Report & video: The Obama Coalition in the 2012 Election and Beyond

Since Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1968 and George McGovern’s run in 1972, progressives have sought to create a multiracial, multiethnic, cross-class coalition—made up of African Americans, Latinos, women, young people, professionals, and economically populist blue-collar whites—supporting an activist government agenda to expand economic opportunities and personal freedoms for […] Read more »

One month later, Republicans find plenty of blame for election loss

Almost a month has passed since Mitt Romney’s defeat in the 2012 presidential election, but the finger pointing continues. Some Republicans charge that Romney was a flawed candidate, while others insist the party’s image was a drag on the ticket. There’s the argument that the Romney campaign was outmaneuvered by […] Read more »