Ezra Klein Archive: Democrats
The point of a congressional majority is to use it, not to keep it
Tim Fernholz recommends Jonathan Martin's autopsy of Creigh Deeds's failed campaign for the Virginia governorship. "The lessons couldn't be clearer," Fernholz says. "Equivocation doesn't win votes. Campaigning on a real agenda does. Running away from President Obama isn't the...
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November 9, 2009; 6:33 PM ET |
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Viva La Congress?
Andrew Gelman thinks the Democrats might lose the House in 2010. Other people try to debunk him. I try not to make predictions on these things 13 months before the next election, but here's a prediction I'm comfortable making: Sometime...
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September 25, 2009; 10:01 AM ET |
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More on the Deficit Double-Standard
To say a few more words on the double-standards that afflict Democrats with regard to the deficit, take a look at how Bush passed his tax cuts. Since he didn't have 60 votes for the hefty package he wanted, he...
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September 4, 2009; 5:08 PM ET |
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Can You Beat Centrists at Their Own Game?
Matt Yglesias, explaining the tactical thinking of liberals who want to draw a line in the sand over the public option, writes, "If you become known as the guys who are always willing to be reasonable and fold while...
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September 3, 2009; 10:47 AM ET |
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