In America, the economy is simply nowhere near bad enough to serve as the base of any kind of serious political revolution. — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
If Robert Heinlein is more to your taste than George Lucas: “If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for, but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against.” That’s certainly true of me. Over my lifetime, the Republican Party has… — Kevin Drum Copy Share
I'd like to see college debt levels drop by a lot, but I'm not quite sure what the best way to do that is. — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
[Donald trump] was steamed about [Hillary] Clinton's suggestion that he might not be as rich as he says. So he ditched the email stuff and instead spend a couple of minutes defending the greatness of his income, his company, his debts, his bankers, his buildings - and then sort of forgot what he was talking about and wandered off into… — Kevin Drum Copy Share
The plain fact is that recent college grads aren’t in massive pain. They suffered during the Great Recession like everyone else, but all told,… — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
Of course the system can be changed. Why would I bother spending 14 years of my life blogging if I didn't believe that? — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
The folks who want to be left alone are the ones who actually get most of the work done, but they’re still mocked as… — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
I don't support everything Bernie Sanders supports, but I support most of it: universal health care, reining in Wall Street, fighting climate change, reversing… — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
We stiffened the penalties for fraud, we extended nationwide efforts to make sure that payments are accurate and they closed a loophole in which… — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
I hate the idea that we might lose even a few talented future leaders because they fell for Bernie Sanders's spiel and then got… — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
If you don’t want your followers to give up in disgust, your inspiration needs to be in the service of goals that are at… — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
You have to buy off interest groups, compromise your ideals, and settle for half loaves... — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
Marco Rubio turns a question about missing Senate votes into an attack on the mainstream media. — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
