The Working Families Party has endorsed Elizabeth Warren for the Democratic nomination and for president. This is something of a stunner, since the WFP endorsed Bernie Sanders last time. The endorsement was made via a poll of the membership and leadership, in which Warren received 61 percent to Sanders’s 36 percent. It came several days after Warren […]
Election 2020
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Three Ways Elizabeth Warren Would Reinvigorate U.S. Diplomacy
Where Trump destroys, Warren will build.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
In the First Debates, the Candidates Didn’t Get Enough Time to Answer. Last Night, They Got Too Much.
The best way to avoid the curse of déjà vu would be for the moderators to turn the discussion to topics they’ve thus far scanted.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ed Rendell’s Sloppy Attempt to Dislodge Elizabeth Warren Backfires. Spectacularly.
The former Pennsylvania governor’s long track record makes it too easy to unearth examples of his own hypocrisy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Warren Plan Would Close Tax Loophole Joe Biden Uses
Biden makes use of the “Gingrich-Edwards” loophole to avoid payroll taxes.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Warren Proposes the Biggest Expansion of Social Security in 50 Years
The plan, with an immediate $200 per month benefit increase, sets the left edge of the possible on a bedrock Democratic program.
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Warren Gets the Edge at New Hampshire Democratic Convention
Convention-goers lock in their support, and Joe Biden gets mostly locked out.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Presidential Campaigns Are Doling Out So Much Ice Cream
The promise and pitfalls of community-centered campaigns
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DSCC Raked In Cash From Health Care and Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Before Endorsing Hickenlooper
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is intervening in Colorado’s crowded Senate primary to boost a candidate who opposes Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.
