Year: 2018

In news that's certain to pique the interest of a certain former vice president, polling shows Joe Biden thumping Trump 44-37 in a head-to-head matchup. On the other hand, while…

It is very simple. Type 1) You think that corporations need fewer regulations and lower taxes to thrive. You feel that "a rising tide raises all boats" and that when corporations thrive the economic benefits will eventually be distributed throughout the economy. Type 2) You think that the government should serve as a check on corporations to ensure that the economic benefits are equitably distributed throughout the society. I recently spoke to a very earnest Democrat who was a confirmed "Type 1" Democrat. In spite of 30 years of evidence to the contrary, this person is a Clinton voter who thinks that the DJIA is the economy. He/she loathes the mysogyny and racism that the GOP is steeped in, but they've bought into the same economic model that Tom Carper holds so dear. There are many "Type 1's" out there and 1 v 2 is the fault line that runs through the Democratic Party. Whenever you hear someone talk about "electability" or "pragmatism" or "far-left extremism" it is a smokescreen.

To hear the conservative unwashed tell it, George Soros is the sugar daddy for everything from Nazis to Commies to -- worst of all -- Democrats. In reality, the party…

This summarized from from TPM below the fold: - Just this morning on CNN Giuliani disclosed on CNN that the on July 7th, 2016 top people in Trump’s campaign had a planning meeting to prep for the dirt meeting with the Russians two days later. - Trump was so excited about the dirt his campaign was going to receive from Russia in two days that he couldn’t help but brag about it in public that night.

Inside-the-beltway pundits see Democrats all over the political spectrum winning elections and write that the intra-party warfare is overblown. Those outside the beltway have a clearer view: The neo-liberal "moderates"…