Close to a decade ago, as Barack Obama was cresting toward his first presidential victory, Jim Martin pleaded desperately for his help. Martin was a progressive Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, and for most of the race he had been an underdog, outspent five to one. Then, a month before the vote, […]
It’s My Party by Andrew Cockburn…
Democrats Say They Sometimes Need To Ignore Elections In Order To Win…
Toward the end of the 2016 presidential election, as polls showed a tighter-than-expected contest in Michigan, the Hillary Clinton campaign faced a dilemma over just how aggressively it needed to act. While aides worried about the possibility of losing the industrial Midwest stronghold, they also feared that if they moved significant resources into the state […]