Skies lightening for Democrats, despite themselves
The prognosis for Democrats this November has turned less grim. Primary voters have weeded out weak candidates, despite the best efforts of party leaders to protect them. My new column goes into the particulars.
VOTER UNREST COULD ALSO HELP DEMOCRATS
Tags: Democrats, politics, Republicans, right wing, Tea Party
The phoniness of the Tea Party
After spending months trying to engage the Tea Party people on the policy level, I’ve plum given up. The movement hides its self-serving positions in a haze of self-contradiction. My new column:
TIME TO CALL TEA PARTY’S BLUFF
Tags: Medicare, politics, right wing, taxpayers, Tea Party
Who are you calling racist?
A column in the New York Times inspired me to write my own. Charles Blow comes much too close to saying that the Tea Party’s racist image (in whose mind?) reflects reality.
Nuance, please, nuance. I hope I’ve provided it.
