A common enemy could be key in cutting through political polarization.
Democratic Party
Posted inPolitical Animal
Why the Democrats Need to Act Like Republicans
No more ‘when they go low, we go high.’
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Government Shutdown Battlefield
Despite potential painful concessions, Democrats can win a government shutdown fight.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
The Fate of Democrats Lies with Trump
The party’s success (or lack thereof) in 2018 will largely be rooted in the favorability ratings of Trump and his party.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Alabama Proves Base Mobilization Isn’t Enough
Getting out the base helped Doug Jones win, but it wouldn’t have won a single extra congressional seat for the Democrats.
Posted inPolitical Animal
No One’s Out to Get Al Franken
So, can we finally knock it off with suggestions that Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) was the victim of a right-wing hit job? If Franken legitimately believed that the allegations against him were either completely fictional or somewhat exaggerated, he would have immediately said so. It beggars belief that Franken, who went through legal hell in […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
Why the Democrats Need to Care About Rural Voters
A truly successful left-wing party in this country has to have more geographic and cultural depth than the Democrats have right now.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Is All out of Hope
They invested in Trump and they’re sticking with him even after they’ve stopped believing his promises.
Posted inPolitical Animal
A Realignment That’s a Year Late
Last year’s best-case scenario finally came true last night.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Ed Gillespie Spits on Heather Heyer’s Grave
Has he put out an ad tying Ralph Northam to Sayfullo Saipov yet? After this Tuesday, win or lose, Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie will go down in history as one of the worst race-baiting American politicians of the early-21st century, a George Wallace for the emoji age. Gillespie’s white-is-right campaign is, shall we […]
