… “He’s obviously not our first choice, but Trump has a track record of winning elections, not to mention he does well with the conservative voters we’ll need to swing some red states blue—if that’s who we need to ask to ensure Bernie doesn’t win, we’ll do it,” said DNC […] Read more »
Rothenberg’s Best & Worst of 2019 Year-End Awards
It’s December, and that means it’s time for another of my “Best & Worst of the Year” columns. And since it has been a pretty awful year, there should be a lot of worsts. As always, I’ll offer a set of nominees for each category. Then I’ll pick my winner. […] Read more »
The hottest gift this holiday season: Your Own Set of Facts!
… For too long, we have languished under the erroneous impression that “everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” This was depressing. Having to share facts with other people meant that, sometimes, your opinion was not as good as theirs. Sometimes, their opinions would be […] Read more »
How To Win An Election
Winning elections is hard. The truth is, people are complicated, there are a lot of them, and no one is ever 100 percent sure why they do what they do or what they’re going to do next. But if your goal is simply to win an election, then as a […] Read more »
Newly Founded Steyer Institute For Political Research Poll Finds Tom Steyer Leading 2020 Democrats At 95%
Describing the former hedge fund manager as the most popular candidate across every single demographic group, a poll released Wednesday by the recently formed Steyer Institute for Political Research concluded that 95% of registered Democrats support Tom Steyer for president. CONT. The Onion Read more »
Gerrymandering Taking All The Fun Out Of Hacking 2020 U.S. Election
Lamenting that any interesting challenge in disrupting the vote has been completely removed from his job, Russian operative Pavel Artemyev reportedly expressed disappointment Friday that gerrymandering has taken all the fun out of hacking the 2020 election. CONT. The Onion Read more »