Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.

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Libertarians Against Dissent.

Jamelle BouieOct 26, 2010

Another way to describe Rand Paul supporters:

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Jerry Brown Wants California to Remember, Remember...

Jamelle BouieOct 25, 2010

November of 1974, when he was elected for the first time:

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Giving Blue Dogs the Pink Slip.

Jamelle BouieOct 25, 2010

Ari Berman wants fewer Blue Dogs in the Democratic coalition:

[...] Democrats would be in better shape, and would accomplish more, with a smaller and more ideologically cohesive caucus. It’s a sentiment that even Mr. Dean now echoes. “Having a big, open-tent Democratic Party is great, but not at the cost of getting nothing done,” he said. Since the passage of health care reform, few major bills have passed the Senate. Although the Democrats have a 59-vote majority, party leaders can barely find the votes for something as benign as extending unemployment benefits.

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It's Not Over Till It's Over.

Jamelle BouieOct 25, 2010

Daniel Larison is still bearish on the odds that Republicans will win a majority in November:

At this point, it appears that Republicans will gain 35 seats. If all of the toss-ups broke for the Republicans, they could realistically gain 41, which would be just enough, but all of them are not going to break their way. [...] The least certain pick-ups are AR-01, ND-AL, OH-18, MI-07, NH-02, NV-03, and SC-05, but I am still assuming Republicans win these. Democratic pick-ups will include the three everyone expects in LA-02, DE-AL and IL-10, and will most likely include Hawaii’s First District and Florida’s 25th.