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Recently a friend of mine asked ( Read more... )

For a long time now, progressive Democrats like me have hoped for a Clinton-Warren ticket to storm its way to the White House in 2016. Unfortunately, Harry Reid has put the kabosh on that. His reasoning is as follows: if the VP is a Senator from a state with a Republican Governor, that Governor is likely to pick a Republican to replace the VP-elect ( Read more... )

In the wake of the Trump Un-Rally unfolding in Chicago, Chris Hayes just posted four tweets about the Donald Trump campaign that are critical to understanding the dynamics of American politics since 1968, and why it's falling apart now.

1_ In his 1971 memo to Nixon, Buchanan advocated a wedge-issue, culture-war strategy.
- Christopher Hayes (@ ( Read more... )

Here are my predictions for the Tuesday, March 1st primaries and caucuses ( Read more... )

This is shaping up to be a Clinton v. Trump election, despite the best efforts of the GOP establishment, on the one hand, to find a common candidate such as Marco Rubio, and the progressive and Millennial wings of the Democratic Party, on the other, to keep the Sanders revolution going ( Read more... )

This Saturday (Feb 20) there are two contests: the Republican Primary in South Carolina and the Democratic Caucuses in Nevada.

In South Carolina, Trump will win the primary, easily.
In Nevada, Clinton will win again, but it's going to be VERY close.

PPP released their poll (PDF) of Iowa's likely caucus participants yesterday. Among Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents:

Trump 19
Carson 12
Walker 12
Bush 11
Fiorina 10
Cruz 9
Huckabee 6
Rubio 6
The rest <= 3 ( Read more... )

https://youtu.be/UPJpLfDlMhc?t=4m3s
https://youtu.be/8L6KGuTr9TI?t=24s

Cue them both up. Start playing them at once. Enjoy.

Have we started doing cattle calls yet? If not, then I think it's high time. The Democratic field isn't so crowded, but the Republican field is, and with the primaries coming up fast, I think it's time we start sorting out how the candidates are really doing. Today, let's start with the Republicans. (I'll get to the Democrats tomorrow ( Read more... )