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The GOP Wanted To Abolish Choice-- Now Voters Want To Abolish Them
That’s Congresswoman-elect Mary Peltola’s first ad for a fill term representing Alaska. She frames the abortion debate perfectly,...
Howie Klein
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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Señor Trumpanzee Does Wilkes-Barre
It was Trump’s first rally since the espionage case against him blew wide open… so you can imagine the candidates he was pretending to be...
Howie Klein
Sep 4, 20226 min read
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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...
Howie Klein
Sep 3, 20228 min read
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On Top Of The GOP's Other Midterm Woes, Rick Scott Is Already Blaming McConnell For Likely Losses
When the history of the 2022 midterms is written, the way the GOP blew their early lock will be explained by pointing out how much more...
Howie Klein
Sep 2, 20225 min read
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Thanks To Trump, The Lesser Evil Party Is Pulling Decisively Ahead Of The Greater Evil Party
Just before the Republican Party bloodbath in Alaska yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published a column by Karl Rove trying to buck up...
Howie Klein
Sep 1, 20223 min read
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Donald Trump-- The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Even Cook has pretty much stopped hyping a midterm Republican red wave. Yesterday, Dave Wasserman wrote that “Three months ago, it looked...
Howie Klein
Aug 31, 20226 min read
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Americans' Psyches Are Slowly Preparing To See An Ex-President In Prison
The new YouGov poll for The Economist indicates that currently only the hard core Trumpists oppose Trump being criminally prosecuted for...
Howie Klein
Aug 25, 20225 min read
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From Red Wave To Red Ripple-- Will A Blue Wave Materialize This Fall?
The media narrative about Tuesday’s elections, jumped right over the primaries and went to the special election to fill the open Antonio...
Howie Klein
Aug 25, 20225 min read
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The GOP Has A New Line Of Attack Against Democrats: Forgiving A Bit Of Student Debt
“Democrats,” whined the NRCC’s spokesman Mike Berg this morning, “are forcing people who didn’t go to college to pay off student loans...
Howie Klein
Aug 24, 20224 min read
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Last Night’s Most Important Congressional Result Brought The GOP’s Worst Nightmare Into Stark Focus
New York State Primary Results... Meh There were a lot of important primaries in New York and Florida yesterday, but in many ways the...
Howie Klein
Aug 24, 20225 min read
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Substandard Candidate Quality And The GOP-- Up And Down The Ballot, Coast To Coast & In Between
Perry Hooper, Jr.— son of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Perry Hooper Sr.— was arrested and booked today for “first degree sex abuse...
Howie Klein
Aug 24, 20224 min read
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Trump And His Extremist Candidates Have Dissipated That Much-Hyped Red Wave
Arizona And Wisconsin Lookin' Blue In '22 A couple of days ago, I was stunned to see Mandela Barnes ahead of Ron Johnson in a Marquette...
Howie Klein
Aug 19, 20224 min read
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What's Dragging Down The GOP And Canceling The Red Wave?
Ideology & Policy Count, But So Do Questions About Character I was somewhat shocked yesterday to read that as mediocre a candidate as Val...
Howie Klein
Aug 17, 202210 min read
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All Through American History, Conservatives Have Always Been About Treason-- And Now More Than Ever
I didn’t read Dana Milbank’s new book, The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party, yet, but I plan to....
Howie Klein
Aug 16, 20224 min read
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Let's Face It: The Democrats Have Nothing Going For Them Other Than How Bad The Alternative Is
The juice of a carrot, the smile of a parrot A little drop of claret, anything that rocks Dan Pfeiffer wrote this morning that optimism...
Howie Klein
Aug 9, 20225 min read
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GOP Candidates Are On The Record With Extreme Positions So Spin Doctors May Be Of Limited Help Now
The point of Jonathan Weismann’s and Katie Glueck’s NY Times report this morning about GOP tap dancing around the abortion issue, is that...
Howie Klein
Aug 5, 20224 min read
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Voters May Decide The Democrats Are The Lesser Evil In The November Elections After All
Yesterday, we saw that House Democrats passed a very popular assault weapons ban that only 2 Republicans could bring themselves to vote...
Howie Klein
Jul 31, 20226 min read
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This Year’s Republican Candidates Have An Extremism Problem, Part II (Trump)
Earlier we looked at how scared Republican operatives are that the anti-Choice mania infecting their party is going to hurt their...
Howie Klein
Jul 16, 20225 min read
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How Bad Does A Party Have To Be To Get Beaten By Terrible, Treacherous, Treasonous Republicans?
I doubt anyone who reads DWT with any kind of regularity would disagree with the premise that, in Robert Reich’s words, the Republican...
Howie Klein
Jul 10, 20225 min read
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Karl Rove Begs Republicans To Keep Quiet & Pretend They're Sane Before The Midterm Elections
Mississippi has the highest infant mortality and teen birth rates in the U.S. Last night the last abortion clinic in the state closed its...
Howie Klein
Jul 7, 20224 min read
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