I don’t get. I have never gotten it. Now I get it even less. I have never understood why it was “progressive” to cancel student loans. On average, a person with a four-year degree makes almost one and a half million dollars more over the course of a career than someone who didn’t pick upContinue reading “Why Won’t Biden Quit on Student Loans?”
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Biden Needs to Stand Up to the Hard-Left
In politics it’s usually a good idea to pick a lane and stay there. But on Gaza, Pres. Joe Biden is trying to thread a needle and that will not redound to his benefit. Biden has been supporting Israel in its war on Hamas, but he keeps looking over his shoulder at the tiny hard-leftContinue reading “Biden Needs to Stand Up to the Hard-Left”
Reading the MU Poll Tea Leaves
There’s a new Marquette Law School poll just out and, like always, there’s lots of good stuff in there. Let’s check it out. Still a dead heat. The race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump remains, as expected, neck and neck. Trump has a two point lead which is the same as what he hadContinue reading “Reading the MU Poll Tea Leaves”
Dems Continue to Lose Nonwhite Voters
Democrats are losing support among voters of color. Black, Hispanic and Asian voters are all trending away from them. But it’s not about race, it’s about class. College-educated voters of color are sticking with or increasing their support for Democrats. It’s blue collar voters that are moving rightward. As New York Times writer David LeonhardtContinue reading “Dems Continue to Lose Nonwhite Voters”
Mod Dems Win
My partisan Democratic friends are popping champagne bottles over Democrat Tom Suozzi’s win in a special election to replace the storied George Santos in his Long Island district. For the most part, I think their enthusiasm is at best premature. The New York Times’ Nate Cohn wrote this morning: Over the last three decades, thereContinue reading “Mod Dems Win”
The Anti-Tribalist
I am a member of a very large congregation: The Church of Fallen Away Catholics. I wish Joe Biden would join me here. I grew up in an observant Catholic family in a heavily Catholic part of the country and attended Catholic schools for my first 12 years of education. During the school year atContinue reading “The Anti-Tribalist”
Four Parties?
On last Sunday’s Meet The Press, host Chuck Todd revealed some fascinating polling data. The electorate is equally divided between Trump Republicans, traditional Republicans, Biden Democrats and Democrats who prefer the politics of Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. Exactly 17% of voters picked each of those four categories. Host Chuck Todd made the point thatContinue reading “Four Parties?”
Goodbye, Populism
If there is anything President Joe Biden’s inaugural speech was not, it was populist. President Biden’s speech has justifiably won plaudits from across the spectrum, even including the Wall Street Journal. (It’s likely this will be the last time the Journal has much good to say about him, so drink it in while you can,Continue reading “Goodbye, Populism”
How Jim Clyburn Saved America
One thing you can say for Donald Trump: He sure knew how to unite the Democratic Party. My theory of the race in 2020 was the same as my theory for the Wisconsin governor’s race in 2018: First, do no harm. The shock and awe of Donald Trump’s surprise win in 2016 was so devastatingContinue reading “How Jim Clyburn Saved America”
Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos 