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Howie Klein

Sep 28, 20244 min read

Report From The 2024 Blue Wave

Plus... A Killer New Stevie Nicks Song The people who see a blue wave forming, mostly keep it to themselves. It’s embarrassing when you...

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Is Iowa On The Verge Of Flipping Blue— Or At Least Purple— Again?

Howie Klein

Sep 21, 20243 min read

Is Iowa On The Verge Of Flipping Blue— Or At Least Purple— Again?

The DCCC Thinks Dems Could Win Back 2 House Seats There In 2016 Iowa gave Trump a thumping 10 point win over Hillary. He won all but 6...

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I Expect A Blue Wave Election DESPITE Poor Congressional Candidate Quality

Howie Klein

Sep 19, 20246 min read

I Expect A Blue Wave Election DESPITE Poor Congressional Candidate Quality

A few days ago, Jonathan Chait wrote that Kamala should cut Biden loose and go her own way. I think she’s playing it the way she has to...

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Will November Bring A Nice Blue Wave— Or Will Execrable Candidate Quality Keep The House Red?

Howie Klein

Sep 17, 20248 min read

Will November Bring A Nice Blue Wave— Or Will Execrable Candidate Quality Keep The House Red?

About a week since Trump lost the debate, Kamala is— according to YouGov— 5 points ahead of him, 50% to 45%, up from 47% to 46% in late...

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It's Strange That None Of The Congressional Handicappers Factor In Candidate Quality

Howie Klein

Sep 4, 20244 min read

It's Strange That None Of The Congressional Handicappers Factor In Candidate Quality

2024 Is A Very Bad Year For Candidate Quality First some horserace stats: Nate Silver’s latest polling average shows Kamala ahead 49.2%...

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She’s Talking About The Number One Issue That’s Facing The Country & He's Talking About Crowd Size

Howie Klein

Aug 15, 20244 min read

She’s Talking About The Number One Issue That’s Facing The Country & He's Talking About Crowd Size

Drug Prices Are Finally Coming Down— Bigly On Wednesday, GOP pollster Frank Luntz— no friend Trump’s— was a guest on CNBC’s Squawk Box ,...

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Flipping The House Red To Blue— A Focus On California And Wisconsin. Is It Even Worth The Effort?

Howie Klein

Aug 15, 20245 min read

Flipping The House Red To Blue— A Focus On California And Wisconsin. Is It Even Worth The Effort?

Blue Wave Headed This Way? Yesterday, James Rainey reported something that isn’t exactly earth shattering: Kamala and Tim are building a...

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Blue Wave, Anyone? Have Americans Finally Snapped Out Of It?

Howie Klein

Aug 12, 20247 min read

Blue Wave, Anyone? Have Americans Finally Snapped Out Of It?

Will Kamala And Tim Have Strong Enough Coattails? The 2020 lesser of two evils election wasn’t that close. Biden— an extraordinarily bad...

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The House In A Total Mess— And Neither Craven Party Has What It Takes To Bring It Back To Health

Howie Klein

Apr 8, 202410 min read

The House In A Total Mess— And Neither Craven Party Has What It Takes To Bring It Back To Health

The Lesser Evil Party Will Likely Win In November Blue America has an ActBlue page dedicated to flipping the House. There are no Blue...

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Dare We Expect A Blue Wave? Or Will Our Countrymen Surrender To The Allure Of Authoritarianism?

Howie Klein

Feb 8, 20246 min read

Dare We Expect A Blue Wave? Or Will Our Countrymen Surrender To The Allure Of Authoritarianism?

Like It Or Not, Our Fates Are Bound Together Not many people are talking about a blue wave. But earlier we noted that political...

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Don't Be Afraid To Visualize A Blue Wave Drowning Trump And His Congressional Cohorts

Howie Klein

Jan 25, 20245 min read

Don't Be Afraid To Visualize A Blue Wave Drowning Trump And His Congressional Cohorts

Only Their Gerrymandered Seats Will Prevent A Total Wipeout This year, the Republicans have shown they’re incapable of being a serious...

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Most Voters Are Just Kidding The Pollsters-- They're Going To Vote Against Trump In 2024

Howie Klein

Dec 18, 20237 min read

Most Voters Are Just Kidding The Pollsters-- They're Going To Vote Against Trump In 2024

And Trump Will Be An Albatross Around The Necks Of GOP Candidates Again Both the CBS and Fox polls that were released over the weekend,...

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What Does A Blue Wave Look Like When It’s Forming Up Over A Year Before The General?

Howie Klein

Sep 20, 20233 min read

What Does A Blue Wave Look Like When It’s Forming Up Over A Year Before The General?

Big Wins In Pennsylvania And New Hampshire Yesterday There were two consequential special elections yesterday. We wrote about the one in...

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What We Can Expect From A Big Blue Wave-- And Hold On... No One Is Ready To Talk About A Tsunami Yet

Howie Klein

Sep 3, 20233 min read

What We Can Expect From A Big Blue Wave-- And Hold On... No One Is Ready To Talk About A Tsunami Yet

Anti-Red Wave? Let’s leave aside the 3 likely new anti-racism districts created by court orders in Alabama, Louisiana and, now, Florida....

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Blue Wave? I Think So… But I Don’t Want To Jinx It

Howie Klein

Sep 2, 202312 min read

Blue Wave? I Think So… But I Don’t Want To Jinx It

So… Kenahora We don’t have to worry about shedim— not when we have millions of MAGAts running around, armed, self-righteous, aggrieved...

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Howie Klein

Nov 8, 20224 min read

The Election Thread, Episode 1

Some states with consequential races that close their polls early today include races that may give us a hint about what to expect as the...

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