DelBene Is Certainly Not Going To Fix The DCCC— Will Jeffries Appoint Someone Who Even Wants To?
It Starts With Strong Recruiting, Not With Corrupt Blue Dogs This cycle, the DCCC re-recruited two of its worst 2022 candidates,...
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Howie Klein
Nov 308 min read
There Is A Path To Democratic Party Redemption— But Not Through The Neoliberalism That Wrecked It
Almost As Bad As Rahm As DNC Chair Would Be Ritchie Torres As DCCC Chair I have a strong stomach. Even when I was going through chemo and...
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Howie Klein
Nov 293 min read
The Last Uncalled Race— Who You Rooting For? The Corrupt Blue Dog Or The Faux-Moderate Republican?
Both CA-13 Candidates Are Putrid CA-13 came into existence after the 2020 census in time for the 2022 midterms. There was no incumbent in...
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Howie Klein
Nov 144 min read
Would The Democrats Control The House Now If The DCCC Didn’t Keep Supporting Corrupt Conservatives?
This year, the DCCC had the worst roster of candidates I’ve ever seen. Their red-to-blue program was absolutely putrid— and most of them...
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Howie Klein
Nov 911 min read
State Of The House— No One Knows Which Party Will Prevail Yet
What Went Wrong In New York And New Jersey? The partisan split in the House is going to be incredibly close. MAGA Mike will probably have...
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Howie Klein
Nov 65 min read
You Can’t Blame The Congressional Debacle On Poor Candidate Quality Alone
Oh, the DCCC roster was the worst I’ve ever seen— and many of the incumbents looking most likely to lose their seats are among the worst...
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Howie Klein
Oct 2214 min read
With The New Dem-Run DCCC Calling The Shots It's Miraculous That There Are ANY Democrats In Congress
Anyone Who Imagined DeBene Would Be Better Than Maloney Must've Been High For most Democrats in Congress— not all— the election is either...
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Howie Klein
Oct 203 min read
What Can We Expect From A Democratic House Majority On Day One?
Mychael Schnell and Mike Lillis interviewed Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) a couple of days ago. If the Democrats win the House,...
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Howie Klein
Oct 205 min read
Yes, The GOP Is Irredeemably Horrible— And So, I'm Afraid, Is The Progressive-Hating DCCC
Suzan DelBene Is Rahm Emanuel Without The Potty Mouth & Tutu There are some excellent candidates running for Congress this cycle but...
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Howie Klein
Oct 173 min read
The Big Realignment: How Many Core Values Are The Democratic Party Establishment Willing To Give Up?
Is Lesser Of Two Evils Good Enough For You? The DCCC has gotten behind some really horrible characters this cycle— in some cases even...
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Howie Klein
Oct 116 min read
Wondering If The Democrats Can Take Back The House Despite Exceptionally Poor Candidate Quality?
The DCCC Is Getting What It Wants-- A Lesser Of 2 Evils Election Cycle At least in theory, the DCCC is targeting 33 districts, 3 that are...
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Howie Klein
Oct 93 min read
Scott Perry Might Be The Only GOP Nazi Who Can Be Defeated— But The DCCC Is Running A Republican
Stelson Switched Registration At The Same Time She Declared Her Candidacy Scott Perry behaves— on the floor and off— as though he were in...
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Howie Klein
Oct 47 min read
A Blue Dog Who Might Not Be Terrible? It Would Be Novel— First Will Rollins Has To Beat Ken Calvert
Democrats Are Always Better Than Republicans— Why Can't They Wipe The Floor With Them? After yearslong rabid Republican opposition, I was...
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Howie Klein
Sep 213 min read
Is Iowa On The Verge Of Flipping Blue— Or At Least Purple— Again?
The DCCC Thinks Dems Could Win Back 2 House Seats There In 2016 Iowa gave Trump a thumping 10 point win over Hillary. He won all but 6...
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Howie Klein
Sep 196 min read
I Expect A Blue Wave Election DESPITE Poor Congressional Candidate Quality
A few days ago, Jonathan Chait wrote that Kamala should cut Biden loose and go her own way. I think she’s playing it the way she has to...
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Howie Klein
Sep 184 min read
DCCC And Their Crap Candidates Better Hope Kamala Has Very Strong Coattails In NY And California
Worst Candidate Quality In Two Decades— By Far! The first poll I looked at yesterday was from Morning Consult . It showed Kamala’s margin...
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Howie Klein
Sep 178 min read
Will November Bring A Nice Blue Wave— Or Will Execrable Candidate Quality Keep The House Red?
About a week since Trump lost the debate, Kamala is— according to YouGov— 5 points ahead of him, 50% to 45%, up from 47% to 46% in late...
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Howie Klein
Sep 56 min read
SHAME! The DCCC Has Just One Progressive Candidate In Its 2024 Red To Blue Program— Just One!
Rahm Emanuel was elected to Congress in 2002, a decade after leading the Clinton efforts to twist enough Democratic arms to pass George...
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Howie Klein
Aug 307 min read
Klitgaard’s Formula: C = M + D - A (Corruption Equals Monopoly Plus Discretion Minus Accountability)
Looking At A Slice Of California Through That Lens Ralph Vartabedian could have just as easily written “How Texas Became a New Center of...
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Howie Klein
Aug 243 min read
Standing Between The DCCC & A Blue Wave: Grotesquely Bad Candidate Quality In New York & California
The DCCC Has One Thing Going For It: Republicans Are Worse In New York State, 2020 saw Biden beat Trump 60.9% to 37.7%— not as good as...
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