Joe Biden is Not Centrism’s Savior
Joe Biden, with his wife, Jill, in Columbia, SC after winning the South Carolina Democratic primary. Photo courtesy of GERALD HERBERT/AP Somewhere in the morass…
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April 9, 2020
The Need For Vote-By-Mail Elections
Pictured: A vote-by-mail ballot enclosed in an envelope.Photo courtesy of Vox.com. The COVID-19 crisis has seemingly brought the entire United States to a standstill. Social distancing…
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April 1, 2020
One Small Step for Women, One Giant Leap for Tomorrow’s Women
Along with many other women this past week, I felt a little disillusioned when Senator Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the 2020 Presidential race. Now, we must wait another four years to have a chance at finally calling someone Madam President.
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March 12, 2020
Why Not Talk About Recession Contingency For 2020?
Courtesy of TradiMo. “I don’t think [economic] expansions just die of old age,” said Janet Yellen, which was followed by Ben Bernanke saying, “I like to…
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February 25, 2020
The Young Don’t Vote and Bernie Won’t Change That
Photo courtesy of The New Yorker. With New Hampshire now behind us, the Democratic primary field seems to have narrowed down significantly. Septuagenarians Elizabeth Warren and…
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February 19, 2020
What We Talk About When We Talk About Electability
Photo courtesy of Getty Images. For many Democrats who believe in “vote blue no matter who,” electability may be an important quality to look for in…
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February 19, 2020
The Battle Hymn of the Oligarch
Image courtesy of Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer. The apocalypse had arrived. The New Hampshire Democratic primary was close, and the Iowa caucus an abject disaster. Nate Silver’s…
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February 19, 2020
After Iowa: Scrap The Caucuses and Adopt Ranked-Choice Voting
Voting should be a handful of things: easy, accessible, private, and quick. In fact, the part of the voting process that should consume the most time is the researching of candidates and the issues.
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February 10, 2020
John Delaney’s “Pragmatic Idealism”
Nearly one month from the Iowa caucus, thirteen Democrats have dropped out of the presidential race--mayors, governors, and U.S. Senators among them. There are still fifteen (!) left, including the first prominent Democrat to announce their candidacy: former Congressman John Delaney of Maryland. As of this writing, Delaney has struggled to break ground in the polls, but he has recently redoubled his efforts in Iowa in the hopes that his brand of “pragmatic idealism” will eventually catch fire. In The Zeitgeist recently sat down with Delaney to talk national service, infrastructure, foreign policy--and that box jump video.
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December 26, 2019
Beto Luck Next Time?
After the 2018 midterm election, Beto O’Rourke was a rising star in the Democratic party, but the Texas native’s career has since fizzled out. I write this as someone who still supports Beto O’Rourke, but also as someone who is choosing to be realistic.
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October 22, 2019