They didn’t come out and say what they really mean. AP Photo/Eric Gay Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University All 10 Democratic candidates in the Houston debate Sept. 12 spoke about investing public money – taxpayer dollars – in education, health care and economic opportunity for Americans. Those ideas depend on […] Read more »
Can Republicans Escape Racism?
Is the Democratic Party prematurely winnowing its crop of presidential candidates? This week on “The Argument,” the columnists discuss the narrowing 2020 field. … Then, can American conservatism exist free of nativism? The columnists debate whether the political right can escape racism. And finally, Ross builds up a British television […] Read more »
How To Win This Week’s Debate
This Thursday, 10 Democrats vying for the presidential nomination will share a stage for the first time. We’ve discussed what strategies for the top three candidates — Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — might adopt, but the debate is also an opportunity for the lower-tier candidates to gain […] Read more »
Like it or not, Thursday’s debate is about electability
It has become a habit to scold Democratic voters who say electability is their standard in deciding whom to support for their party’s presidential nomination. Forecasts made hours before Election Day three years ago went spectacularly awry, so who can know what will happen in November 2020? Yet like it […] Read more »
The DNC had a smart plan for shrinking the Democratic field. What happened?
The huge number of contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination has provided a summer’s worth of amusement. But, despite how the 2016 Republican primary contest unfolded, politics aren’t supposed to function like reality television — with bizarre characters thrown into the mix for the sheer sake of drama. So […] Read more »
What A 10 Person Democratic Debate Means
Last Thursday, ABC News finalized the lineup for the third Democratic primary debates, and only ten candidates will participate in just one debate. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew debates whether the field has been winnowed to ten and looks at the potential dynamic of third […] Read more »