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One Year Until Iowa: Checking in On Trump’s “Heap”
On November 14, I summarized the ancient “Sorites paradox,” which wonders when a heap of sand, subjected to the steady removal of singular grains, no longer qualifies as a “heap.” I used this analogy as a way to reframe the support for former President Trump, which seemed to be shrinking as a result of the……
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PPFA’s Most Read Posts of 2022
Congratulations on nearly surviving another year. Have a safe New Years’ Eve tonight, ideally watching the Twilight Zone marathon rather than navigating dangerous roads after a poisonous party. Tomorrow, 2023 begins. It’s looking like a year where Joe Biden will try to stay President until he’s eighty freaking six while Republicans brace for a Trump-DeSantis……
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Implications of Democrats’ Proposed Early State Scramble
The Democrats are finally changing their primary calendar… maybe. Although the Republican Party, being the good conservatives they are, will continue with the traditional early primary states, the Democratic National Committee is looking to shift things around. For years there had been momentum behind removing Iowa and New Hampshire as Democrats’ first caucus and primary.……
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And That’s Why 51 Matters: Sinema Leaves the Democratic Party
On Tuesday, I wrote about how the Georgia runoff greatly mattered even though Democrats had already secured a Constitutional Senate majority (50 senators plus the Vice President) in the next session. Among the reasons Democrats wanted to get to 51 was that a Democratic senator could die, be otherwise unable to vote, or even leave……
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Why the Georgia Runoff Matters (and Who Will Win It)
After some soccer to distract us from politics, today politics returns to center stage. Like some horror movie, the midterms are back from the dead for one last dramatic moment. (Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, District of Columbia Pictures presents… “Georgia Runoff III: Republicans’ Revenge”!) Once again, a Georgia runoff……
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Historical Disputes Between Opponents in the 2022 World Cup’s Round of 16 (Part II)
Part I here One of the great things about sports is that it allows countries to compete against each other without resorting to annoying things like killing and maiming. (Well, usually.) The quadrennial World Cup is the highest profile example of the soccer pitch becoming a proxy battlefield to help exercise old demons. Today, the 2022 World……
Presidential Politics for America 