Month: July 2018

Famous nerd, Nate Silver, had some explaining to do in the wake of Trump's win. This is what Silver basically said in his own defense. "I never said Clinton was going to win. I said that she probably win based on polling. To be more precise, I said she'd win 53 times if the election was held 100 times. That meant Trump would probably win 47 times. This election was one of those 47 times. Also - Clinton ran a shitty campaign and took too many toss-up states like Michigan for granted." Well he didn't say that last part but I can't help interjecting the truth about that shitty Clinton campaign whenever I have the opportunity. Moving on... Like Trump, Kerri Harris has some simple math to contend with.

E.J. Dionne uses data from a couple of political scientists to show that there is no up-for-grabs centrist bloc of independent voters. Independents mostly lean one way or the other;…

In recent days we've suffered a rash of visits from some Ghosts of Democrats Past. Various commenters, presenting themselves as "centrist" or "moderate" or "blue collar," have argued that full-bore…

I heard the Declaration of Independence read on NPR for the first time in a long time and I have to say, it’s amazing when Jefferson begins to list the…

When the Trump administration was tearing apart families, most of corporate America said nothing. When Trump supported white supremacists, most of corporate America said nothing. When Trump made clear everyone…