Establishment! Establishment! You Always Know What’s Best!

Full disclosure: after the Nevada caucus but before the South Carolina primary, I started writing a post about how hard it would be for the fractured Democratic moderates to stop Bernie Sanders’ momentum in time to deny him a delegate plurality. So you can see what my predictions are worth (though to be fair, IContinue reading “Establishment! Establishment! You Always Know What’s Best!”

The Choice, As If It Matters

Maine’s presidential primary is about a month away. If she’s still in the race by then, which seems reasonably likely, I’m going to be voting for Elizabeth Warren. The first thing that needs to be said is that in this disastrous political moment, the conventional process of selecting a candidate is barely relevant. This postContinue reading “The Choice, As If It Matters”