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Falling Towards Fascism
-by Patrick Toomey It’s October, which means that the mercury and the leaves are falling in most of the country, and we’re looking...
Howie Klein
Oct 16, 20224 min read
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The End Of Everything That Stands, The End-- No Safety Or Surprise, The End
There's Danger On The Edge Of Town I booked a Doors concert at Stony Brook for a welcome back to school concert on September 23, 1967. I...
Howie Klein
Oct 11, 202223 min read
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More Women Now Vote Than Men-- Is The GOP Patriarchal War On Women Going To Lose Them The Midterms?
In late September, CNN reported that a priority GOP candidate in Michigan, John Gibbs, “once railed against giving women the right to...
Howie Klein
Oct 9, 202213 min read
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Senate Debates In North Carolina And Wisconsin-- Plus... Is Oklahoma Flipping Blue?
Yesterday, the NY Times took a conventional wisdom look at the final sprint into the midterms. You don’t have to read it to know what it...
Howie Klein
Oct 9, 20227 min read
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Wonder How The GOP Maintains 50-50 Support Despite Their Agenda & Despite Their Flawed Candidates?
The new YouGov poll for The Economist shows a dead-heat between Democrats and Republicans in the generic congressional polling— 45%...
Howie Klein
Oct 8, 20222 min read
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Does It Even Matter Which Crappy Party Wins In November? [Spoiler: This Cycle It Does]
Let’s face it, the Republicans have a lot of over-the-top crazies running this cycle— from gubernatorial hopefuls like Tudor Dixon (MI),...
Howie Klein
Oct 7, 20225 min read
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Candidate Quality Really Does Matter
Yesterday, Gail Collins’ column in the NY Times, Whoops! Behold the Republican Trove of Truly Terrible Candidates, pointed out the...
Howie Klein
Oct 6, 20223 min read
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Can The Democrats Keep The Speakers Gavel Out Of Kevin McCarthy's Hands?
Emerson’s latest national polling shows Biden with his highest approval rating of the year— 45% (with 49% disapproving), up 3 points...
Howie Klein
Sep 26, 20225 min read
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What Has Trump Done To The GOP's Midterm Campaign?
Three Conversations With Donald Trump is a promotional excerpt from Maggie Haberman’s controversial new book, Confidence Man: The Making...
Howie Klein
Sep 25, 20229 min read
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Conservatives In Congress Want To Take Things Away From People-- Will Voters Take Away Their Jobs?
Oregon Blue Dog Kurt Schrader was the last Democrat in the House to vote against raising the minimum wage and one of the last to oppose...
Howie Klein
Sep 23, 20223 min read
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The MAGA Kiss Of Death Is Beginning To Kick In All Over The Senate Map-- NH & AZ Are Already Lost
Trump’s shady Save America PAC raised almost $100 million so far this cycle and, by law— not that Trump has ever cared about any laws—...
Howie Klein
Sep 22, 20225 min read
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There's Never Been Anyone Like Trump In U.S. Politics Before-- Hopefully There'll Never Be Another
This morning, Brett Samuels reported that “Republicans are growing more concerned that Trump could be a drag— and not a help— in tight...
Howie Klein
Sep 20, 20226 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Sep 18, 20226 min read
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Both Parties Are Trying To Persuade Latino Voters That They Offer What They're Looking For
Latinos are the largest ethnic minority group in the country and around 20% of voters nationwide are Hispanics. In some states— New...
Howie Klein
Sep 18, 20226 min read
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One Day We May Hear Republican Party Leaders Saying "The Devil Made Me Do It"
This morning, the Cook team noted that “If there were any doubt as to where the base of the GOP resides, the results of the New Hampshire...
Howie Klein
Sep 14, 20228 min read
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Republican Midterms Strategy In Tatters-- Red Wave Officially Dead And Buried
It’s too early to know exactly how much McConnell and his allies spent in their efforts to stop MAGA extremist Don Bolduc from winning...
Howie Klein
Sep 14, 20226 min read
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The End Of Primary Season-- Good Riddance Too
Tonight we’re seeing the last of the 2022 primary results— consequential Democratic results in Rhode Island and consequential Republican...
Howie Klein
Sep 13, 20224 min read
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Someone Needs To Tell The DCCC & DSCC That It's Always Better To Be Wise Than To Be Smart
Technically AIPAC and DMFI are not part of the Republican Party. Technically. But almost all the money they spend on political...
Howie Klein
Sep 13, 20229 min read
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Conservatives Oppose Democracy-- And There Is No Ironclad Rule That They Can't Win
Yes, Trump’s a stupid and dangerous asshole; but so are many— how many?— of his voters. And, yes, Republicans have nothing to offer the...
Howie Klein
Sep 12, 20227 min read
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Why The Lesser Of 2 Evils Party Has A Chance Of Keeping Congressional Majorities
Yahoo and The Economist released polls conducted for them by YouGov today. The results on identical questions aren’t the same. For...
Howie Klein
Sep 7, 20223 min read
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