MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell has been downplaying the prospect of Donald Trump supporters having a profoundly irrational reaction to the Republican Presidential candidate’s likely defeat on November 8. I don’t necessarily gainsay O’Donnell’s overall point–that most Trump supporters will return to their lives, disappointed in the election outcome but determined to take their kids to sports […]
Barack Obama
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Borrower Defense to Repayment Regulations: The Obama Administration’s Greatest Higher Education Legacy?
“Borrower defense to repayment regulations” is new and incredibly important.
Posted inPolitical Animal
President Obama’s Long-Term Strategy to Change Red to Blue
It’s about more than cutting anti-Trump ads.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
When Hillary Is a Better Politician than Barack Obama and Bill Clinton
She can debate with the best of them.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
Why Trump is Bringing Obama’s Half-Brother to the Debate
It may seem bizarre, but there’s a (far-right) logic to it.
Posted inPolitical Animal
President Obama’s Legacy Will Unfold Long After He’s Out of Office
His version of change builds on itself.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Deplorable Behavior
It’s not going to happen Wednesday, either. Joe Romm of Climate Progress noted last week that if Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz failed to introduce a specific question about climate change at the Clinton-Trump II debate, the question would never be brought up in Clinton-Trump III: We’ve had two debates where the moderators ignored the […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
Course Correction for the Climate Movement
Were Donald Trump to win the Presidency on November 8, it would represent a deathblow to the climate movement: it would be impossible to make any further progress on reducing carbon pollution if the chief executive officer of the United States happened to be a man who sabotaged the Paris climate agreement and appointed vehement […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
When Hurricanes Hit, Good Government Is Critical
How a president handles a storm can define their legacy.
