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George Mcgovern
sex scandals
Feb. 24, 2021
Fanne Fox, Wilbur Mills, and a Tale of Washington Hubris The woman involved in the implosion of one of Washington’s most bloated careers has died, and with her a golden era of D.C. sex scandals.
By Ed Kilgore
kennedy dynasty
Sept. 2, 2020
The Fall of the Kennedy Dynasty Took More Than Just One Night Joseph Kennedy III’s loss to Ed Markey was just the latest in a long series of setbacks for the storied political family.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
July 28, 2020
A Short History of the Veep Reveal There may be less drama this year, but Biden’s announcement will be the biggest news before his own acceptance speech.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Feb. 22, 2020
Why Bernie Is Not George McGovern and 2020 Isn’t 1972 Sanders has a vastly better opportunity to win a general election than McGovern did, but it may require uniting the Democratic Party first.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Aug. 14, 2019
McGovern Didn’t Lose in 1972 by Going Too Far Left. Neither Will 2020 Democrats. The popular narrative of McGovern’s 1972 run is riddled with misconceptions. The risks Democrats run in 2020 have nothing to do with “McGovernism.”
By Ed Kilgore
Is the DNC ‘Winnowing’ Potentially Strong 2020 Presidential Candidates? The party can’t make everyone happy, but yes, there have been some late bloomers who did well despite poor early polls.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Mar. 22, 2019
4 Reasons Democrats Will Have a Front-runner Soon — and 3 They Won’t More than likely someone will eventually stroll to the nomination in 2020. But maybe not so fast and maybe not at all.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Mar. 18, 2019
George McGovern Proposed a Universal Basic Income. It Didn’t Go Well for Him. Long-shot presidential candidate Andrew Yang is proposing to mail every American a monthly $1,000 check. George McGovern tried that in the ‘70s.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 presidential election
Feb. 13, 2019
Looks Like the 2020 Democratic Presidential Field Could Be the Largest Ever In the past, very large presidential fields have produced unusual results, and more often than not, defeat.
By Ed Kilgore
Democrats Finally Splitting With Republicans on Terrorism-Focused Foreign Policy Democrats are abandoning the war in Yemen that Obama supported. The 2020 presidential race could spur a real Democratic foreign policy debate.
By Ed Kilgore
Nov. 8, 2016
3 Presidential Nominees Who Gambled Like Trump and Won JFK confronted religious fears; Carter changed the map; Reagan softened
an extremist image and made the election about his opponent.
By Ed Kilgore
Former Senator and Onetime Presidential Contender George McGovern Dies at 90 The liberal standard-bearer lost the 1972 election to Richard Nixon in a historic landslide.
By Andre Tartar