Democrats running for president are distancing themselves from a charter school movement that once held powerful sway in the party.
Election 2020
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Mike Gravel’s Chief of Staff on the 2020 Hopeful’s Bid for the Debate Stage
A Q&A with Henry Williams, college student and presidential-campaign operative
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Handicapping the Democratic Field After the First Debates
A few quick thoughts about the Democratic presidential field now that the first debates have been concluded. First, Joe Biden made sadly clear on Thursday night that were he not the former vice president, he’d not be taken seriously as a candidate. I’m well aware that many within the Democratic establishment have viewed him as […]
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Warren’s Medicare for All Moment Was Critical
The 2020 candidate had been more equivocal on single-payer in the past. Not at the first debate.
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How’s This for a Radical Campaign-Finance Proposal? Follow the Existing Rules.
Democrats are big on purity tests, but it will take a lot more than gimmicks to solve the party’s political money conundrum.
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So Many Democrats, So Little Time
If it did nothing else, the first Democratic debate proved that brevity is no longer the soul of wit. Squeezing the answers of ten candidates, only four of them (Warren, Booker, and just maybe Klobuchar and O’Rourke) seriously running for president, into roughly 100 minutes yielded a few sound bites and, at a generous most, […]
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Is Joe Biden the Wrong Man at the Wrong Time?
Biden could wind up being the Jeb Bush of 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Monopolist’s Worst Nightmare: The Elizabeth Warren Interview
“The problem is a government that won’t get in the fight on the side of the people.”
Posted inEconomic Policy
Bernie, Son of FDR
Sanders casts his socialism as an updated continuation of the New Deal.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Inslee Difference
The Washington governor’s focus on the climate crisis is prodding his fellow presidential candidates to develop their own Green New Deals.
