Week: 9 AM - 10 AM EST: (George Stephanopoulos, Martha Raddatz, and Jonathan Karl; liberal)
- CNN "State of the Union": 9 AM - 1 PM EST: (Dana Bash & Jake Tapper; moderate liberal)
- Fox News Sunday: 9 AM EST; plus other FOX pundit shows: (Shannon Bream & Sean Hannity; conservative)
- NBC Meet the Press: 9 AM EST; rebroadcast 4 AM Monday: (Kristen Welker; moderate)
- CBS Face the Nation: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST(Margaret Brennan; moderate)
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Citations:
- On Trump Administation (State Dept.): Meet the Press - January 4, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, interview by Kristen Welker, (Link)
- On 2026 Arkansas Senate race: Meet the Press - December 7, 2025, "Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)", interview by Kristen Welker, (Link)
- On 2026 Minnesota Gubernatorial race: Meet the Press - November 30, 2025, "Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.)", interview by Kristen Welker, (Link)
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Civil Rights
J.B. Pritzker: Lengthened hours of early voting, have mail balloting.
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Drugs
Tom Cotton: Drug smugglers are valid targets, even if on wrecked boats.
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Foreign Policy
Markwayne Mullin: If being in NATO isn't in our best interest we should relook.
J.B. Pritzker: Israel needs to ensure food assistance to innocent Gazans.
Marco Rubio: We're not at war with Venezuela; just with drug cartels.
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Free Trade
Cory Booker: Unequivocally condemn the Trump tariffs, there's no strategy.
Markwayne Mullin: We have been subsidizing the Canadian economy by billions.
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Homeland Security
Cory Booker: Trump seeks personal political loyalty from military.
Markwayne Mullin: Record numbers of new recruits since Trump's in office.
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Immigration
Tim Walz: We need to have comprehensive immigration reform.
Lindsey Graham: Introduced bill to end birthright citizenship years ago.
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Principles & Values
J.B. Pritzker: Being a billionaire doesn't determine your values.
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Welfare & Poverty
Tim Walz: COVID fraud: jail the criminals; don't target the community.
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Click for quotations from other sources by:
- Cory Booker New Jersey Mayor of Newark; N.J. Senator
- J.B. Pritzker Illinois Democratic Illinois Governor
- Lindsey Graham South Carolina S.C. Senator; Republican Presidential candidate
- Marco Rubio FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate
- Markwayne Mullin Republican Jr Senator Oklahoma
- Tim Walz Minnesota DFL Governor & V.P. nominee
- Tom Cotton Republican Jr Senator Arkansas
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The above quotations are from Meet the Press interviews for 2026 races
(Margaret Brennan interviewing candidates for 2026 races).
Related interviews from Sunday morning talk shows:
2025-2026 Sunday pundit shows (2026 primaries; 2024 presidential primarIes; and 2024-25 gubernatorial races):
2021-2023 Sunday pundit shows (events and gubernatorial races):
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