That Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives actually inspire people and push the nation to the left really bothers generations of Democratic lawmakers, to the point that they want to marginalize.
Even the supposedly best Democrats are completely clueless in how to resist Trump. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced Tuesday that they will.
The Democrats signed off on this as part of their vaunted compromise rolling over and playing dead? The following is buried at the end of the NYT story linked above:.
I kinda wish a Democratic elected official would say something like this: Well, let me just tell you that the most excited I'm about is -- and I'm asking Congress.
There are several reasons why Massachusetts elected the Republican on Tuesday, a topic I hope to cover if I have the time. However, one reason certainly isn't this bullshit explanation.
What Ari said.I realize there's an element of hyperbole to the analogy I'm about to draw, but I just finished one of several lectures on Reconstruction that I give at.
Although I'm hardly a rational choice purist, I tend to think that political actors operate according to logics that are essentially intelligible, and that they more or less respond to.
If -- and I'm pessimistically assuming when -- Scott Brown wins tonight, how long will it take before a member of the Senate Democratic caucus announces his or her intention.
