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The Progressive Candidate The Democratic Party Needs—Whether They Know It Or Not
Ro Khanna Is The Candidate Who Actually Believes In Something Yesterday, Phillip Bailey reported that even if Kamala decides to jump into...

Howie Klein
Aug 33 min read
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Kamala Harris Is Not The Future— From Inevitable To Unelectable
107 Days Of Losing: Form Without Fire We had some good news and some bad news regarding Kamala Harris this week. The good news: she’s not...

Howie Klein
Aug 14 min read
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Dems Hoping For A Rural Realignment Better Understand That Newsom Is A Blind Alley, Not A Bridge
When The Hair Gel Dries Up, Symbolism Over Substance Is A Newsom Problem You probably never heard of Brian Dahle. A state senator from...

Howie Klein
Jul 114 min read
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The Pretenders... 2028 GOP Wannabes Compete for Señor TACO’s Shadow— GOP Bench: All Talk, No Spine
Josh Hawley Raised a Fist… Then Waived a White Flag Anyone notice a pattern? If you go to the Wikipedia page for the 2028 presidential...

Howie Klein
Jul 84 min read
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Chris Murphy’s Evolution— And The Big Tests Ahead... Is This Guy The Best Option For President?
Longtime DWT Â readers know just who Chris Murphy is. In 2006 we helped the then-25 year old Murphy defeat powerful GOP incumbent Nancy...

Howie Klein
Jun 204 min read
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What Do Dems Have To Do To Start Winning Back The Working-Class Voters Who Have Strayed To The GOP?
Unions fought against this-- Democratic elites ignored them The Democratic Party’s connection to the working class was once unshakable....

Howie Klein
Jun 1010 min read
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Senator Chris Murphy And The Road To 2028... Both His And The Other Potential Democratic Nominees
AI's Predictions Are As Worthless As Pundits' Are This Early In The Race Chris Murphy (D-CT) turns 52 in August, young for a senator,...

Howie Klein
Jun 36 min read
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Kamala Harris Was Always A Really Bad Idea... But Now More Than Ever
There are 435 districts making up the House of Representatives. Because of Democratic abstentions in the 2024 election, Kamala Harris did...

Howie Klein
Apr 284 min read
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What Do Politicians Want? Something For Us— Or Something For Themselves?
A Little Look At JB Pritzker And Mike Lawler Do you see aa president here? On Sunday, while Mike Lawler suffered through a raucous town...

Howie Klein
Apr 285 min read
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The Synthetic Charm Of Gavin Newsom: A Career Built On Optics, Not Conviction
A Party Critic— From Inside the Velvet Rope I’ve met a lot of politicians in my life— some decent, some detestable, most somewhere in the...

Howie Klein
Apr 234 min read
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Is The Democratic Party Cool Enough— And Wise Enough— To Nominate AOC For the Presidency in 2028?
Yale’s spring polling was released today and they found that a plurality of Democrats (and Democratic-leaning independents) would vote...

Howie Klein
Apr 215 min read
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Am I Wrong About Chris Murphy— Or Does He Need To Be More Like David Byrne And Volodymyr Zelenskyy?
How About Beyoncé, Jacinda Ardern Or Winston Churchill? I made my career in the music business where I learned what charisma was. When I...

Howie Klein
Apr 115 min read
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Is Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy The One? He's Not Bernie... But At Least He Isn't Gavin Newsom
ProgressivePunch isn’t the flawless measurement of congressional progressivism… but it’s closer to perfect than any other measurement...

Howie Klein
Apr 29 min read
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Gavin Newsom Isn't Really "Old And Out Of Touch"— Just Out Of Touch The Way Chuck Schumer Is
Granted, when Gavin Newsom set out to make a national name for himself— by performing a same sex marriage on the steps of San Francisco’s...

Howie Klein
Mar 248 min read
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Bernie's Right: Schumer's Corruption Proves Our Constitutional Problem Won't Be Solved In DC
"Not Me; Us... That Is the Only Way Forward" Yesterday, we speculated on whether Democrats could win back Gen Z voters who have...

Howie Klein
Mar 166 min read
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Democrats Need To Speak Up Loudly About Trump's Crypto-Corruption... The Way Chris Murphy Is
I’ve known Chris Murphy for 2 decades, since he was in the Connecticut legislature. He was never a radical or an extremist, always pretty...

Howie Klein
Mar 96 min read
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Will Americans Rise To The Challenge In Time For The 2026 Midterms? Or Will That Be Too Late?
A Case For Chris Murphy Chris Murphy wrote that last week, Senate Republicans forced the Democrats “to debate their billionaire bailout...

Howie Klein
Feb 236 min read
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer At The Rubicon— To Sign Or Not To Sign
Are you thinking about which Democrat will take on the MAGA presidential candidate in 2028? It’s not too early for Erica Payne, founder...

Howie Klein
Feb 183 min read
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Chris Murphy vs. the Billionaire Class— Is He for Real This Time?
I had high hopes for state Senator Chris Murphy when he first ran for Congress in 2006 against mainstream conservative Nancy Johnson in...

Howie Klein
Feb 154 min read
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MAGA Voters Deserve All The Horrors Trump & Musk Will Inflict On Them—But What About The Rest Of Us!
Democrats Need More Aggressive Leaders In Congress Yesterday, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy e-mailed his followers that “This week a...

Howie Klein
Feb 138 min read
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