Dems face identity crisis

Democrats are grappling with how to keep their progressive base happy while winning over white working-class voters who left the Continue reading →

Seething liberals vow revolution in Democratic Party

Liberals are seething over the election and talking about launching a Tea Party-style revolt. They say it’s the only way Continue reading →

Hey Dems, don’t say we didn’t warn you because we did

By Robert A. Vella In April, this blog explained why Hillary Clinton was the wrong candidate at the worst possible Continue reading →

The Democrats’ Bad Map

Hillary Clinton looks increasingly likely to win the White House, but her party faces a big obstacle to success in Continue reading →

The list of Republicans supporting Hillary Clinton keeps growing

By Robert A. Vella Democrats versus Republicans?  Forget that nonsense.  The fundamental dynamic of the 2016 presidential election has asserted Continue reading →

The Sick Donkey of American Politics

By Robert A. Vella On the eve of its national convention in Philadelphia, the Democratic Party has put itself in Continue reading →

Irreconcilable Differences: How the Dems’ Clinton/Sanders split looks like a messy divorce

By Robert A. Vella When I was nine years old, my parents finally got a divorce.  Although the tortuous, drawn-out Continue reading →

Hillary’s Centrism: Who needs the Left, anyway?

By Robert A. Vella As America’s idealistic yet disgruntled progressives continue to jab barbs into the soft behind of the Continue reading →