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July 2016

July 25, 2016

What to watch for at the Democrats’ convention this week

Now it's the Democrats' turn to have a convention, beginning today and lasting through Thursday....

July 22, 2016

Clinton picks Tim Kaine for vice president

Hillary Clinton picked former Virginia governor Tim Kaine as her running-mate. She could have picked...

June 2016

June 08, 2016

Hillary Clinton clinches the Democratic nomination

Hillary Clinton won the New Jersey primary, giving her enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination....

June 02, 2016

Clinton might not win the Democratic nomination

Bernie Sanders is polling high in California, which holds its Democratic primary on June 7;...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

“The Smug Style in American Liberalism”

There is an astonishing article in the (liberal) Vox by the (liberal) Emmett Rensin entitled "The...

April 07, 2016

The Democrats’ youth problem

This presidential election features a major rift in the Republican party, as conservatives are threatened...

January 2016

January 19, 2016

It could really be Trump vs. Sanders

Donald Trump really could win the Republican nomination. Bernie Sanders really could win the Democratic...

December 2015

December 19, 2015

Democrats debate on Saturday night

The three remaining Democratic presidential candidates (Clinton, Sanders, and O'Malley) will debate on ABC Saturday...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

The Democrats’ war on youth

Democrats accuse Republicans of waging a war on women. Republicans could come back with the...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

The marijuana strategy

No less than 17 states will be voting on legalizing marijuana, either for medical or...

September 23, 2015

So where are the Democratic debates?

There are, as of this date, five candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination: Hillary Clinton,...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

What about Joe Biden?

There are strong indications that Vice-President Joe Biden, in light of Hillary Clinton's stumbles and...

July 2015

July 08, 2015

Democrats surging to the left–as is the country?

Democrats in Congress voted against the wishes of their own President in in opposing the...

July 03, 2015

Jim Webb makes Democrat #5

Jim Webb has announced that he is running for the Democratic nomination for president, the...

June 2015

June 01, 2015

Martin O’Malley enters the Democratic race

The rock guitar-playing former governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley, announced that he is running for...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

The Democrats’ bench problem

The Democrats have a few pretenders, but no real options to the presidential candidacy of...

May 22, 2015

Ideological sorting

In the course of a column on a recent Medicare bill, Michael Gerson observes that...

May 01, 2015

Socialist Bernie Sanders is running for President

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent who identifies himself as a Socialist, is running for...

December 2014

December 15, 2014

Senate thwarts both left & right to fund government

The Senate passed the $1.1 trillion spending bill, ensuring that the government will not shut...

December 08, 2014

Republicans gain another senator

Incumbent Senate Democrat Mary Landrieu lost her run-off election in Louisiana to Republican Bill Cassidy. ...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

Jim Webb for president?

Former Virginia senator Jim Webb has formed an exploratory committee for a run for the...

November 19, 2014

The tea party of the left

According to Dana Milbank, a tea party of the left is emerging, with liberal purists...

November 07, 2014

Election post-mortem

Democrats thought they had demographics, the young adult vote, the Hispanic vote, the women's vote,...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

The Democrats’ billionaires

As Democrats demonize the Koch brothers for donating money to conservatives, their own billionaires are...

May 09, 2014

Anti-Obama but pro-Hillary

President Obama's approval ratings are plummeting, and Democrats' prospects for the House and Senate look...

May 02, 2014

Bringing back the religious left?

A Brookings Institution study says that today's Democrats are less interested in even liberal Christianity,...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

Millennials aren’t so liberal after all

Contrary to the conventional wisdom that paints the Millennial generation as being the new base...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

The Democrats’ schism

Democrats are facing a schism in the post-Obama era between its establishment politicians and newly-energetic...

December 2013

December 04, 2013

Might Democrats pick Elizabeth Warren over Hillary Clinton?

The Democratic wing of the Democratic party is starting to assert itself, wanting to bring...

October 2013

October 15, 2013

Punitive Liberalism

If you watch old movies, read books from the first half of the 20th century,...