(Political Ramblings from a Little Left of Center)
Depending on how you count, it looks like there’s going to be between 18 and 25 Democratic candidates for President in 2020. We’re gonna need a bigger boat. Commenting on the large field, a Republican-leaning friend sent me a link to this article: Why are 2020 Democrats so weird? Funny. But true enough. When the…
Mueller is finished. Cool. So now what? While I never thought Mueller would indict Trump himself for collusion, I’ll admit that I really wanted to see Trump’s sons indicted. It’d be fascinating to read the details of the report in that regard – particularly since the public information alone concerning the Trump Tower meeting would…
The healthcare strategy in the Trump Administration’s recent 2020 budget proposal is a huge gift to Democrats. Unfortunately, Democrats don’t appear eager to unwrap it. The Trump proposal cuts Medicare by $800 billion and Medicaid by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. That includes a cut of $100 billion to nursing homes and home…
As the 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate field solidifies, the nation begins to focus on… Iowa? Since 1972, Iowa has been the first state in the nation to weigh in on the selection of Presidential candidates for both the Democratic and Republican parties. While someone obviously needs to go first, Iowa is a remarkably lousy choice.…
Beto O’Rourke announced today that he’s running for President. Look. I live in Texas. I like the guy. I contributed multiple times to his Senate campaign against Ted Cruz. I certainly voted for him. He came closer to winning than anyone initially expected. He generated a ton of excitement in Texas and nationally. He functioned…
A quick follow-up to my Data Matters post: Progress has been made but the jury is still out. Last month, the DNC approved the creation of the Democratic Data Exchange (DDEx), a legally separate entity that looks a whole lot like the RNC’s successful data trust. They also named Howard Dean to chair the effort. …
This should be interesting. My personal positions here are likely to piss off just about everyone on both the left AND the right. So be it. I’m choosing this as my first 2020 Platform post mostly since there’s been some recent Congressional activity in this arena. I’ll start with a statement that might be just…
I railed on the progressive agenda in a previous post so I thought I’d start to share “my” policy agenda for others to ridicule. Don’t worry. It’s not going to all be in one post. Rather, I’ll try to devote occasional entries to one particular platform topic. Disclaimers: I do not have all the answers…
This is getting out of hand. The progressive movement is quickly becoming an albatross around the necks of Democrats in 2020. Democrats most definitely do not need a far-left version of the right’s Freedom Caucus. Don’t get me wrong. It seems that many (not all) of those on the far left truly believe in their…
Just giving a shout-out to an excellent podcast: The West Wing Weekly. For those of you who pine for the return of President Josiah Bartlet, this may be the next best thing. (For those of you who don’t know who Jed Bartlet is, I have no clue why you’re reading my blog.) Each weekly podcast…