It all depends on which constituency they serve.
Paul Waldman
Paul Waldman is a weekly columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect. He also writes for the Plum Line blog at The Washington Post and The Week and is the author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success.
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The One Thing the Democratic Party Doesn’t Need
Forget about undertaking another searing examination of their very soul.
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With the Russia Scandal Getting Serious, the GOP Spin Machine Kicks Into High Gear
This is going to be one of the greatest tests the right-wing media machine has ever faced.
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In the Trump Administration, Everyone Becomes a Liar
Eventually everyone, including John Kelly, must sink to lying for the president.
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Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, and the (Sometimes) Beneficial Politics of Reaction
We’re living not only in the age of Trump, but in the age of reaction to Trump.Â
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The Personal Presidency
Institutional forces, broad historical trends? Not in the Trump era, where everything is personal.
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Is There Any Problem Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Can’t Solve?
Inadequate GDP growth? Slow productivity gains? Belly fat, aches and pains, split ends? Tax cuts will solve your problem.
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Donald Trump, President of the Culture War
Squabbling with African American athletes is nothing surprising.
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Democrats’ Unsolvable Media Problem
Liberals are still all but helpless in the face of right-wing lies that mutate and evolve.
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Why the Elite Media Want You to Think Trump Is an Independent
While it’s true that he arrived in office without the complement of ideological and partisan commitments most presidents carry with them, he has governed like the hardest of hard-right Republicans.
