How Fake Partisan Polling Firms Screw Up Elections-- With An Assist From The Media
The New York Times assigned a trio of reporters— Jim Rutenberg, Ken Bensinger and Steve Eder— to get to the bottom of the plague of phony...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 28, 2022
- 6 min
Could The Democrats Have Kept The House Majority With A Little Extra Effort And Competence?
One of the most unexpected wins to drop into the Democrats’ lap was in southwest Washington state where a thoroughly red seat was won by...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 26, 2022
- 8 min
What It Takes To Win A Republican Party Primary Is What It Takes To Lose A General Election
Republican politicians are having an increasingly difficult time with messaging as the party’s base— primary voters— descend into a world...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 21, 2022
- 14 min
The Democrats Are Lucky Trump Didn't Accept His 2020 Defeat And Disappear Like A Mensch
Yesterday, the Ways and Means Committee voted, 24-16, to release Trump’s tax returns from 2015 through 2020. Every Republican voted...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 8, 2022
- 4 min
In Making The GOP Over In His Own Image, Trump Has Turned It Into A Party Of Predatory Losers
Marge whines Herschel lost because he told her to stay away from his events and refused to have her speak for him— except at “2 or 3” in...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 3, 2022
- 4 min
Most Normal Americans-- If Not Most Republicans-- Still Hate Nazis
How Different Is Nick Fuentes From Newt Gingrich? On Wednesday, far right operative Newt Gingrich published a provocative blog post, Quit...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 29, 2022
- 2 min
MAGA Republicans Are Trying To Overturn The Results Of Arizona's Midterms
One of the hallmarks of fascism is that fascists don’t accept election results that don’t go their way. And in Arizona this month, it did...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 24, 2022
- 6 min
Karl Rove v Josh Hawley-- And Rove Has Reality On His Side
This morning in his Wall Street Journal column, Karl Rove wrote that crackpot Missouri senator, Josh Hawley— who is up for...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 24, 2022
- 4 min
Young Voter Turnout Was Through The Roof-- And It Made a Real Difference
Votes are still being counted but as far as I can tell, there were 6 congressional seats that were decided in favor of Democrats by less...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 23, 2022
- 4 min
Candidate Quality Mattered
The political parties and their operatives seem to believe— or act as though they believe— that elections are all about the parties and...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 23, 2022
- 5 min
A Closer Look: New York's Red Wave
Last week, Eric Cunningham had a thorough look at what happened in New York State, where the GOP had significant gains across the board....
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Howie Klein
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
Only 23 Seats Flipped This Cycle-- 16 From Blue To Red And 6 From Red To Blue
There are only 5 uncalled House elections and I don’t think any of them will flip. Adam Frisch already conceded to Boobert that he lost...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 21, 2022
- 6 min
Rooting For Trump To Win The GOP 2024 Primary— A Progressive Case
Have you noticed all the Republicans tearing out their hair about how Trump must be defeated for the nomination because he will lose in...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 20, 2022
- 5 min
Why The New Jersey GOP Was Unable To Live Up To It's Expectations This Year-- One Word: Trumpanzee
Patrick Murray is the director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. Writing for the Star Ledger this morning, he noted that in...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 20, 2022
- 2 min
MAGA Extremism May Work Fine In Marjorie Traitor Greene's Backward District, But That's About It
Trump Destroyed GOP Hopes In New Hampshire Republicans had a great chance to to win the New Hampshire Senate seat. Democrat Maggie Hassan...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 17, 2022
- 7 min
House Republicans Are In No Shape To Lead
Last night CA-27, in the northern suburbs of L.A. County, a district with a D+4 PVI, was called for Republican incumbent Mike Garcia,...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 15, 2022
- 10 min
A LOT Of Good News From Arizona-- If You Don't Count The Naziism, Anti-Semitism And Racism
Why Is The DOJ Not Enforcing The 14th Amendment? Last night, the Arizona gubernatorial race was called for Democrat Katie Hobbs, who beat...
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Patrick Toomey
- Nov 14, 2022
- 4 min
Poetic Justice In 2022 Midterms
-by Patrick Toomey I learned many years ago that looking for fundamental fairness in this country in general and in our political system...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 14, 2022
- 5 min
A Reckonin' Is Comin' In GOP-World
Politico reported today that Trump is going ahead with his announcement tomorrow that he’s running for president. They reported that “One...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 13, 2022
- 5 min
Trumpism Has Metastasized Throughout The Republican Party; It's All They Are Now
Will Trump Burn Down The Party On His Way Out? Paul Mulshine is the in-house conservative at the Newark Star-Ledger. If the Lord of...
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