“Patrick Ruffini is a strategist, thinker, and organizer focused on data and technology’s disruptive impact on politics and business. “ Here is a tweet he just posted (retweets are not necessarily endorsements so don’t blame Barro) In a model to predict the swing to Trump, Black/Latino % in a county is not predictive at all. […]
Anyone who reads this post should also read this. I feel like spiking a football. (And then kicking it in a few people’s faces.) ******* Anyone who played a role in “clearing the field” for Hillary Clinton—anyone who did—should be categorically removed from consideration as DNC chair. And the idea that Clinton herself […]
UPDATE: LOL. ____ President-elect Donald J. Trump, who campaigned against the corrupt power of special interests, is filling his transition team with some of the very sort of people who he has complained have too much clout in Washington: corporate consultants and lobbyists. Jeffrey Eisenach, a consultant who has worked for years on behalf of […]
CHUCK SCHUMER’S TOUGH BALANCING ACT: CNN reports on an interesting dynamic to keep an eye on: “For Schumer, the challenges will be formidable. He’ll have to listen to the vocal and outspoken progressive wing of his caucus, led by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who have legions of supporters. But he also has […]
There are several excerpts from the news media since Tuesday night that help drive home the point I make in that title about Trump and the Democrats in the immediate future. But the excerpts are about Clinton, not Trump: There are several excerpts from the news media since Tuesday night that help drive home the […]
For the second time in just 16 years, the new President is actually the loser of the national popular vote (click on “Popular Vote”). This is the fifth time this has happened in U.S. history; the last time it happened prior to 2000 was in 1888. As children, we were all taught to believe in […]
Well, I wasn’t planning to post anything today, but I didn’t want y’all to miss this. Yup. Those all-knowing, all-seeing Utah officials.
David Axelrod ✔@davidaxelrod Now Ds who were savaging Comey a few days ago will praise him & GOPers who were behind him will turn on him again. http://wapo.st/2fpVRCL 3:38 PM – 6 Nov 2016 Um … no. No. No: Mark Harris ✔@MarkHarrisNYC “HEY EVERYONE THERE MAY BE A FIRE I’LL CHECK HEY EVERYONE I CHECKED NO […]
If so, Kellyanne Conway is not among you. How many of those spiking early votes by Republicans last week in Colorado, especially, but also in Nevada and Arizona, can be attributed to Comey and the NYC FBI leaker? Apparently, Conway has a pretty damn good idea. So do I. There’s an extremely close contest for […]
Looking at Air Force One @ MIA. Why is he campaigning instead of creating jobs & fixing Obamacare? Get back to work for the American people! 11:19 AM – 3 Nov 2016 — Obama taunts Trump after aides reportedly take his Twitter account, Colin Campbell, Yahoo News, yesterday, quoting a Trump tweet from last Thursday […]