There’s something insidious about making promises you can’t keep.
2020 Democratic primary
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Our Future Will Be Shaped By the Outcome of the Iowa Caucuses
There is no clear frontrunner in the race, but the final results will dramatically influence the media coverage of the campaign for the presidency.
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Republicans Are Trying to Interfere in the 2020 Democratic Primary
They are demonstrating that they fear a Biden candidacy.
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In the Democratic Primary, Delegate Counts Start to Matter on Super Tuesday
We are a little over a month away from learning how this race will play out.
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Who, Exactly, Makes Up the Democratic Base?
Pundits can’t seem to figure it out. It’s because they’re using the wrong criteria.
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Why the Progressive Message Isn’t Resonating With Older African Americans
They want a president who will get things back to where they were in 2016, not 1950.
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Michael Bloomberg Will Be the Elephant at the Democratic Debate
At the last Democratic debate before Iowa, we’ll see jousting among the progressive and moderate wings, as they compete to be the alternative to Bloombergism.
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Are Democrats Trying to Self-Destruct?
If they want to beat Trump, they can’t box themselves in.
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The Policies Democrats Need to Unite the Party
Unless a 2020 candidate can bridge the gap between liberals and moderates, Trump will win.
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The U.S. Cannot Finance Medicare for All
It doesn’t matter how much Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren would raise taxes.
