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    First, the percentage of white voters voting Democratic has remained relatively constant (around 40%) for over a generation. Second, Democrats…
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    • And in fact, this is pretty much what Democrats did from 1968 to 2008 (you may choose a different timeline…
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    • You may be right about what ends up happening in Syria.  If so, isn't it kind of the opposite of…
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    • To really make them cry uncle:  we give back in spending (half defense, half domestic) what they give back in…
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    • Just for the record, here's some of what President Obama has done about jobs: *the Recovery Act was the single…
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    • One aspect of Brooks' work that can be maddening is that it doesn't have to be this way.  Once or…
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    • An apt analogy.  A more recent analogy is the 40 years the Democratic Party spent "in the wilderness" from 1968…
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    • I'm not a big fan of Hagel's either, but I've come to the (tentative) conclusion that President Obama generally makes…
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    • More specifically, this excerpt: "Experts often suggest that crime resembles an epidemic. But what kind? Karl Smith, a professor of…
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    • For what it's worth, I disagree. First, the best historical analogy I've come across for understanding the power of Wall…
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    • Just to elaborate on this, boxers who makes a strategic decision to fight as a counterpuncher aren't doing it because…
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    • Alas mainsailset, your careful study of Rep. Ryan's congressional record is correct: he hasn't produced a single bill that actually…
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    • Demographic changes alone will add roughly 2 million votes to the Democratic presidential vote in 2016.  Now assume an unemployment…
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    • True, but old people are dying off almost as fasting as they're becoming old.  (Not as fast because of the…
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    • Just two thoughts to add to this: 1 - Anyone who spent time in the community organizing circles the young…
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    • For what it's worth, people (including his wife!) said the same thing about FDR.
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    • Not necessarily.  It could largely consist of 1) a debt ceiling fight that Obama mostly wins, 2) an early (March-April)…
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    • Classic Obama speech.  Began by quoting the Declaration of Independence---which tea partiers have spent the past four years trying to…
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    • Good stuff, Booman.  (I just put a take from a slightly different angle up in the diaries.)
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    • The problem/challenge with that strategy is that "killing the Electoral College" requires a constitutional amendment.  That in turn requires either…
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