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Howie Klein
Aug 9, 20236 min read
Ohio Voters Rejected The Republican Party Yesterday-- And In No Uncertain Terms
In 2020, Trump won 81 of Ohio’s 88 counties and beat Biden 53.3% to 45.2%. The alarm bell for Republicans is not that their anti-Choice...
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Howie Klein
Aug 6, 20233 min read
Leave It To The Dem Establishment To Find Candidates Who Can't Even Prove They're A Lesser Evil
How Do You Find A Candidate Who Can't Beat Rick Scott? Like most of the voters in western Miami, Carlos Curbelo is a Cuban-American. He...
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Howie Klein
Jul 18, 20238 min read
Is There A Path Forward For The GOP That Doesn't Lead To Civil War, Fascism And Treason?
On Monday morning, Punchbowl reported that Missouri freshman Republican senator, Eric Schmitt, has emerged as a major fundraiser for the...
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Howie Klein
Jul 12, 20238 min read
MAGA & QAnon-- Albatross Around The Neck Of The Republican Party... And Do They Ever Deserve it!
Last week I saw a report that the QAnon-addled Republicans in both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature voted to prevent 7th graders...
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Howie Klein
Jul 11, 20236 min read
4 New Democratic Candidates Launched Campaigns For Congress In Texas, Michigan, Oregon & Wisconsin
Quite a few candidates from both parties officially launched their campaigns over the weekend. There were 2 House announcements and 2...
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Howie Klein
Jul 7, 20233 min read
Democratic Candidates Are Ahead-- Until The Billionaires Kick In
Yesterday, Dan Merica and Matt Holt reported that the Democrats’ fundraising advantage, propelled by grassroots donors, is continuing to...
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Howie Klein
Jul 6, 20238 min read
Authoritarians-- Whether Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor Or Today's GOP-- Can't Handle Free Choice
“The Grand Inquisitor” is a chapter from Dostoevsky’s epic and profound novel The Brothers Karamazov, one of my favorite books of all...
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Howie Klein
Jun 23, 20232 min read
I Think We Can All Agree On One Thing: No One Wants To Make America Florida
That RNC rule about how no one’s allowed on the first debate stage unless they pledge to back the eventual winner of the primaries,...
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Howie Klein
Jun 18, 20236 min read
What Do You Call A Tech Bro Who's A Lady?
Lexi Reese Is About To Waste Many Millions Of Dollars Yesterday, Noah Smith asked if “tech bros” ruined San Francisco. I moved there when...
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Howie Klein
Jun 2, 20233 min read
Katie Porter Doesn't Like Scam E-Mails Or Scam PACs
I spend a lot of time trying to raise money for the candidates Blue America endorses. I’m also a campaign contributor personally. I write...
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Howie Klein
Jun 2, 20235 min read
California Republicans Hope Low-Info Voters Might Vote For Steve Garvey in The Senate Race
Could He Pull A Schwarzenegger In The Deep Blue State? When I was growing up— like in the 1950s, which I have almost no recollection of—...
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Howie Klein
May 29, 20233 min read
California Has 3 Good Choices For Senate: Barbara Lee, Katie Porter And Adam Schiff
Will Republicans Decide Which One Becomes A Senator? Interpreting all those numbers ProgressivePunch feeds us about voting records can be...
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Howie Klein
May 27, 20236 min read
This Week's Worst Person In The World Besides Donald Trump & Ron DeSantis
My old friend Bob Lord, a former congressional candidate in Arizona, wrote a Sinema piece for Splice Today with journalist Stephen Lemons...
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Howie Klein
May 26, 20232 min read
Looking For Another Rich Conservative Democrat In The Senate?
The Establishment Is Pushing Ex-CIA Agent Elissa Slotkin The President of Michigan’s state Board of Education, Pamela Pugh jumped into...
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Howie Klein
May 23, 20238 min read
Republican Candidates Are Very Wary Of The Trump Kiss Of Death Going Into The 2024 Cycle
Writing for the Washington Post yesterday, Michael Scherer, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement reported what most political observers already...
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Howie Klein
May 10, 20237 min read
Can The Democrats Hold Onto The Senate-- Not If McConnell & Schumer Get Their Way
I’m sure you’ve noticed that the Democratic Party establishment always tries to undermine progressives who are closest to Democratic...
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Howie Klein
May 3, 20232 min read
Maryland Needs Jamie Raskin In The Senate... And So Does America
In 2016 Rep. Chris Van Hollen ran for Senate, successfully, when Barbara Mikulski retired. That opened up Van Hollen’s safe blue House...
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Howie Klein
May 2, 20234 min read
It Will Be Absolutely Fantastic To See Manchin And Sinema Defeated Next Year, But...
Yesterday, The Hill published one of those pieces they’re always running: Senate rankings: Here are the 5 seats most likely to flip. If...
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Howie Klein
Apr 30, 20238 min read
A Sinema From Hell-- Blame Chuck Schumer
When Chuck Schumer decided he wanted Kyrsten Sinema as the Democratic candidate for the Arizona Senate seat— and would clear the field of...
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Howie Klein
Apr 24, 20233 min read
MAGA Ohio Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno Favors Reparations-- For White People
I always remember April 16. It’s my sister Michelle’s birthday. It was also the day Abraham Lincoln signed (in 1862) a bill emancipating...
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