An ordinary wave in November won’t be enough. Democrats need a big majority of votes to get even a small majority of seats. And failure could unleash Trump.
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Why I’m Betting on Millennials This November
In my 35 years of teaching college students, I’ve not encountered a generation as dedicated to making the nation better as this one.
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Michael Bloomberg and the Case of the Homeless Republicans
How the displaced center-right could affect the Democratic Party
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Did Democrats Just Set Themselves Up for a Fiasco?
How the new presidential nominating procedures could backfire.
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How Democrats Can Make Race a Winning Issue
Democrats need to back new and recurring claims for social justice, while never forgetting to define and emphasize commonalities.
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Voters — and Nobody Else — Will Pick the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nominee
This past weekend, the party changed its rules, and became more democratic.
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The 2018 Gubernatorial Races that Matter Most for 2020 and Beyond
Here’s where Democrats could reclaim some of the power they lost in 2010.
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A Good Formula for Losing the 2018 Election
The “Abolish ICE” slogan hands Republicans an opportunity on an issue where they ought to be entirely on the defensive.
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The Meaning of Labor’s Win in Missouri
An overwhelmingly non-union electorate voted in favor of unions. What does that portend?
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For Missouri Unions, the Battle Is Far from Over
Voters rejected “right to work,” but other new laws could curtail workers’ power.
