“The reality of this primary process is that if you aren’t on the stage in Houston next week, you aren’t going to be the Democratic nominee”
…the 10 men and women not on the stage will argue that the Democratic...
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“Bill Clinton’s Presidency was so lacking in history-making events, yet so crowded with the embarrassing minutiae of scandalmongering, that it was easy to miss the great change that those years meant for the country and the Democratic Party”
Bill Clinton’s Presidency was so lacking in history-making events, yet so crowded with the...
“National politics in healthy periods is not about ‘difference’, it is about commonality”
National politics in healthy periods is not about “difference,” it is about commonality. And...
“One of the sillier aspects of postelection analysis is the notion that any one factor determined the result…”
One of the sillier aspects of postelection analysis is the notion that any one...
“Democrats simply cannot expect to move legislation again until they can regain control of Congress”
Democrats simply cannot expect to move legislation again until they can regain control of...
” It’s become clear that Democratic élites…underestimated the power of nationalism, because they didn’t feel it strongly themselves”
Summers described numerous trips that he had made during his years at Treasury to...
“For Democrats, the politics of race and class are fraught”
For Democrats, the politics of race and class are fraught. If you focus insistently...
“From the presidential race on down, Democrats adopted a strategy of inclusiveness that excluded a hefty share of Americans…”
From the presidential race on down, Democrats adopted a strategy of inclusiveness that excluded...
“What has happened in America should not be seen as a victory for hatefulness over decency. It is more accurately understood as a repudiation of the American power structure”
What has happened in America should not be seen as a victory for hatefulness...
“The Hamilton that theatregoers are paying scalpers’ prices to see is a progressive, not the father of Wall Street”
Perhaps the first cosmopolitan élite in American history was Alexander Hamilton: an immigrant, an...