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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...

Howie Klein
Nov 23, 20224 min read


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....

Howie Klein
Nov 23, 20225 min read


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...

Howie Klein
Nov 21, 20223 min read


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...

Howie Klein
Nov 21, 20226 min read


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...

Howie Klein
Nov 20, 20225 min read


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...

Howie Klein
Nov 20, 20222 min read


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,...

Howie Klein
Nov 17, 20227 min read


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...

Howie Klein
Nov 15, 202210 min read


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...

Patrick Toomey
Nov 14, 20224 min read


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...

Howie Klein
Nov 14, 20225 min read


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...

Howie Klein
Nov 13, 20225 min read


Will The Republican Party Establishment Get Revenge Against Trump-- Or Will He Beat Them Again?
I was just looking at the list of Pennsylvania members off Congress from 2006, when Blue America was just getting started. The last one...

Howie Klein
Nov 12, 20227 min read


The GOP's Future Looks Grim-- Thanks To You-Know-Who... And The Party's Embrace Of Him
Yesterday’s Peter Wehner’s Atlantic column seems to have started out with the title “More MAGA Than Ever” but when I went back to re-read...

Howie Klein
Nov 11, 202210 min read


Trump's To Blame-- And Everybody Knows It
Who's to blame when parties really get out of hand? Who's to blame when they get poorly planned? Crashers get bombed, slobs make a mess...

Howie Klein
Nov 10, 20229 min read


What Happened Last Night— From A Kevin McCarthy Perspective
Tons Of House Seats Still Too Close To Call There are plenty of more votes to be counted, especially on the Left Coast but there was no...

Howie Klein
Nov 9, 20222 min read


The Election Thread, Episode 1
Some states with consequential races that close their polls early today include races that may give us a hint about what to expect as the...

Howie Klein
Nov 8, 20224 min read


We Have to Play the Long Game In Texas-- There’s No Shortcut To Defeating Fascism
-by Mike Siegel Election night is approaching and my friends across Texas are busy turning out every progressive vote we can find. Most...

Mike Siegel
Nov 8, 20224 min read


I Held My Nose And Voted Against The Greater Evil
Today could be a big day in our nation’s history. A Republican victory would do that. A Democratic victory… nothin’ much, just more of...

Howie Klein
Nov 8, 20229 min read


Are Conservative Voters Dumb Enough To Fall For Russian Social Media Propaganda Again?
You Bet They Are! This morning, Bess Levin devoted her Vanity Fair column to a long list of the worst 2022 candidates— and there were so...

Howie Klein
Nov 7, 20224 min read


Midnight Meme Of The Day! The Midterms: Go Ahead, Surprise Me!
by Noah I was going to post about wannabe dictator Elon Musk again today. I'd already made the meme but haven't written it up. But, that...

Noah
Nov 7, 20222 min read
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