Category Archives: 2020 Election

(See Part II: Twenty Questions for 2020 Democrats) Part III of III: It has been said that ‘history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.’  With recent events being likened to the chaos and upheaval of the 1960s, it would be appropriate to further reflect on those elections. In 2016, we witnessed both parties battlingContinue reading “The Rhythms of History”

(See Part I: Beware the Narrative, Nixon Was Reelected) Part II: Building this scale of support in 2020 is likely to require Democrats to address matters in terms that escape partisan rhetoric.  To convince moderates, parties would do well to refrain from speaking down to them or rely on regurgitating the moral platitudes that areContinue reading “Twenty Questions for 2020 Democrats”

Part I of III: The common refrain every four years is “this is the most important election in our lifetime.”  In a normal year, this is hyperbole.  Is there anybody who wants to believe 2020 is normal?  The divisions in the U.S. have been solidifying since 1968, when Richard Nixon was elected employing what hasContinue reading “Beware the Narrative, Nixon Was Reelected”