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Bloomberg's new story Inside the Trump Bunker, With 12 Days to Go tells us exactly what they are doing to…
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People argue that the Electoral College is archaic and they're right. But, just think about how elections would be waged…
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The majority, yes, but I was pointing to "who are the 20% of Latinos who will vote for a racist…
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There were never any alternatives to Trump because Trump was the natural apotheosis from 25 years of Fox News dumbing…
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This is a disaster for the GOP regardless of what happens in this election! When Pete Wilson went all nativist…
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In 1976 I was in college, and my Marxist history prof. was urging the class not to vote in the…
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Thesis: Debates could only have helped the minority party candidate during most of our history because the minority party can…
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I've come to think that almost all of Trump's many own-goals during the campaign come from his being totally ensconced…
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I'd have to say this is the clearest explanation of the likeliest scenario - more governmental disfunction. In such a…
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They think they are the only people who count "real Merkins" as Bush said. Therefore any attempt to use democratic…
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Remember that Nixon discovered the "southern strategy" of appealing to white racists and pointing his finger at minorities back in…
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If the Trumpkins were motivated by "economic insecurity" then why didn't they support Bernie Sanders? Bernie was proposing legislation that…
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Absolutely, because that worked out so great for Ernst Thälmann: "first Hitler, then us" he said. Until Hitler sent him…
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What this argument ignores is the underlying assumptions that make it true: because non-whites will vote at 80% or better…
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The Democratic party meanwhile has a corresponding problem: how to maintain a majority coalition. As long as the GOP is…
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Martin once again has some insightful commentary here. But there are issues all around: #1 - #nevertrump wing sees the…
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The useful idiots took over their party. And now the very important people want it back. Hence David Brooks's rants.…
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And Hillary is likely to withdraw Garland's nomination, which was a sop to Senate Republicans. Well, screw that now. She…
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That party can't be carried deep enough into the sea or buried long enough. 40 million idiots aren't going anywhere…
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This is a result of simple investigative reporting by the Washington Post. Trump has been screwing with Marty Baron, Editor…
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