Category: National Politics
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What is More Important than Who
Yesterday Talking Points Memo published a piece that quoted Senator Bernie Sanders decrying Identity politics.
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Movements and Moonshots
As I noted in my last post the blamestorm made it to Category 5 in record time this year. I think its fair to say that this will continue for a while. That’s not what this post is. See, I’ve written my fair share of denunciations of Democratic Party establishments, from the now defunct SCDP…
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An Embarrassment of Riches
What happened last night in Iowa was interesting and historic. For the first time in history, a woman has won the Iowa Caucus. That win is somewhat muted by the strong showing by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who some say could transform Democratic politics. I think its a little early to call that, but it…
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Breach and Overreach
Finally some drama in the race for the 2016 Democratic Presidential nomination! Thursday night it was revealed that the Bernie Sanders campaign viewed and possibly downloaded proprietary information from the Clinton campaign for about 40 minutes. This happened due to a mistake in an update pushed by DNC data vendor NGP Van. Sanders’ access to…
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Cameras are only part of the solution
16 shots. Chicago police released the video this week, after a year of legal wrangling, of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald. Over a year since the incident, the officer is facing first degree murder charges. According to police accounts, McDonald was a suspect in some auto burglaries in the area. The police also say…
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Populism alone won’t save Southern Democrats
Friday, the AP published an article pushing for more populism from Democratic candidates in Southern states to help revive the respective state party organizations. I agree that a more populist message would help motivate Democratic voters, and possibly move some swing voters our way, but the notion that populism alone is the answer is moronic.…