Suburban voters turning away from Trump are giving Democrats their shot at reclaiming the House.
Democrats
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The Future is All About Fusion Politics
As Republicans cement themselves as the “White People Party,” Democrats need to make room for everyone else.
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A Reminder of the Recent Past From a Member of the DNC
The former mayor of Minneapolis just gave a stirring defense of Hillary Clinton.
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Does Sanders Prove that the Left Is Coming Back?
Or would it have happened with or without him?
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What Democrats Can Learn From the 2016 Presidential Primary
The New Republic has a fascinating discussion up today that they’ve titled The Split: 19 Reasons the Democrats Will Remain Divided—and What it Means for the Party’s Future. They’ve collected the thoughts of 23 leading historians, political scientists, pollsters, artists, and activists on the topic. I was initially a bit disappointed that the editors showed their […]
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What’s the Matter with the Left?
Thomas Frank’s factually un-rigorous assault on the Clinton and Obama administrations.
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A Party That Works
Democrats are unifying behind Hillary. Will Republicans take the same path?
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The Big Split Among Democrats is by Age, not Race
The latest polling out of California shows some eye-popping numbers in the Democratic primary race. Standard analysis of the primary battle is that Clinton performs well among women and minorities, while Sanders support is confined to white men and college students. But that’s not really the case. The truth is that there is a stunning […]
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President Obama Takes on the Role of Explainer-in-Chief
Perhaps there is something about being a former president or an almost-former president that provides you with a particular perspective. I wondered about that when I watched President Obama’s speech in Elkhart, Indiana yesterday. He sounded an awful lot like the “explainer-in-chief” that Bill Clinton became at the 2012 Democratic Convention. I guess it shouldn’t […]
