This has been a remarkable fortnight. Between February 29 and March 10, Democratic elites and voters shifted from a large, fluid field toward a frontrunner who appears destined to win the nomination. Joe Biden has emerged as the consensus candidate as he surged ahead in national polling, high profile endorsements, and the delegate count. Bernie […]
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Big Tuesday Looms for Democrats
10 Mar 2020
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Super Tuesday: Democracy vs. Elitism
03 Mar 2020
Bernie Sanders stands on the edge of seizing the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Facing him down, and loaded for bear, is the Party’s leaders–officers, elected officials, donors, and even former nominees and opponents. These forces now take the form of Joe Biden, upon whom they have finally foisted their mantle. Super Tuesday is the battleground, […]
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It is a confusing time within the Democratic Party as the party struggles with identity. Yes the party of identity politics is having an identity crisis. The front runner, Bernie Sanders, is an avowed Democratic Socialist, and has been for years. He’s historically supported Castro, Ortega, Chavez, etc. and Democratic elites know that if he […]
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The Democrats Go Hard in Vegas
20 Feb 2020
Here are a few scattered thoughts about last night’s entertaining Democratic Debate. There is always a balance between electability and issue or ideological purity. Democrats are confronting it now. In my mind, Sanders and Warren are not electable. Klobuchar and Buttigieg could be. We will know about Bloomberg in the next week. Bloomberg would have […]
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I hope and pray we have heard the death knell of the pre-eminence of the Iowa Caucus, but, for now, it still happened and may be exercising an influence on the New Hampshire Primary, which takes place today. Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg tied, at least statistically, in Iowa. Politically, Buttigieg probably won, while Joe […]
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What a week!
07 Feb 2020
I suspect many of you are just like me in that life is busy, and your interest in politics has waned–especially as there seems to be no one to root for, only someone to root against. So the temptation is to either be numbed by the continuing dysfunction and just settle in for the ride, […]
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**Over several posts, I hope to look at 1) what the Constitution says about impeachment, 2) presidential impeachments in history, and 3) how President Trump’s actions should be judged in light of the Constitution, history, and other standards frequently brought to bear.** The third presidential impeachment trial unfolds before us. Our Senators will soon cast […]
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“I have a plan” is the mantra of the maven of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren. But thanks to the folks at Cornerstone Macro (HT WSJ) we can see her plan for taxes, as well as the other near competitors.* None of these competitors has provided these numbers in this summary form, but each have proposed or […]
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**Over several posts, I hope to look at 1) what the Constitution says about impeachment, 2) presidential impeachments in history, and 3) how President Trump’s actions should be judged in light of the Constitution, history, and other standards frequently brought to bear.** Impeachment is often described as the nuclear weapon of the legislative arsenal. Though […]
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President Trump’s impeachment and trial, like everything else with his administration, defies dispassionate analysis. The partisan trenches are deep and the tenets of objectivity bring few rewards. Social media encourages extreme opinions, and more traditional media outlets narrowcast to their ideological adherents. Academia is also a mixed bag of reliability. I can hardly claim to […]
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