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    How To Lose 50 States

    Columnists Susan Estrich - 0

    Easy. Nominate Bernie Sanders. I’ve been through my share of blowouts. I was a kid when George McGovern won Massachusetts – and nowhere else. I was in Florida working for Jimmy Carter [on loan from Ted Kennedy’s office] when we lost not only the White House but also the Senate majority in Ronald Reagan’s first […]

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    Before Fixing Tomorrow, Democrats Must Fix Today

    Columnists Froma Harrop - 0

    Like all candidates, Democrats focus their campaigns on what they will do if elected. Progressives often accuse Joe Biden in particular of wanting to take America back to the Barack Obama years. And it’s true that Biden often portrays his candidacy as a restoration of the era in which he served as Obama’s vice president. […]

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    Authoritarians Are Always Gangsters

    Columnists Joe Conason - 0

    Authoritarian governments almost always operate in a style that resembles organized crime outfits. Despite their ostentatious populism, such regimes exist to enrich thuggish rulers and enable corruption in high places. The Trump administration is a perfect example. But in order to maintain an aura of legitimacy, especially in a country with democratic norms and traditions, […]

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    Donors Are A Lousy Way To Gauge Political Support

    Columnists Froma Harrop - 0

    To get onstage at the last Democratic debate, a candidate had to have received contributions from at least 225,000 donors. That disqualified Mike Bloomberg. He has only one donor: himself. That rule sounded nice and democratic with a small “d,” but actually, it is a highly flawed way to measure a candidate’s ability to win […]

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    The Shame Of The Senate

    Columnists Joe Conason - 0

    Well before completing his first term, President Donald Trump firmly established himself as the worst president in American history, which should surprise nobody. What we have seen this week suggests that many of the senators now hearing his impeachment trial will join him in historic infamy. From the very beginning of Trump’s impeachment, a majority […]

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