Politics in America “A party that produces Ms. Palin as its vice-presidential nominee and Mr. Trump as its nominee is at war with reason” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 November 2016 As Margaret Thatcher once said, first you win the argument, then you win the...
Politics in America “There’s an ongoing battle among Trump’s opponents to define his supporters” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 November 2016 There’s an ongoing battle among Trump’s opponents to define his supporters. Are they having...
Politics in America “The great truth was that large numbers of Republican voters…wanted government to do more things that benefitted them (as opposed to benefitting people they saw as undeserving)” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 The great truth was that large numbers of Republican voters, especially less educated ones,...
Politics in America “Democrats simply cannot expect to move legislation again until they can regain control of Congress” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 Democrats simply cannot expect to move legislation again until they can regain control of...
Politics in America ” It’s become clear that Democratic élites…underestimated the power of nationalism, because they didn’t feel it strongly themselves” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 Summers described numerous trips that he had made during his years at Treasury to...
Politics in America “A startling aspect of the rage that greeted Bill Clinton was how much of it was aimed at the women he entrusted — or tried to entrust — with power” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 The 1990s produced a generation of men who felt (and still feel) left behind...
Politics in America “The smug style is a psychological reaction to a profound shift in American political demography” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 There is a smug style in American liberalism. It has been growing these past...
Politics in America, Races in America “For Democrats, the politics of race and class are fraught” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 For Democrats, the politics of race and class are fraught. If you focus insistently...
Politics in America White working class men want “steady, stable, full-time jobs that deliver a solid middle-class life” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 When progressives talk about the working class, typically they mean the poor. But the...
Politics in America “This election has told us that many Americans feel their way of life is disappearing” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 November 2016 Those voters with favorable views of Trump are not, by and large, the poorest...