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Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.

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2012 and the Hypothetical Enthusiasm Gap.

Jamelle BouieSep 24, 2010

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In his most recent column, The Nation's Chris Hayes expands on the argument that the enthusiasm gap has more to do with the Democratic Party's demographics than it does with the action -- or inaction -- of activists and establishment figures:

Blue Dogs Insist on Losing.

Jamelle BouieSep 23, 2010

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John Cole is angry at the Blue Dogs:

Is there ANYTHING that centrists and moderates will not do to hurt themselves? Anything? The public is livid about jobs, centrists oppose job creation efforts. The public wants the middle class tax cuts extended while the taxes on the rich ended, the centrists oppose that. And on and on and on.

Dispatches From an Alternate America.

Jamelle BouieSep 23, 2010

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America's Schools Have Failed Conservatives.

Jamelle BouieSep 22, 2010

As Adam noted on his blog, conservatives are in a tizzy over comments President Obama made in an interview with Bob Woodward. Obama, in a welcome bit of rhetoric from an American politician, expressed his faith in America's ability to withstand another terrorist attack:

"We can absorb a terrorist attack. We'll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever ... we absorbed it and we are stronger."

DADT and the Fragile Democratic Caucus.

Jamelle BouieSep 22, 2010

Andrew Sullivan isn't making any sense:

I think this could be a huge deal for the relationship between gay voters and the Democratic party. Over 75 percent of the public wants the ban ended, and yet even when the Democrats control both Houses and have a president opposed to the policy, they failed to end it in two years. Why? Because, sadly, it was not a real priority; and because the main lobby group, the Human Rights Campaign, is so enmeshed in the Democratic party establishment, it has no clout at all.

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