Democrats are embracing Kamala Harris to square off against Donald Trump in the country’s presidential contest. Now that Trump is the oldest candidate ever to be nominated for president, Harris will not have the same headwinds Joe Biden did on age. Unfortunately, she is likely to face some headwinds of her own because of her … Read more
Joe Biden will seek to restore the place of science in policymaking. Science leadership will need to be reshaped to achieve this result. Thus, the incoming president should nominate someone to head the White House science office who has a background in the life sciences and is also a woman or a person of color. … Read more
The GOP has succeeded in unfairly packing the courts with conservative judges who are out-of-step with the American people. Joe Biden’s surprising counterpunch with a bipartisan commission might be just the right thing after all, despite criticism from the left. Read more here …
Donald Trump’s favorability rating has never much passed 40% that’s OK with him. In fact, it’s his reelection plan. His strategy is one that assumes mobilizing an energetic base is more important than appealing to undecided middle-of-the road voters. His far-right policies and combative rhetoric reinforced by conservative media are intended to keep his base … Read more
Kamala Harris’s selection as vice-president sets a new standard for what it means for a political party to balance its ticket. Ticket balancing for the parties used to be largely geographic or ideological in nature. Now for the Democrats it has come to mean greater demographic balance — namely, selecting a ticket that looks more closely like … Read more
My advice to Super Tuesday Democrats is simple: vote for whom you think would be the best president and stop worrying so much about beating Trump. Then enthusiastically support the eventual nominee. Yes, beating Donald Trump is the top priority, but honestly no one really knows who the best candidate would be. (BTW: I vote … Read more
Thanks Iowa. The technical mess which is your caucus is a reminder that the primary system is a political mess too. That makes this a good time to rethink why Iowa and New Hampshire get to go first in the nomination process anyway. Especially given how bad they are in selecting wining candidates for president. … Read more