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
Oct 47 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 274 min read
If Eric Adams Resigns Or Something, Jumaane Williams Becomes Acting Mayor!
NYC’s Progressive Mayors Since the 1930s: La Guardia, Wagner, Lindsay, de Blasio Yesterday morning, I went down a philosophical rabbit...
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Howie Klein
Sep 184 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 44 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 243 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
Jun 265 min read
Yesterday's Primaries In New York, Where Democrats Picked 3 Incredibly Flawed Candidates
Plus Trump's Kiss Of Death Shows Up In Utah, South Carolina & Colorado Yesterday, New York Democratic primary voters, given a choice...
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Howie Klein
Jun 186 min read
State Legislative Races' Crucial Role In Fighting Off The Threat Of Fascism Posed By Trump
Bonus: There's An Actual MAGA-Democrat— In Florida Of Course Yesterday, the committee tasked with electing Democrats to state legislative...
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Howie Klein
Jun 59 min read
Mondaire Jones Comes Out As The Self-Serving, Backstabbing Hypocrite Of The 2024 Election Cycle
Happiest Man In Congress Today: Mike Lawler (R-NY) Blue America backed Mondaire Jones when he ran for Congress in 2020 and we always felt...
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Howie Klein
Jun 43 min read
Congress' Season of Buffoonery Begins This Week— MAGA Mike As Ringmaster
Republicans Want To Show Their Base They're Anti-Government Ten hardcore Senate MAGAts— Mike Lee (UT), JD Vance (OH), Tommy Tuberville...
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Howie Klein
May 27 min read
Want To Know What Elections Are Like In No. Korea? Check On Buffalo's Special House Election Tuesday
The Democratic Party Protects Democracy, Right? Really... Right? Tuesday, state Sen Tim Kennedy (D) trounced West Seneca Town Supervisor...
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Howie Klein
Mar 316 min read
Will Abortion Ballot Measures Help Many Democratic Candidates In November?
In November, abortion will on the ballot in New York and Maryland and may be on the ballot in Arizona, Nevada, Florida and Montana. Will...
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Howie Klein
Mar 44 min read
Democratic Party Politics In New York's North Country— A Chance To Hold Elise Stefanik Accountable
Fear and Loathing in NY In Spring 2023, the Democratic Party held their annual Rural Caucus meeting in Saratoga Springs, NY. The theme of...
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Howie Klein
Mar 13 min read
New York Congressional Maps Finalized— After All That Expensive Sturm Und Drang Not Much Changed
After stalling for a few days, MAGA Mike finally swore Tom Suozzi into Congress this week. After the ceremony, Suozzi delivered an...
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Howie Klein
Feb 164 min read
NY Congressional Maps Still Up In The Air-- Ignores Extreme Gerrymanders in North Carolina & Florida
IRC Tries To Give A Leg Up To A Conservative Democrat In NY-22 New York’s bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) released...
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Howie Klein
Jan 103 min read
A Guest Post By Steve Holden, The Progressive Candidate Taking On Elise Stefanik
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Holden is the Democratic candidate running to unseat Elise Stefanik in November. Unlike Stefanik, Steve won’t be...
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Howie Klein
Dec 13, 202310 min read
The 2024 Congressional Outlook Just Changed In New York-- For The Better
Plus Primary Updates Here And There Yesterday, the NY State Court of Appeals issued a decision requiring the redrawing of the state’s...
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Howie Klein
Dec 9, 20233 min read
Central New York Needs A New, Less Volatile Congressman-- Time To Dump Brandon Williams
Syracuse-based NY-22 is New York’s ultimate swing district, depending what the map-drawer is trying to accomplish. The most recent map...
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Howie Klein
Nov 26, 202311 min read
Nate McMurray— Taking On The Western New York Political Machine
In 2020, when Nate McMurray was running for Congress in a very red district in western New York (the reddest district in the state),...
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Howie Klein
Oct 7, 20233 min read
Expect A Red To Blue Flip In Central New York-- Unless The DCCC Screws It Up Again
Sarah Klee Hood Can Beat Williams, Mannion Is Way Too Conservative If you follow the political press, they’re always talking about the...
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