Democratic Party
Our Democratic Party coverage is a running argument about why the message keeps failing. A former senator turned comedian says the party cannot fit its pitch on a bumper sticker, an oyster farmer runs for Senate as the antidote, and a former president calls not being cruel a structural disadvantage while insisting Democrats stop getting punked.
Tulsi Gabbard says Democratic elites want to be God and compete with Americans' faith
On The Shawn Ryan Show, Gabbard turns a familiar anti-elite argument into something grander and darker, a theology of Washington power.
Graham Platner Wants to Be the Oyster Farmer Who Fixes the Senate
A Marine combat vet from Sullivan, Maine showed up on Jon Stewart's podcast and spent an hour saying the quiet parts loud about why Democrats keep losing.
Barack Obama Says Democrats Have the Harder Job, and He's Right
The 44th president sits with Brian Tyler Cohen and makes the case that not being cruel is actually a structural disadvantage, then uses Bad Bunny as evidence.
Al Franken on Ted Cruz, Tom Coburn, and Why Democrats Can't Fit Their Message on a Bumper Sticker
The former SNL writer turned U.S. Senator explains why being funny in Washington is less a liability than a diplomatic tool, and why the Republican healthcare bill has the same approval rating as ghost sightings.