Eric Black Ink
Klobuchar was totally on her game during the Fox News town hall
If you believe that the Democrats need a relatively moderate liberal to compete for middle-of-the-road voters, Klobuchar would definitely qualify.
Election 2020
National
In his first few months in Congress, First District Rep. Jim Hagedorn has stayed true to Trump. Will his district?
From tariffs to Obamacare, Hagedorn has hewed closely to the president.
National
How Minnesota’s switch to a presidential primary might impact the 2020 election
Primaries tend to draw more — and more moderate — voters.
Eric Black Ink
Diversity among Dem presidential hopefuls shows progress
As recently as 1960 the big “diversity” question was whether America was ready to elect a Catholic president.
Eric Black Ink
Elizabeth Warren adds juice to a longstanding awareness that the Electoral College system is weird and antiquated
But I fear the obstacles to meaningful change are quite high. The reasons for that are primarily partisan, plus the power of the myth of the demigod Framers.
Community Voices
Will Minnesota have a big role in the 2020 presidential race?
Given Amy Klobuchar’s candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, one might think that Minnesota’s role will be considerable. There are good reasons, however, to doubt that outcome.
Eric Black Ink
Bernie Sanders and the ‘Geppetto Checkmark’
Washington Post Fact Checker Glenn Kessler reserves this designation for those rare occasions when a statement sounds as though it must a lie or exaggeration but turns out to be true.
Eric Black Ink
How we got to Trump’s ‘emergency’ declaration — and how Jefferson might have looked at it
Historian M. Andrew Holowchak argues that Jefferson believed and often said and wrote that a president is bound to govern as the majority of the citizenry would want him to.
Eric Black Ink
Small steps: Klobuchar presents herself as the incremental Democrat
She favors changes that would move in the direction of most liberal goals.
Eric Black Ink
Klobuchar as neighbor: Is Upper-Midwestern-ness much of a factor in Iowa?
I’m not sure Upper-Midwestern-ness is such a powerful factor in Iowa. Maybe it is. It didn’t do Tim Pawlenty or Michele Bachmann any good when they ran.