The conservative Roberts Court has become increasingly aggressive in attacking Democratic laws and policies. It’s time for Democrats to counterattack.
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Democrats Should Heed the Lessons of 2004
To face a monstrous Republican seeking re-election, Democrats chose a moderate, ‘electable’ Senate lifer over an insurgent from Vermont. What about this year?
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Why 2020 Won’t Be Won by Centrists
To beat Trump, we need new ideas that mobilize our nation.
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Will Dems Possibly Have a Nominee a Year Out?
Today on TAP: Warren may have a clear path
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The DNC’s Debate Gambit Prevents Donor Accountability
With only one debate, candidates will get the national stage before the deadline for disclosing their third-quarter donor information.
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The Warren Veepstakes
As Elizabeth Warren increasingly looks like the front-runner, who might be her running mate?
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Inevitable Impeachment
Well, just when Democrats are in danger of giving in to faintheartedness, you can count on Trump to rescue them from their risk aversion. All the smoking-gun material laid out in the Mueller report was not quite enough to push the House Democratic leadership to support impeachment. The sins of the 2016 campaign increasingly felt like yesterday’s […]
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Which Democrat Can Absorb the Blows of the General Election Campaign?
Every candidate confronts some kind of scandal. The candidates who win are the ones who can move past them.
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Democratic Leaders Rake In Corporate Cash as “the Squad” Sticks With Small Donors
A Sludge analysis of new second-quarter campaign finance reports has found that the Democratic leaders in the House combined to take in nearly $1.2 million in contributions from corporate and trade association PACs.
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The Democratic Party Divide Is About Theories of Political Power
Dianne Feinstein’s dust-up with activists over the Green New Deal revealed that progressives are unwilling to tolerate a political system that they feel threatens planetary survival.