Dukakis

Do Progressives Have What It Takes To Win?

Tom Sullivan | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


Tom Sullivan

Conservatives believe -- with justification -- that if they get angry enough and loud enough, liberals will back down from fights like this one.

Would Mike Dukakis Have Won the 2008 Election?

FiveThirtyEight.com | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics


Chris Bowers writes: The nation still moving away from Republicans demographically, too. It can't be emphasized enough that Michael Dukakis would h...

The Word on the Street

James P. Hoffa | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


James P. Hoffa

Rank-and-file teamsters get it. They aren't willing to be swayed by false, irrelevant arguments. They want change. They want ideas. And the fact is -- McCain doesn't have any.

Regardless of Who Wins the Election, Start Teaching Your Kids Mandarin

Christopher Ingram | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Christopher Ingram

Voters don't want change. When the American voting public goes to the polls and re-elects the same bunch of losers to Congress year after year, they should expect to get more of the same.

Hey Obama: Knock Off the Zen/Dukakis Stuff

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media


Barry Yourgrau

Cut the cool zen smiling -- you're in a fight with people who are wrecking this country -- it's not a policy chat.

Dukakis: Obama Likely To Win, But Needs To Improve Campaign

New York Observer | Steve Kornacki | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics


The Massachusetts Democratic primary, along with nearly two dozen other primaries and caucuses, was held on Feb. 5. Hillary Clinton won it by 15 point...