Month: March 2016

Does Trump Want an Exit Ramp?

When it comes to a classic narcissist like Donald Trump, it’s hard to say when (or if) he’ll begin to find the process of running for president so humiliating that he’s tempted to just drop out. He clearly...

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Trump and Walker Spar in Wisconsin Primary

The governor of Wisconsin can serve for as many terms as he wants, provided he can keep getting reelected, of course. Back in January, around the time that he delivered the annual State of the State address, Scott Walker sent...

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Casual Observation

Competitive primaries help voter registration and particularly party registration (in states where you have to register with a party to vote).

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They Shot Hippies, Didn’t They?

There’s a new book out by Howard Means on the 1970 Kent State University massacre: 67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence. In our March/April/May issue of the Washington Monthly, Michael O’Donnell was...

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Is trade a new Third Rail for voters?

https:/www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/03/28/this-one-anecdote-perfectly-explains-how-donald-trump-is-hijacking-the-gop …Trump is succeeding in part because he’s offering economically struggling GOP...

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