We’ve won: Now what?
After the too-close-for-comfort, took-several-days-to-count presidential victory, the scary narrowing of the margin in the House, and all...
As the Election Smoke Clears, What Are We Learning?
Whenever you start doing post-election analysis, you should do it with a huge dose of humility, especially this close after the election....
What Democratic Unity Would Look Like
As we watch Donald Trump flail and his sycophants fade into irrelevance, it’s good to begin thinking about what Democrats might...
The Working-Class Kid from Scranton
Source: JoeBiden.com Democrats are relieved and delighted that Biden is almost certain to win: beating Donald Trump was considered by...
The False Choice Media Elites Push Onto Democrats
I admire the reporters I know. They have hard jobs and are attacked constantly by the president for just reporting the news honestly. The...
Warning Signs: Don’t Panic, But Plenty to Be Nervous About
We are entering the scary time of the election season, and there are more reasons to worry than the normal tightening of the polling in...
Democrats: Time to Cut the Bullshit On Either/Or Politics
I tend to pull my hair out when listening to Democrats who engage in endless debates over whether to have a message that appeals to base...
Progressives: We Have to Win This Definitional Fight
Every Democrat, every progressive with a brain in their head knows the urgency and centrality of winning the 2020 elections and defeating...
Joe Biden, and the Hopes of Progressives
I was genuinely moved by this most unusual of conventions. I did not necessarily expect to be. For one thing, I am a crusty old political...
How Progressives and Democrats Can Get Their Groove On
Promising polls show Democrats strongly united as we move toward fall elections, with supporters of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren...