As jconway writes about here, it's unlikely that the Electoral College will block Trump on December 19th, in part because the vote is only a week away and in part because most electors are political activists that will stick with Trump … [Read more...]
The White Working Class, Authoritarianism, and the Future of the Democratic Party
There's been an interesting conversation going on here on BMG concerning Democrats and the working class (especially members of the white working class). A big part of the conversation is the claim, like that of Thomas Frank's, that … [Read more...]
Key Numbers for Super Tuesday
With Super Tuesday voting starting less than 24 hours from now, I thought it might be helpful to put together in one place some of the key numbers for tomorrow's primaries and caucuses. Included below are all of the Democratic and … [Read more...]
A Good Day for Equality, Perhaps, but a Bad Day (and Past Few Years) for American Democracy
David's recent post on the Supreme Court's decision striking down DOMA and allowing same-sex marriages to continue in California suggests that today represents "a good day for equality in this country." I agree. I, like David, completely … [Read more...]
Thanks, Tim Wakefield, for a Great Red Sox Career!
I'd like to take a moment to pause from the politics and acknowledge the end of what I think can be fairly called a great career with the Red Sox. As you've probably heard, Tim Wakefield will announce his retirement today after 17 seasons … [Read more...]
The Problem with Recent Criticism of Obama
The discussions of Obama's Presidency that have popped up here on BMG have generated a lot of passion recently. I was originally going to post this as a comment to Charley's recent excellent post, but I figured I'd put on the table in a … [Read more...]
Fixing the Budget
As we all know, the United States is running a sizable deficit -- a continuation of a trend occurring for several years since the budget surpluses of the Clinton Administration. As several BMG'ers have written on, the "National Commission … [Read more...]
MA Unemployment Drops Again
Amid all the revelations about the patently unqualified Jeff Perry and Charlie Baker's refusal to own up to his poor record comes more positive news. The unemployment rate here in the Commonwealth dropped from 8.8% to 8.4% last month, … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker – Running on Fumes
We know that former failed gubernatorial candidate Tom Reilly -- still bitter over his own horribly mismanaged campaign four years ago -- endorsed Baker a couple days back. His reasoning? "It hasn't gone well" under Patrick and we "need a … [Read more...]
Progressive Rhetorical Failure and the Decline of Faith in Government
My broader point is that progressives do themselves a serious disservice by frequently invoking government failure as the problem. All this does is feed the decades-long image of government, built up by right-wingers, that government is … [Read more...]