My neighbor's perfect response to the foiled ISIS 'plot' against our city
On New Year's Eve, a man was arrested in my hometown of Rochester, New York, for supposedly plotting with ISIS to massacre patrons at a local bar. The bar in question is an utterly average place called...
View ArticleMore Iowa Democratic caucus-goers identify as 'socialist' than 'capitalist'
It is probably difficult for anyone who was politically aware during the Cold War to believe there would ever be a major United States election where more of the electorate considered itself socialist...
View ArticleHere is the reason why the main argument against Bernie Sanders isn't working
Let me start this off by saying I am neutral in this primary. What's more, I will permanently remain neutral in this primary. That will never change.But I also want to take a moment to say why I think...
View ArticleThe incredibly important lesson Democrats must learn from the Bernie Sanders...
Every major poll analysis outfit--from Nate Silver's fivethirtyeight, to the Huffington Post's Pollster.com to Real Clear Politics--all show Hillary Clinton to be the favorite to win the Iowa caucuses...
View ArticleIowa is not over: Sanders gains on Clinton in revised precinct caucus results
Bernie Sanders has not conceded the Iowa caucuses, and with good reason. Newly updated totals released by the Iowa Democratic Party today show Sanders continues to gain om Hillary Clinton. From The...
View ArticleWhy Antonin Scalia made me wake up in horror in the middle of the night
Back in January, a couple days after the oral arguments on Friedrichs vs California Teachers Association--arguments that were universally assessed as harbingers of the Supreme Court dealing a mortal...
View ArticleTake a break from arguing Hillary vs Bernie and check out four images all...
These four images are the Pollster.com projections of the four most likely presidential general election matchups as of 11:00 PM eastern, Monday, February 15.Please note that these four images, which...
View ArticleHow much can Democrats really gain by turning out new voters? The numbers...
There is a strain of progressive political commentary that treats "turning out new voters" as a sort of nuclear option, as the ultimate trump card, or simply as infiniti.In this line of thinking, any...
View ArticleHistoric photo shows that liberals have finally taken over the Democratic Party
Whoever wins the Democratic nomination, 2016 will go down in history as the year when liberals took over the Democratic Party.Don't believe me? Just look at the image above. It shows a massive increase...
View ArticleFour things most Democrats don't know about voter turnout in 2016, but...
1. Lower turnout is helping Bernie Sanders. The entire decline in turnout in Democratic presidential nomination contests has been among moderates--liberal turnout is equal to the record breaking levels...
View ArticleHere's the main reason why closed primaries still exist
I am 42, and I have been voting since I was 18. During my 24 years of voting, I have only ever been registered to vote in states and territories with closed primaries: New York (1992-1998, plus...
View ArticleFour reasons why I have switched to favor Open Primaries
So, I've actually changed my mind on something. I now favor open primaries. Quick summary as to why:1--Way more people vote in open primaries than closed ones. I think the best measure of voter...
View ArticleFour irrefutable arguments about why superdelegates should choose the nominee...
So, some people are now arguing that superdelegates should pick the Democratic presidential nominee not on the basis of pledged delegates. Further, we are told that superdelegates should not pick the...
View ArticleFrom New Jersey comes another example of how Democrats are a bunch of...
The neoliberal Democrats in New Jersey just passed a $15 an hour minimum wage through the state assembly:The Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to give minimum wage workers in New Jersey a nearly 80...
View ArticleTwelve years ago, I did the same thing the AP did tonight. Here's why.
Back in 2004, bloggers like me caught a lot of flak from establishment journalists when we released early versions of exit polls--both in primaries and general elections--before the polls closed.The...
View ArticleBuilding Organizational Power Through Your Email List: A Netroots Nation...
This is a rough transcript of a presentation I am about to give at Netroots Nation. I am posting it in the diaries so that people in the audience can follow along more easily, and so that those of you...
View ArticleIf history is a guide, a progressive Democratic Party may be closer than you...
By Chris Bowers and Matt KerbelThis is the last of five diaries looking at the 2016 election from the perspective of our new book Next Generation Netroots: Realignment and the Rise of the Internet...
View ArticleSix years ago this week, something amazing started here at Daily Kos
Hello, my name is Chris Bowers. I am the Executive Campaign Director here at Daily Kos. With your help, I did an amazing thing at my job, and I would like to briefly tell you about it.Six years ago...
View ArticleThis is awesome: Women voting at higher rates than men relative to 2012 in...
Here is a remarkable piece of good news from early voting expert Michael McDonald: xStates with greater increase of women voting early than men from 2012:AZ, FL, GA, LA, NC (i.e., every one where there...
View ArticleI once said all the polls and poll analysts were wrong. It ended badly for me.
My fellow Kossacks, I know that a lot of you are irritated at Nate Silver right now. However, please, take it from me: don't fool yourself that the polls or the poll analysts are all off.In 2004, via...
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