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Chris Murphy for President

Friday, March 14, 2025

*Before getting to the subject hinted at by the title to this post, let me say that this post will assume something that it is somewhat risky to assume: that the election held in 2028 will not be a Soviet style election in which the outcome is known in advance. The assumption will be that […]

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Biden reflect on his mistakes

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Joe Biden now realizes he made some mistakes during his time in office: President Joe Biden — in an interview with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell that aired Thursday and which was Biden’s last TV sit-down as POTUS ? reflected on his failure to hype up his and Democratic accomplishments when in office. “The mistake we made […]

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All they are saying, is give fascism a chance

Thursday, December 19, 2024

I don’t write many blog posts anymore, but I can honestly say that I’ve written a number of them in which I’ve bemoaned the failure of the Democrats to message in a way that reaches people and provokes a favorable reaction. We now face an incoming administration that by any measure must be labeled as […]

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A not so surprising development

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Trump’s minions are now laying the groundwork for pulling out of the upcoming debates. Hannity is even making the risible claim that Biden will be so “jacked up” that the competition will be unfair. I suggested last month, when the debates were first announced: The Democrats, who rarely act in concert to push a point, […]

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Denying reality

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

I read today that Dick Durbin is open to bringing back the blue slip. That’s the rule that allows a Senator to veto the nomination of any judge that will serve in his or her state. So, for instance, if Trump were president, and he wanted to appoint a fascist to be a judge here […]

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Trying hard to lose

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Sometimes I think our big name Democrats stay awake at night trying to figure out ways to lose elections. What issues can they ignore that people care about? What arguments can they fail to make that would work? Who can they alienate who would otherwise vote for them? Case in point discussed in this article, […]

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Yet another rant

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Sometimes I think elected Democrats are subjected to some sort of brain damage on their way to assuming office. This article at the New London Day sort of set me off: As Connecticut municipalities bear the financial load of early voting, legislative leaders and state officials are split over whether the state should help fund […]

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Am I being nit picky?

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Very well then I’m being nit picky. (For those who don’t get the reference, I’m riffing off Walt Whitman) To get back to the nits. Crooks and Liars has a post up in which they report on an interview with Nancy Pelosi in which she ably excoriates the stable genius for his latest spewings about […]

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More bad messaging, and something completely different

Monday, May 15, 2023

This article at the American Independent got me thinking yet again about the left’s ham-handedness when it comes to framing it’s message, a trait shared by the Democratic Party generally. The article is about the fact that Tommy Tuberville, one in a now long line of stupid Southern Senators (it’s a selling point down there) […]

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A clear and present danger

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

I’ve read in various places that Robert Kennedy, Jr. has the support, at this time, of a little more than 20% of potential Democratic Primary voters. I think it’s safe to say that 95% of those folks feel Biden is too old, responded to the Kennedy name, and have no idea what a nutjob he […]

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