It's Not Just Manchin & Sinema... Beware The Ricchetti-Raimondo Faction In The White House
As the Democrats rush to recruit conservative NeverTrumpers into the ranks of their decrepit party's leadership, it's important to grasp...
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Howie Klein
Jan 20, 20224 min read
You Expected More From Joe Biden? When Will You Learn What A Conservative Is?
The new Associated Press poll by NORC doesn't just show him with a miserable approval rating (43% to 56% who disapprove) but also shows...
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Howie Klein
Jan 10, 20224 min read
Denouncing Trump Is Fine, But That Isn't Going To Be Enough If Biden Wants To Be An Asset For Dems
The latest (last Wednesday) poll by YouGov for The Economist shows Biden underwater both among the general population (50% negative, 43%...
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Howie Klein
Jan 2, 20228 min read
"The Issue Is Not Just Mr. Manchin." What Does The Democratic Party 2022 Stand For?
This morning, Morning Consult released a new national tracking poll for Politico. Some of these favorable/unfavorables are interesting to...
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Howie Klein
Dec 10, 202111 min read
What Has Gone Wrong With American Politics? Can It Be Fixed?
Corey Robin, author of The Reactionary Mind and Fear: The History of a Political Idea, and political science professor, is an important...
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Howie Klein
Sep 23, 20216 min read
Zach Carter Is Much More Than Just Brutalism
Any Blue will most certainly NOT do-- especially now that the Republican Party has transmogrified into a genuine authoritarian fascist...
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Howie Klein
Sep 20, 20213 min read
Ed Case-- Way Too Conservative For Hawaii
Blue Dog chairman Ed Case, cousin of reactionary plutocrat and AOL founder Steve Case-- shouldn't be in elected office in Hawaii. He's...
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Howie Klein
Aug 27, 20218 min read
From Day 1, It's Always Been About The Benjamins-- And Whose Ox (Or Cash Cow) Gets Gored
The fight over Biden's very popular agenda-- basically the "soft" infrastructure/Jobs/Family bill-- is a classic battle between...
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Howie Klein
Jul 12, 20216 min read
Trump, McCarthy And McConnell Killed Bipartisanship
I think yesterday morning's post, Trump Took Russian-Style Disinformation And Information Warfare & Applied It To American Politics, is...
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Howie Klein
Jul 5, 202110 min read
Americans Voted For Biden To Get Things Done-- Not To Play Footsie With A Venal GOP
Pelosi negotiated in good faith with the Republicans for the creation of a non-partisan sedition commission. In the end, Trump nixed,...
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Howie Klein
Jun 12, 20213 min read
Voters Are Shutting Out GOP Messaging
Daniel Dale-- as he has been for years-- was warning again today that Trump is a big fat liar. Reporting for CNN, he noted that "Trump...
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Howie Klein
Jun 7, 20216 min read
Blame Manchin, Blame Sinema... But The Real Culprit Is Schumer's Embrace Of Corrupt Conservatism
First thing this morning, Axios' Jonathan Swan warned that progressives are fed up with Manchin and their patience has run out. He talked...
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Howie Klein
May 29, 20215 min read
Deficits Don't Matter-- As Long As The Money Is Spent Productively
No one ran up the national debt like Trump-- and no one seemed to care, even though the debt increases during his 4 years were...
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Howie Klein
May 29, 20218 min read
It's Not JUST Manchin & Sinema-- There Are Other Dems Pretty Much Just As Bad
Lately, more Democrats have experienced a moment of clarity in terms of the political party they identify with, namely, that there are...
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Howie Klein
May 23, 20213 min read
Biden-- Still Better Than Trump
With the GOP having moved way, way, way right, it's difficult to see that Biden is governing as a centrist-- ever so slightly left of...
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Howie Klein
Mar 24, 20214 min read
Do The Democrats Have Biden Warming Up To Real Filibuster Reform?
Maine's other senator, Angus King, is not a Democrat. He sports a solid "F" grade from Progressive Punch and aside from Sinema and...
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Howie Klein
Feb 26, 20214 min read
Trump-- Still Worse Than Biden
During the 2020 section campaign, before Obama intervened backstage to give Biden the nomination, when progressives were calling for...
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Howie Klein
Feb 2, 20214 min read
Ron Klain May Wind Up Being As Great A Chief Of Staff For Biden As James Baker Was For Reagan
This morning, Jamie Raskin, Ted Lieu, David Cicilline, Joe Neguse and the 5 other Democrats who Pelosi tasked with making the House's...
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Howie Klein
Jan 31, 20215 min read
With Dems In Control, Suddenly The GOP Has Been Reborn As The Austerity Party--Now For The Tug'O'War
This morning, Bernie was a guest on ABC News' This Week, where he was clear that passing coronavirus relief is more important than any DC...
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Howie Klein
Jan 30, 20219 min read
Desperate Times Call For... Surely Not Some Tawdry Sense Of "Normalcy"
Have you watched Biden addressing the nation from behind his desk? He tries to act like he knows what he's talking about and he mostly...
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