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Ruy Teixeira

Ruy the Day! A Review of Ruy Teixeira's Review of The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents by Linda Killian

Jacqueline Salit | Posted 05.15.2012 | Politics
Read More: Independent Voters, Linda Killian, Ruy Teixeira, Independents, Swing Voters, Politics News
Jacqueline Salit

Teixeira emphatically denounces Killian's book for propagating "the greatest myth in American politics: that independents are actually independent."

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Need Cover for Betraying the Democratic Base? Ask The Democratic Strategist!

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: James Vega, William Galston, Ruy Teixeira, Afghanistan, The Democratic Strategist, Rethink Afghanistan, Stan Greenberg, Politics News
Derrick Crowe

Look, "strategists," this is very simple. Decisive majorities of Democrats oppose sending more troops to Afghanistan.

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Thomas B. Edsall

Permanent Democratic Majority: New Study Says Yes

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Ruy Teixeira, Democratic Realignment, Political Realignment, Voter Preference, Democrats, Democratic Party, Voter Realignment, Republican Party, John Judis, Alan Abramowitz, Republicans, Permanent Democratic Majority, Democratic Majority, Permanent Democrat Rule, Permanent Democratic Majority: New Study Says Yes, Democrratic Permanent Majority, Edsall and Permanent Democratic Majority, Permenant Democratic Majority, Permanent Majority, Politics News

A growing number of political scientists, analysts and strategists are making the case for a realignment of political power in the U.S. to a new Democ...

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The Return of "Outliers"

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: 3bluedudes, David Hill, Ezra Klein, Gary Langer, Jay Cost, Jon Cohen, Mark Mellman, Michael McDonald, Mike Murphy, Nate Silver, Ppp, Ruy Teixeira, Pollster, Politics News
Mark Blumenthal

Somewhere during the conventions, I got out of the habit of posting these. So for those new to the site, here is a collection of links to "outliers" -...

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Barack Needs Bill

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Ruy Teixeira, John Kerry, White Working Class, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Alan Abramowitz, Democrats Working Class, Obama Convention, Obama Lapel Pin, Bill Clinton DLC. Democratic Leadership Council, Reagan Democrats, Obama White Working Class, Reagan Democrats Obama, Bill Clinton Obama, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

Symbols matter. Elections are about perceptions. Once Hillary is put away, Obama will need Bill, so I suggest he improve his groveling. Hell, he secured that lapel pin and got that bowling ball down the lane, didn't he?

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