How the white working class figures in to the Democrats’ electoral prospects
Ed Kilgore
Ed Kilgore is managing editor of The Democratic Strategist and the principal blogger for Washington Monthly’s Political Animal blog. He is also a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute. Earlier, he worked for three governors and a U.S. senator.
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Ain’t No Easy Code
Last week, in the middle of a Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) training trip for state and local elected officials that took me from Alabama to Colorado to Vermont, I was forwarded an e-mail from David Sirota, who works for the Center for American Progress. Sirota’s cover note said: “As the [Democratic National Committee (DNC)] meets […]

