I argued in a column last week that, despite the conventional wisdom that Hillary Clinton is certain to run for president in 2016, there’s a decent chance—maybe 30 percent—that she won’t. … The vast majority of the more than 4,200 comments that appeared on nationaljournal.com were anti-Clinton and among the […] Read more »
For Democrats looking to post-Obama era, how populist a future?
With three years remaining in the presidency of Barack Obama, the party he has led since mesmerizing members with his 2008 campaign has begun debating a post-Obama future. Though more united than Republicans, Democrats nevertheless face simmering tensions between the establishment and a newly energized populist wing, led by the […] Read more »
America’s Best First Lady
For the fifth time in thirty-two years, Eleanor Roosevelt receives the top spot in the Siena College Expert Survey of American First Ladies released today. Historians and scholars once again see Mrs. Roosevelt best exemplifying the ten characteristics of a First Lady. Abigail Adams finishes second, Jacqueline Kennedy is again […] Read more »
McClatchy-Marist Poll: Christie is dropping fast against Clinton
Dragged down by controversy, Chris Christie is falling far, far behind Hillary Clinton in a potential matchup for the 2016 presidential campaign, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Christie still is neck and neck with several possible rivals in an early hypothetical matchup for the Republican presidential nomination. CONT. David […] Read more »
What unites Democrats? Republicans!
Back in 1901, Finley Peter Dunne’s character Mr. Dooley said, “The Dimmycratic Party ain’t on speakin’ terms with itsilf.” Is that happening again now? You might think so, given the talk about a populist revolt on the left. But Democrats are in fact remarkably united on most issues. They agree […] Read more »
Obama Aides Doubt Clinton Strategy
Top advisers and former aides to Barack Obama say Hillary Clinton is repeating the mistakes she made in 2008, building a machine in lieu of a message and lumbering toward the Democratic nomination with the same deep vulnerabilities that cost her the nomination eight years earlier. … “I just don’t […] Read more »