The DCCC— Still As Horrible As It's Been Since Rahm Emanuel Re-Made It In His Corrupt Image
The DCCC is raising tens of millions of dollars to reelect Democratic Party incumbents in the House. In theory, the committee doesn’t...
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Howie Klein
Mar 216 min read
House Republicans Want To Make The Nov Election About Raising The Retirement Age— Will Dems Fight?
Most GOP Members Just Grabbed The 3rd Rail Of American Politics Last week, I heard Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires,...
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Howie Klein
Feb 23, 20234 min read
Mike Pence Previews His Platform On CNBC: Austerity For Us, Billions For Wall Street
So Mike Pence wants to run in the Privatize Social Security lane. He’s now publicly embracing his old austeritarian self— the opposite...
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Howie Klein
Jan 3, 20234 min read
Guess Which Party Is STILL Anti-Union
You thought the Republican agenda was just about investigating Hunter Biden’s laptop and doing something to Dr. Fauci? Well… wrong. They...
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Howie Klein
Oct 27, 20223 min read
The DCCC May Be Blowing It... But Many Swing District Democrats Look Like They May Well Pull Through
With Republican billionaires flooding the races with tens of millions of dollars in a late push to win Congress, McCarthy just got enough...
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Howie Klein
Sep 18, 20226 min read
The Republican Party's "Jim Bognet Problem"-- Lots Of Really Bad General Election Candidates
In 2020 Trump won a district I used to live in in northeast Pennsylvania, PA-08 by over 4 points— 51.7% to 47.3%, which was especially...
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Howie Klein
Sep 14, 20223 min read
Big Money Still Flooding Into Political Campaigns
On Monday I was on a Zoom call with a dozen progressive candidates, some of whom had won their primaries and some of whom had lost. Three...
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Howie Klein
Sep 3, 20228 min read
If You Were A Candidate, Would You Want Trump Campaigning For You? It Worked Out Poorly For Palin
Two well-liked Democratic congressional superstars live near me— Ted Lieu and Adam Schiff. Both are shoo-ins for reelection and have...
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Howie Klein
Aug 30, 20226 min read
Top GOP Priority If They Win The Midterms-- Impeaching Biden
Recent polling shows that Biden’s approval has started ticking up a bit and his disapproval has started going down. Gallup shows his...
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Howie Klein
Oct 14, 20219 min read
Who's A "Serious" Candidate And Who's Not?
I usually have a rule of thumb about political fundraising: if someone who isn't a candidate is collecting money they claim they will...
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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
Jan 29, 20217 min read
Open Warfare On The Floor Of The House? Mad Cawthorn Wants To Be President When He Grows Up
"The Senate, wrote Becky Little a couple of years ago, "had just adjourned on May 22, 1856, when Representative Preston Brooks entered...
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Howie Klein
Dec 9, 20206 min read
Progressives Insist On $1,200 Direct Pandemic Relief Payments-- Conservatives Insist That's Too Much
Reporting for NBC News before dawn, Stephanie Ruhle and Benjy Sarlin wrote about Congress' inability to get rescue funds to Americans who...
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Howie Klein
Nov 25, 20205 min read
Which Side Is Biden On-- Which Side Is The Democratic Party On
Bernie wrote a good OpEd for The Guardian yesterday, How do we avoid future authoritarians? Winning back the working class is key. Like...
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Howie Klein
Nov 20, 20207 min read
Institutional Corruptionist Steny Hoyer Gets His Dream: Earmarks Are Coming Back
The sclerotic, geriatric leaders of the House Democrats are so delusional and out of touch with America now that they have decided to...
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