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The Democratic Party Isn't The Party I Signed Up For-- And The GOP Is Worse Than Ever

Howie Klein

Aug 16, 20239 min read

The Democratic Party Isn't The Party I Signed Up For-- And The GOP Is Worse Than Ever

It’s weird being the same age as old people We celebrated last night with a couple of adult beverages… Metamucil & Ensure Weight loss...

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Why Is It That The More Right-Wing Someone Is, The Less Intrinsically Intelligent They Are?

Howie Klein

Apr 18, 20238 min read

Why Is It That The More Right-Wing Someone Is, The Less Intrinsically Intelligent They Are?

When Rahm Emanuel finally left the Clinton White House, the conservative who Clinton replaced him with was Doug Sosnik, a DCCC operative...

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Political Realignment Keeps On Rolling... And I'm Not So Sure It'll Work Out Too Well For Democrats

Howie Klein

Mar 25, 20237 min read

Political Realignment Keeps On Rolling... And I'm Not So Sure It'll Work Out Too Well For Democrats

FDR and his advisors would find it incredulous but Republicans now control most of the House seats in districts where the median income...

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Howie Klein

Mar 22, 20236 min read

When Did Iowa Turn Into Kansas?

Massachusetts (2004) and Connecticut (2208) legalized same sex marriage before Iowa. But same sex marriage has been legal in Iowa since...

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How Long Before The 2 Major Parties Splinter? It's Time

Howie Klein

Nov 7, 20216 min read

How Long Before The 2 Major Parties Splinter? It's Time

Glenn Altschuler has been teaching at Cornell for 4 decades. His work on popular culture as "contested terrain" between ideologies (the...

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Rich Democrats Abandoned The Working Class-- So Guess Who's Been Abandoning The Democrats

Howie Klein

Oct 6, 20219 min read

Rich Democrats Abandoned The Working Class-- So Guess Who's Been Abandoning The Democrats

As the Democrats expanded the party tent to embrace more upper-middle class voters and Big Money special interests, party support and...

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Howie Klein

May 30, 20213 min read

As The Republican Party Collapses...

Last week, Morning Consult polled registered voters and found a wide gap between voters who have a favorable opinion of Biden (55%) and...

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Howie Klein

May 17, 20213 min read

Time For A 3 Party System?

Ipsos took a poll for Reuters about a week ago and found that "62% of Republicans said they had little or no interest in joining a...

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Is It Fair To Refer To The GOP As The Low IQ Party?

Howie Klein

Apr 18, 20217 min read

Is It Fair To Refer To The GOP As The Low IQ Party?

The Republican Party was once, and not that long ago, primarily the party of Greed and Selfishness. To win elections, it was forced to...

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Howie Klein

Apr 7, 20214 min read

More On American Partisan Re-Alignment

This morning, one of my favorite Washington Post opinion writers, Greg Sargent, penned a piece, How Trump’s toxicity continues to poison...

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"We're Gonna Win Big; Q Just Watch"- Donald J. Trumpanzee

Howie Klein

Apr 5, 20218 min read

"We're Gonna Win Big; Q Just Watch"- Donald J. Trumpanzee

Partisan Realignment Many Republicans no longer believe in democracy or even governance; they believe in QAnon, in Trumpism and in owning...

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Which Party Has Earned The Right To Be Called Champions Of The Working Class?

Howie Klein

Mar 16, 202110 min read

Which Party Has Earned The Right To Be Called Champions Of The Working Class?

This morning, I responded to a tweet from Politics1 about how there is no room for conservatives inside a fascist movement, which is...

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