Krystal Ball

I've lived in the state almost my entire life, so I think if I ever wanted to come back and serve in…

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I know that we are supposed to believe that once voters learn the truth about medicare for all they are going to…

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Despite overwhelming and irrefutable evidence to the contrary, President Obama continues to believe that he can negotiate with Republicans.

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In politics, you're safest when you're saying as little as possible. You're safest when you've got your talking points and you stick…

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You cannot win the democratic nomination if you are not trusted on the most important issue to democratic voters.

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As soon as you know that someone is running for office, it puts a distance between you and that person.

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The American people are incredibly generous and even playful when you open yourself up and feed the media beast until it goes…

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Voters do not choose candidates because of their ideological fit. They choose them because of their cultural fit.

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After all, chamber of commerce type conservatives love nothing more than to opine on the great virtues of Texas. The low taxes,…

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People may not have the right to know about your personal, private life or any detail about any potentially embarrassing photo, but…

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For decades now, Republicans and Democrats have shared the same mythology around the great American meritocracy. The only real difference was that…

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Serious concerns about worker safety and fair treatment have been reported at Amazon warehouses. Workers have fallen ill from extreme heat, had…

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It will already be unbelievably hard to pass Medicare for All once with a massive outside pressure campaign by an organized grassroots…

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Perhaps the right to authenticity and the reverence of authenticity should be reserved for people like John McCain. John McCain who at…

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Especially in a rich nation, there is absolutely no reason why everyone couldn't and shouldn't have a life of dignity.

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But the truth is the meritocracy is a lie. Those born into wealth and privilege will always be able to game the…

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Usually, I chalk Democratic dreams of a blue Texas to the same sort of thinking that brought us the inevitability of the…

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