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The dissolution of the Democratic establishment creates a power vacuum, making key elections crucial for reshaping the party's future.
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But he had to defy it to change it. And now there's like brand new conversations in Congress about what it means to lead Democrats on a committee. Now, for the first time, get this, now people are talking about term limits for chairs in the Democratic Party, which no one talked about until a young guy won, but whatever. And at least they're
... See moreAnalyzing a Virginia election to show that candidate scandals matter and warning against over-interpreting localized Democratic victories.
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Yeah. Ben is referring to Jay Jones, the attorney general elect of the state of Virginia.
There were two big breaking negative stories about him in October. One was these quite gross text messages that he had sent to a Republican colleague of his when he was a member of the House of Delegates appearing to wish death on his opponent and maybe even
... See moreCenter-left's struggle with innovation while right-wing embraces risk-taking and new technologies in smartphone era politics
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Why do you think that is? I think that does get to the class issue that you were talking about.
The center-left got very comfortable being the kind of meritocratic, technocratic elite that always had the right answer, you know, the kind of smarty-pants answer that everybody in there would congratulate them on.
And the
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