{"id":41705,"date":"2020-03-16T01:13:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T01:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=41705"},"modified":"2020-03-16T01:13:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T01:13:11","slug":"here-is-the-face-of-a-kingmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=41705","title":{"rendered":"Here is the face of a kingmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23JamesClyburn%20%23JoeBiden%20%23AfricanAmericanvoters&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clyburn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41706\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clyburn-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clyburn-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clyburn-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clyburn.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let me stipulate that I am going to offer an observation in this blog post with some trepidation, given the accusations that the current president seeks to govern like a monarch.<\/p>\n<p>So, here goes &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The face you see in the accompanying picture is that of a man who should be pictured in the dictionary next to the term <em>&#8220;kingmaker.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He is U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat. How does he emerge as a kingmaker? Well, on the eve of the South Carolina Democratic Party presidential primary this month, he endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden&#8217;s bid for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>What was the result? Clyburn energized the African-American voters in his state; Biden rode that energy to a smashing victory over Sen. Bernie Sanders. What&#8217;s more the momentum that Biden gained from that victory &#8212; given that he had underperformed so miserably in the nation&#8217;s first four primary\/caucus states &#8212; has propelled him from near political death to likely nomination to be the next president of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The former VP has parlayed Rep. Clyburn&#8217;s endorsement into arguably the most stunning political comeback any of us have ever witnessed.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what Joe Biden has in mind with regard filling key posts should he be elected president this fall over Donald John Trump. My advice to a President-elect Biden would be this: Appoint James &#8220;The Kingmaker&#8221; Clyburn to any position he wants.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23JamesClyburn%20%23JoeBiden%20%23AfricanAmericanvoters&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me stipulate that I am going to offer an observation in this blog post with some trepidation, given the accusations that the current president seeks to govern like a monarch. 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