http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/ The Democratic Strategist Articles en Copyright 2008 Sat, 10 May 2008 07:23:53 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, has a New York Times op-ed that merits a careful read by all Democratic candidates, especially Senator Obama. Kohut warns that "The personal and social resistance of older voters to the party’s... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/beating_mccain_with_seniors.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/beating_mccain_with_seniors.php Sat, 10 May 2008 07:23:53 -0500 One way or another, this Democratic primary will be done very soon, and barring an unthinkable tragedy or scandal, Hillary Clinton will be making a decision about how to end her campaign for president. She'll give a speech where she'll... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/turning_out_the_lights_1.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/turning_out_the_lights_1.php Fri, 09 May 2008 13:40:13 -0500 For any of you who may be hard-core HRC fans dismayed by all the "it's over" talk in the news media and the blogosphere, RealClearPolitics' Jay Cost offers a ray of hope: a self-consciously "contrarian" analysis of how blowout wins... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/fullcourt_shot_at_the_buzzer.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/fullcourt_shot_at_the_buzzer.php Fri, 09 May 2008 09:26:06 -0500 Over at TNR's The Plank, a variety of people have been invited to debate about the advisability of an Obama-Clinton "unity ticket." As it happens, Alan Wolfe and yours truly were the first to send in submissions, both supporting the... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/the_unity_ticket_debate.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/the_unity_ticket_debate.php Thu, 08 May 2008 14:17:01 -0500 With all the talk about the consequences of Barack Obama's big victory in NC, there's been less analysis than usual about how, exactly, he did it. Tuesday morning, there were a lot of people who believed that the race between... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/demographic_destiny.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/demographic_destiny.php Thu, 08 May 2008 10:17:01 -0500 Take a break from the rat-a-tat-tat of the horse race, and give a gander to Rob Capriccioso's "Game Changer: Nationwide No-Excuse Absentee Voting" over at Campaigns & Elections Politics website. Absentee balloting has become an increasingly important factor in campaigns... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/absentee_voting_reform_may_tra.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/absentee_voting_reform_may_tra.php Thu, 08 May 2008 09:18:25 -0500 It's been a crazy 18 hours or so in the Democratic presidential contest. The early take on the impact of yesterday's primaries was that both candidates had lost the opportunity for a big victory, with HRC once again avoiding disaster... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/mood_swings.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/mood_swings.php Wed, 07 May 2008 16:25:50 -0500 I think Ed's post below is essentially right -- the results in North Carolina and Indiana changed nothing in terms of actuality. But yesterday, I watched MSNBC until just after midnight when Tim Russert said, "We now know who the... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/perceptions.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/perceptions.php Wed, 07 May 2008 10:26:35 -0500 Last night's Democratic presidential primaries in NC and IN changed nothing, or changed everything, depending on whose account you choose to accept (see the previous Staff post for a compilation of post-primary "reads.") From one point of view, HRC survived... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/hrcs_final_hope_general_electi.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/hrcs_final_hope_general_electi.php Wed, 07 May 2008 09:48:29 -0500 We try to be even-handed regarding Democratic candidates in the posts we flag for our readers. This morning, however, despite the split decision in IN and NC, it's hard to find much encouragement for Senator Clinton on the blogosphere or... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/wrap_up_wrap_up.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/wrap_up_wrap_up.php Wed, 07 May 2008 07:31:30 -0500 We at TDS will have plenty to say tomorrow about the NC and IN primary results, and what they mean in terms of the Democratic nominating contest. But for tonight, I just want to note a small curiosity: when's the... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/a_small_curiosity.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/a_small_curiosity.php Tue, 06 May 2008 23:35:07 -0500 This morning, my mom drove out to our rural precinct location on her way to work. She collected her ballot at 7:00, filled it out, and fed it through the voting machine. The polls had opened just 30 minutes before,... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/post_9.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/post_9.php Tue, 06 May 2008 16:18:50 -0500 I'm probably a bit too inclined to criticize political writers who don't seem to know a lot of political history. Sometimes it's very relevant, but sometimes not so much: history does get made with each new electoral cycle. But when... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/late_primary_challenges_not_un.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/late_primary_challenges_not_un.php Tue, 06 May 2008 10:19:56 -0500 Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown has some good tips for getting the early skinny on today's primary elections in North Carolina and Indiana. For NC Brown advises "keep an eye on Raleigh-Durham area turnout," which is a quarter to a third... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/early_clues_on_nc_in.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/early_clues_on_nc_in.php Tue, 06 May 2008 07:15:08 -0500 In an especially blatant example of a journalist letting himself be used to send up trial balloons for a political campaign, Bill Kristol's New York Times column today announces that all sorts of people in John McCain's political operation are... http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/the_jindal_trial_balloon.php http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2008/05/the_jindal_trial_balloon.php Mon, 05 May 2008 11:41:34 -0500