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Howie Klein
Dec 19, 202413 min read
Shouldn't All The Democrats Who Don't Envision Themselves As Part Of An Opposition Party Retire Now?
Offering An Alternative To— Not Embracing— Kakistocracy Is Their Job Now I didn't dress them but that's Elizabeth Warren in blue & Jeanne...
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Howie Klein
Dec 14, 20249 min read
Can The Democrats Pull Their Heads Out Of Their Asses And Win The 2026 Midterms?
I saw a House Majority PAC wish list somewhere— 45 Republican-held districts they would like to contest in 2026. If they meant by...
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Howie Klein
Dec 12, 20244 min read
Can We Get Some Good House Candidates For The 2026 Midterms— No One Recruited By Chuck Schumer?
Yesterday, the Senate voted on Biden’s renomination of Lauren McFerran to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). It failed 50-49 ,...
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Howie Klein
Dec 5, 20246 min read
DelBene Is Certainly Not Going To Fix The DCCC— Will Jeffries Appoint Someone Who Even Wants To?
It Starts With Strong Recruiting, Not With Corrupt Blue Dogs This cycle, the DCCC re-recruited two of its worst 2022 candidates,...
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Howie Klein
Nov 30, 20248 min read
There Is A Path To Democratic Party Redemption— But Not Through The Neoliberalism That Wrecked It
Almost As Bad As Rahm As DNC Chair Would Be Ritchie Torres As DCCC Chair I have a strong stomach. Even when I was going through chemo and...
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Howie Klein
Nov 29, 20243 min read
The Last Uncalled Race— Who You Rooting For? The Corrupt Blue Dog Or The Faux-Moderate Republican?
Both CA-13 Candidates Are Putrid CA-13 came into existence after the 2020 census in time for the 2022 midterms. There was no incumbent in...
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Howie Klein
Nov 14, 20244 min read
Would The Democrats Control The House Now If The DCCC Didn’t Keep Supporting Corrupt Conservatives?
This year, the DCCC had the worst roster of candidates I’ve ever seen. Their red-to-blue program was absolutely putrid— and most of them...
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Howie Klein
Nov 9, 202411 min read
State Of The House— No One Knows Which Party Will Prevail Yet
What Went Wrong In New York And New Jersey? The partisan split in the House is going to be incredibly close. MAGA Mike will probably have...
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Howie Klein
Nov 6, 20245 min read
You Can’t Blame The Congressional Debacle On Poor Candidate Quality Alone
Oh, the DCCC roster was  the worst I’ve ever seen— and many of the incumbents looking most likely to lose their seats are among the worst...
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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 20, 20243 min read
What Can We Expect From A Democratic House Majority On Day One?
Mychael Schnell and Mike Lillis interviewed Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) a couple of days ago. If the Democrats win the House,...
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Howie Klein
Oct 20, 20245 min read
Yes, The GOP Is Irredeemably Horrible— And So, I'm Afraid, Is The Progressive-Hating DCCC
Suzan DelBene Is Rahm Emanuel Without The Potty Mouth & Tutu There are some excellent candidates running for Congress this cycle but...
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Howie Klein
Oct 17, 20243 min read
The Big Realignment: How Many Core Values Are The Democratic Party Establishment Willing To Give Up?
Is Lesser Of Two Evils Good Enough For You? The DCCC has gotten behind some really horrible characters this cycle— in some cases even...
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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 9, 20243 min read
Scott Perry Might Be The Only GOP Nazi Who Can Be Defeated— But The DCCC Is Running A Republican
Stelson Switched Registration At The Same Time She Declared Her Candidacy Scott Perry behaves— on the floor and off— as though he were in...
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Howie Klein
Oct 4, 20247 min read
A Blue Dog Who Might Not Be Terrible? It Would Be Novel— First Will Rollins Has To Beat Ken Calvert
Democrats Are Always Better Than Republicans— Why Can't They Wipe The Floor With Them? After yearslong rabid Republican opposition, I was...
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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 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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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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