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A few weeks ago, I debunked the spin out from CNBC that Sen. Mark Warner is being pressured by major Democratic donors to run for...

Vulnerable red-state centrists Joe Donnelly (IN), Heidi Heitkamp (ND), and Joe Manchin (WV) are key Democratic votes in the impending...

In the wake of the public shaming of multiple Trump administration officials and the call for more of it from Maxine Waters, many...

A few weeks ago, CNBC published an article claiming that major Democratic donors are urging raging centrist Mark Warner to run for...

On Saturday, I went to the Texas GOP Convention in San Antonio, and had the opportunity to speak with one of my favorite Republicans,...

A month ago, Democrats were growing more confident they would have a great election year in 2018. Between the president’s dismal approval...

There have been some wonderful eulogies for movement giant Paul Booth, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly last week. Those of us...

Donald Trump never ceases to entertain. The Wolff book rings true, with its jaw-dropping portrait of chaos and intrigue, warring White...

I am an old-fashioned kind of guy: when I do business with a company, I want to purchase good products and services for a reasonable...

We Won Big, Thank Goodness: But How Do We Keep It Going? It was a joy, and frankly a relief to see that Democrats can sometimes win big...

Republicans are describing their effort to change America’s tax laws as “reform,” but their proposals are really just one more giveaway...

My old colleague Doug Schoen from the Clinton White House days has an op-ed out in the New York Times that is remarkable for its...

Conservatives spend a lot of time talking about freedom. They seem deathly afraid that government is going to take all their freedoms...

Lost in Donald Trump’s pro-Confederate, neo-Nazi messaging meltdown in the last ten days was a major moment in modern American political...

I have a friend, diabetic like me, who could not afford insurance and whose health spiraled worse and worse. He died alone in his...

So, 241 years ago we had that whole Declaration of Independence thing. The July 4th holiday is always a good time to think about what...

The Democratic talking points after losing two more House special elections, including one in Georgia that many people thought they would...

Democrats and the progressive movement need to figure out how to balance two very different but equally important imperatives: keeping...

One of my favorite sayings from Elizabeth Warren is: “We might not win every battle we fight, but if we don’t fight we can’t win.” And...

The health care fight showed once again that bad policy is almost always bad politics. This stinker of a bill had 17 percent support in...