Real Clear Politics

A Southern Tectonic Shift

Three of the four biggest states of the old Confederacy are now hospitable to Democrats.

White House Needs To Wake Up About the Cost of Living

Granted, it doesn't quite have the same ring as "It's the economy, stupid," but it does explain a lot about why Republicans got taken behind the proverbial woodshed and beaten like a red-headed stepchild (apologies to all red-headed stepchildren).

The Latino Vote Is Nobody's To Take for Granted

Twenty-five years ago, I dove into the politics of the Latino electorate, studying a cohort of voters that Washington far too often treated as an afterthought or a monolith. At the New Democrat Network, we launched the Hispanic Project, raising and spending (at the time) a record-breaking $8 million to research what truly moved our community and to communicate directly - in Spanish, with authentic nuance, delivered by trusted voices across our diverse communities.

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