WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11182019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans It may be too early to make a definitive list of lessons learned from the off-year elections in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky, but the one thing that seems crystal clear is that the Democrats have some hope, the Republicans have some deep worries, and …
Gulf Shores James Carville’s quote in the Clinton campaign “war room,” that “it’s the economy, stupid!” will be in his obit. I’ve read one report that argued that Trump would be re-elected, regardless of his polling numbers and approval ratings, if growth was above 3% in 2020 before the election. The notion that economics drives …
Houston It’s still difficult to fully assess the election and its lessons, but some patterns continue to emerge in bits and pieces. A text from Houston after the midterms underlined the hopes for Texas to move elsewhere along the color spectrum. Democrats picked up eleven state representative seats for example on the Beto O’Rourke coattails. …