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    Thanks for the response.  I agree that using the kind of "opposition research" you describe could be an effective tactic…
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    • And what would efficient (or effective) resistance look like, in your view?
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    • Thanks for the response, but I wasn't asking how Bush, Clinton, et al, create change.  I was curious about your…
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    • Thanks for the response.  "A good 20% or 30% of the country..." is still a long way from 50%, but…
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    • Minor point: old-style conservative Republicans like those in Vermont who've voted for Sanders don't, for the most part, exist outside…
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    • If 50% of the electorate is "up for grabs", then why has the Democratic candidate received between 48% and 53%…
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    • Apologies for the tangential question:  if the PermaGov reinforces its control every four years, how does change ever happen?
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    • Having the opposition (i.e., Democratic) vote split two ways in both elections helped LePage as well.
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    • I look forward to reading that fleshed out essay.  One piece of the puzzle, as Booman knows, is Obama's background…
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    • I'm just going to respond to a minor point in Booman's post: "And, yes, I know that Obama paid a…
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    • Thanks for your question.  What I'm looking for is whether anyone can outline a campaign strategy that gets Sanders a…
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    • Yep.  The earliest analysis I recall that made a cohesive, pragmatic argument that Sen. Obama could win was Al Giordano's…
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    • Thanks for your comment.  More precisely, Obama locked up the "anti-war" faction of the party---which is a sizable minority, especially…
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    • And there's nothing wrong with that!  It's an important faction of the Democratic party's coalition. It's just that, by itself,…
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    • What I'd like to see from folks on the Sanders bandwagon is an argument for how his candidacy differs from…
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    • More likely, as James Fallows predicted at The Atlantic, it means Obama has enough votes in the Senate that Schumer's…
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    • Just for the record, one of the significant accomplishments of the 2010 "lame duck" session of Congress was another $400…
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    • Great post, Booman.  Thanks.  One small historical note:  George Wallace was an opportunist too.   He started his career as…
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    • I'm not taking the opposing point of view (in no small part because I don't agree with it) but it's…
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    • It depends on the electoral system.  In Israel, uniform swings deliver seats in the Knesset.  Great Britain has a different…
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