We’ve been hearing for about a generation now about “Reagan Democrats” — white, working-class voters who voted Republican in the 1980s, and who pundits believe Democrats have to get back if they hope to be competitive on the national level again. (That the Democratic candidate has won more votes than the Republican candidate in three […]
When former Republican Rep. Bob Barr announced that he would seek the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination, many assumed he’d get the party’s nod. After all, he’s a fairly high-profile figure who’d be in a position to help Libertarians raise their profile and win some votes. But Barr wasn’t about to get the nomination without a […]
There’s obviously been considerable discussion of late about Hillary Clinton’s reference on Friday to Bobby Kennedy’s assassination in June 1968, with some suggesting that Clinton is continuing to campaign just in case tragedy strikes. (I, for what it’s worth, don’t buy into this interpretation.) But yesterday, when scrutinizing the controversy, Fox News aired the kind […]