“They [Republicans] assume that military action always shows strength, while avoiding military action always shows weakness. That's just crazy.” ShowsActionCrazyMilitaryRepublicanWeaknessAssumingAvoidingMilitary Action Author:Kevin Drum
“You're more likely to vote Democratic if you hate Republicans than if you love Democrats, and vice versa.” IfsHateRepublicanVoteDemocraticDemocratVicesVice Versa Author:Kevin Drum
“If Robert Heinlein is more to your taste than George Lucas: “If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for, but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against.” That’s certainly true of me. Over my lifetime, the Republican Party has done far more to repulse me than the Democratic Party has done to appeal to me. But the result in the voting booth would be about the same either way.” IfsWayWantMayDoneWould BeCertainResultsPartyRepublicanTasteVoteDemocraticLifetimeAppealsCandidatesVotingRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyRobert Heinlein Author:Kevin Drum
“Republican voters already hated Democrats so much that [Bill] Clinton and [Barack] Obama didn't really have much impact.” RepublicanImpactBillsClintonDemocratBarackHatedVoters Author:Kevin Drum
“Apparently the Republican base got radicalized first, and Democrats picked up the ball later. Or something.” FirstsRepublicanBallsDemocrat Author:Kevin Drum
“Actually, I think we all understand just fine why Donald Trump is president: because he ran a racist, boorish, epically mendacious campaign and Republicans all decided to go along with it. And even that wouldn’t have been enough if Trump hadn’t gotten some additional help from his pals James Comey and Vladimir Putin.” IfsThinkingHas BeensEnoughHelpingPresidentFineTrumpRepublicanDecidedCampaignsRanRacistPutinPals Author:Kevin Drum
“If Democrats vote against everyone sight unseen, then Republicans will vote for everyone sight unseen. However, if Democrats demonstrate that they’re considering each candidate on the merits, they have at least a fighting chance of defeating one or two of Trump’s nominees.” IfsTwoFightingChanceTrumpRepublicanVoteSightDemocratMeritCandidatesConsideringUnseen Author:Kevin Drum
“Betsy DeVos, for example, has shown that she’s flatly ignorant of an astounding amount of basic education policy. It might be possible to persuade two or three Republicans to oppose her on these grounds - but only if the entire confirmation process isn’t a pure partisan battle.” IfsTwoMightThreeProcessPolicyExampleAmountRepublicanBattlePureIgnorantPartisansConfirmationBasic Education Author:Kevin Drum
