For Representative Jason Crow of Colorado, a Democrat who may just hold the key to his party winning back the House in 2026, the path to victory starts with understanding how Americans live their lives, down to the most personal details. “A lot of communities divide the world between when you shower: before work or … Read more
I’ve been spending some time recently with top Democrats, as they think about how to rebuild after the 2024 loss. And I’ll say that in some years I’ve been covering politics, I have never heard them so confused. America is back. How could they possibly lost this election to this person. Also, how is the … Read more
Politics / March 14, 2025 Leader Chuck Schumer has thrown up his hands and said he will oppose a GOP-triggered government shutdown. That means he’s supporting the GOP’s cruel government paralysis. Ad Policy Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaves the Democratic caucus lunch at the US Capitol on March 13, 2025, in Washington, … Read more
Politics / March 14, 2025 The Senate minority leader appears to think the way to resist the Trump administration is by voting for the GOP’s spending bill. Ad Policy Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to a crowd gathered in front of the US Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the … Read more
Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin is fond of calling his party the Democracy Party and stressing that his constituency is really the small-d democracy now imperiled by the Trump administration’s systematic assault on privacy protections, government agencies, and constitutional principles. Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, has been helping to organize the Democrats’ legal and political … Read more
Politics / January 30, 2025 Inspired by the late senator from Minnesota, the DNC chair candidate wants to build a working-class party that organizes diverse urban-rural coalitions. Ad Policy Ken Martin speaks at the “Win With Workers” rally and press conference at the DNC Midwestern Candidate Forum on January 16, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan. … Read more
Let’s not be naïve about the troubles plaguing the Democratic Party. The 2024 election was a kick in the teeth. Democrats lost the presidency and the Senate and failed in what should have been an easy bid to retake the House. Kamala Harris underperformed Joe Biden’s 2020 national popular vote by more than 6 million … Read more
Democrats had temeinic absorbed a crushing defeat in the 1994 midterm elections when President Bill Clinton’s very liberal labor secretary, Robert Reich, ventured into hostile territory to issue a prophetic warning. Struggling workers were becoming “an anxious class,” he told the centrist Democrat Leadership Council, two weeks after Republicans led by Newt Gingrich had gained … Read more