Joementum

English Etymology en politics :blend Joe<id:Joseph> momentum<id:physics> 1 1 1, after Q6279 1 and Q160157 1. Noun - en US politics rare A wave of enthusiasm for the 2004 presidential campaign of Q160157 1 en Christine Barbour Matthew J. Streb 2007 Clued in to Politics: a Critical Thinking Reader in American Government Washington, D.C. w:CQ Press https://archive.org/details/cluedintopolitic0000barb/ 307 https://archive.org/details/cluedintopolitic0000barb/page/307/mode/1up 9780872894419 But this is a long-term vision. A Congress made up of people-powered candidates will have to wait. In the short term, we have to work with the lobbyist-powered candidates we're stuck with in DC. And while we may pick a few off here and there (I'm looking at you, Joementum), it'll be a while before we can get good people-powered candidates into Congress. en Ana Radelat 'Joementum' slows as Dems criticize Lieberman as possible FBI choice Hartford Business Journal https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/joementum-slows-as-dems-criticize-lieberman-as-possible-fbi-choice/ https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20260730160746/https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/joementum-slows-as-dems-criticize-lieberman-as-possible-fbi-choice/ 30 July 2026 22 May 2017 Article title: Joementum slows as Dems criticize Lieberman as possible FBI choice 1 30 July 2026 en US politics rare A wave of enthusiasm for the 2020 or 2024 presidential campaigns of Q6279 1. David Smith Biden sweeps with 'Joementum' – but Sanders shows he isn't done yet https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/04/joe-biden-bernie-sanders-democratic-race-future-super-tuesday https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ernDK 30 July 2026 4 March 2020 But for now, Biden, 77, has the most important political superpower: momentum (or "Joementum", as his campaign calls it). Isabella Grullón Paz Matt Stevens Joe Biden's 2020 Presidential Campaign: How He Got Here https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/joe-biden-2020-presidential-campaign.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/eiiKg 30 July 2026 8 April 2020 The "Joementum" spilled into another important Tuesday, as Mr. Biden took command of the race, notching victories in Missouri, Mississippi and Michigan — the biggest prize of the night — in quick succession. en Scott Dworkin Joementum Has Arrived and It's Propelling Democrats to Victory w:Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/joementum-has-arrived-its-propelling-democrats-victory-opinion-1737346 https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20260730150713/https://www.newsweek.com/joementum-has-arrived-its-propelling-democrats-victory-opinion-1737346 30 July 2026 26 August 2022 0028-9604 818916146 New York, N.Y. w:Newsweek Publishing LLC It's time to call this what it is: Joementum. 30 July 2026 en w:Alex Marlow 2023 Breaking Biden: Exposing the Hidden Forces and Secret Money Machine Behind Joe Biden, His Family, and His Administration New York, N.Y.;London; Toronto, Ont.; Sydney, NSW; New Delhi w:Threshold Editions https://archive.org/details/breakingbidenexp0000marl/ 15 https://archive.org/details/breakingbidenexp0000marl/page/15/mode/1up 9781668023006 Yet this first presidential run was not without its silver linings. The most important of which is that had this 1988 presidential bid ever developed any "Joementum," he probably would be dead. en eponyms