Cutting the deficit hasn’t dominated our politics but historically high levels may force the party to deal with budgetary trade-offs. Obama and Clinton offer lessons.
Ross Perot
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Don’t Laugh: Elon Musk Could Pull Off a Third Party
Ross Perot came close to upending America’s two-party system. If the Tesla billionaire learns from the Texan’s mistakes, watch out.
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After the Trump Verdict: This Week’s Presidential Contest Polls Mean Little to Nothing
The record is clear: Early June polls usually have been way off the mark for the last 44 years.
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Even More Reasons to Leave RFK Jr. Out of National Polls
Plus, inside Day 12 of the Trump trial and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s failed attempt to oust the Speaker of the House—all in the May 9, 2024 newsletter.
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Memo to Pollsters: Stop Including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
And Cornel West and No Labels, too, until they have proven their viability by getting on more state ballots
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The Trouble with Polling Third-Parties
Sure, third-party candidates have decided any number of contests—including presidential races—but experts are stymied by gauging how these potential spoilers will do come Election Day.
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Andrew Yang’s Road Not Taken
If the puckish former presidential candidate wants to own the libs or stay semi-famous, there was a better way to go.
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The Crocodile Tears of Neoconservatives
They are feeling uprooted from the GOP in the face of white nationalism, but their moral failures opened the door for Trump’s takeover.
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A Place Called Hope
It was the moment that we began to make America great again. No, not one year ago next Wednesday, when Putin’s plaything seized control of the White House. The moment when America became better occurred twenty-five years ago this week, when Bill Clinton liberated the White House from a dozen years of Republican control. I […]
