a number of the issues Edsall raises here are real. i've discussed many of them. But Edsall's column has been at a level of self-parody for so long now. it shld probably be called the Dems is Disarray column.
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It just assumes without any evidence that minorities are more culturally conservative without taking into account age or education.
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TLDR: It's a diverse coalition, so can it last? Let's do an email chain with a bunch of people who think White liberals need to shutup.
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To start by quoting William Galston, who has been saying the same exact stuff without nuance or evolution for three decades, is the reveal on the laziness. They both are in their 70s and need to create space for analysts who have something new to say.
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He's channeling the insignificant and irritating Jon Chait. it's basically "Punch left! Punch left!"
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Ah, here's a key bit I just found out about Edsall:
Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1997, 2000, 2003–2006, 2010–2012
7 years at the Hoover Institute? He's dead to me.
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How long should the solidarity of the London Blitz last? Hyperbole yes. Maybe when we get some functioning small c Conservative Party back in the mix?
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"I had to write a 2500 word article, so I quoted a lot of conservative Dems, and ended up not coming to any conclusions about anything, except in the last three paragraphs, where I contradicted everything I had said and concluded the Demos are the dominant party and doing well."
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