New Orleans People enjoy calling Donald Trump a liar, but when he says that he is “expanding” the base of the Republican Party, he’s telling the truth, and that’s more frightening that a lot of the rest of the mishmash coming from his mouth. Worse, he is expanding the Republicans by stripping out the lower …
Category: DC Politics
Proportional Representation Makes African-Americans, Latinos, and Rural, Low-Income Whites Kingmakers
New Orleans No matter who your favorite might be in the Presidential sweepstakes, how can you not join me in loving the irony that no matter how the big whoops fume and allow inequality to widen, African-Americans and Latinos are now the kingmakers for Democrats and rural, lower income, less educated whites are now becoming …
Politics of the Court Fight and the Stalemate to Come
New Orleans As the sides dig in over the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice to replace Antonin Scalia after his recent death it is fascinating to watch in real-time the mammoth miscalculations that the Republicans, and perhaps the Democrats as well, are making about the likely impact of their positions on the appointment …