The learning curve resulting from the 2000 election, however, was pretty steep. I learned that, for the left, presidential politics isn't about ideological purity. It can't be. We will always lose on that front. Presidential politics is chess in which your every move is premised on your endgame.
Look, if the Democratic Party wants to be competitive, they cannot rely on the idiot vote. So what Democrats need to do is figure out a way to move people from the idiot category to the informed category.
We're facing a stark wasteland. There's nothing we can do about it. Once the enormity of our situation sinks in, all we can do is take a deep breath and ask ourselves what we are willing to do about it.
If this election has done nothing else, it has revealed that this elitist, coalition style system has reached its limit.
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I BELIEVE IN BERNIE'S MESSAGE, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN MATH It has long been this sites and this author's policy to not endorse political candidates. I have this policy for a couple of reasons. Most notably, though I make no effort to be "unbiased" I do try to maintain a sense of objectivity. Endorsing... Continue Reading →
IS THERE AN ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE AROUND TO SAVE US? So, the long awaited Iowa Raucus is over and Ted Cruz received one whole delegate more than the reigning righty, Donald Trump. Yay! Cruz won. We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief. The Donald is not unstoppable! The Donald has a weakness. Perhaps his... Continue Reading →
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