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Howie Klein
Nov 8, 20246 min read
It May Feel Good, But It's Not Going To Do Any Good To Hate Voters For The Mistake They Just Made
Progressives Have To Figure Out If The Democratic Party Is Their Home Rex Huppke is pissed off — at the American people. Turnout was...
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Patrick Toomey
Nov 4, 20243 min read
Patrick Toomey: Are The Democrats Staggering Towards 270?
-by Patrick Toomey As of this writing, there are reasons to, at last, feel a sense of optimism about an election that cannot be over soon...
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Howie Klein
Nov 2, 20245 min read
Despite An Unimaginably Putrid Roster Of Candidates, The Dems Look Like They'll Win Back The House
I’m not buying the argument that the race for control of the House is as close as all the prognosticators claim it is There may not be a...
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Howie Klein
Oct 22, 202414 min read
With The New Dem-Run DCCC Calling The Shots It's Miraculous That There Are ANY Democrats In Congress
Anyone Who Imagined DeBene Would Be Better Than Maloney Must've Been High For most Democrats in Congress— not all— the election is either...
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Howie Klein
Oct 11, 20246 min read
Wondering If The Democrats Can Take Back The House Despite Exceptionally Poor Candidate Quality?
The DCCC Is Getting What It Wants-- A Lesser Of 2 Evils Election Cycle At least in theory, the DCCC is targeting 33 districts, 3 that are...
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Howie Klein
Oct 7, 20244 min read
Less Than A Month To Go... What To Do With Last Minute Contributions: Let's Look At The Senate
Candidate Quality Matters— In Nebraska, In Missouri Louise and Paul are two of the most generous and steady Blue America contributors....
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Howie Klein
Sep 23, 20246 min read
How Much Damage Will Project 2025 Do To Other Republican Candidates Beyond Trump And Vance?
Trump Has Been An Anchor Around The Necks Of GOP Candidates Yesterday, Ezra Klein floated the idea that the deep state that defeats Señor...
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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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Howie Klein
Sep 18, 20244 min read
DCCC And Their Crap Candidates Better Hope Kamala Has Very Strong Coattails In NY And California
Worst Candidate Quality In Two Decades— By Far! The first poll I looked at yesterday was from Morning Consult . It showed Kamala’s margin...
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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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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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Howie Klein
Aug 24, 20243 min read
Standing Between The DCCC & A Blue Wave: Grotesquely Bad Candidate Quality In New York & California
The DCCC Has One Thing Going For It: Republicans Are Worse In New York State, 2020 saw Biden beat Trump 60.9% to 37.7%— not as good as...
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Howie Klein
Apr 27, 20246 min read
6 Cali Seats Will Decide Who Controls Congress— & The Dems Have Opted For Lesser Of 2 Evils Gambles
L.A. Times Coverage Doesn’t Include Candidate Quality Yesterday, L.A. Times political staff writer Julia Wick noted that “While...
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Howie Klein
Apr 17, 20247 min read
NOT ANY Blue Will Do— Episode 3,725... California + Buffalo, NY
I’m not really that familiar with Melanie Mason’s reporting. I’ve seen her stuff at Politico and I have no impression that she is...
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Howie Klein
Apr 14, 20242 min read
It’s Insane That Someone Who Is So Glaringly Unfit & Unable To Do The Job Of President…
…Could Get Anywhere Near The Oval Office... Again Earlier today we looked at some of the wisdom of Jonathan Pie. He usually does...
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Howie Klein
Feb 25, 20232 min read
The Question Of Extremely Poor Candidate Quality Plagues Both Parties
It shouldn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out that especially bad candidates are more likely to lose elections than especially good— or...
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Howie Klein
Feb 6, 20234 min read
As Democrats Sleepwalk Into A Biden Renomination, The Koch Network Announces It Will Help Stop Trump
Dan Balz and Emily Guskin wrote this morning that “Neither Biden nor Trump generates broad excitement within their own party, and most...
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Howie Klein
Dec 14, 20227 min read
Even Republicans Hate Republicans... And There's Every Reason In The World That They Should
The Monmouth poll released this morning gaged favorability for the top congressional leaders, among other things. McConnell is easily the...
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Howie Klein
Dec 13, 20227 min read
The 2 Parties Grapple With What To Do About Unelectable Candidates, From JR Majewski To Rudy Salas
A new USAToday poll by Suffolk University shows Trump’s presidential bid in 2024 has cratered among Republicans. “By 2-1, GOP and...
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Howie Klein
Dec 3, 20224 min read
Most Normal Americans-- If Not Most Republicans-- Still Hate Nazis
How Different Is Nick Fuentes From Newt Gingrich? On Wednesday, far right operative Newt Gingrich published a provocative blog post, Quit...
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