Democratic Strategist

1 week ago | thedemocraticstrategist.org | Ed Kilgore

In the long Paul Ryan era of Republican budget-cutting efforts (when Ryan was House Budget Committee chairman and then House Speaker), Medicaid was always on the chopping block. And when the program became a key element of Democratic efforts to expand health-care coverage in the Affordable Care Act sponsored by Republicans’ top enemy, Barack Obama, Medicaid’s status as the program tea-party Republicans wanted to kill most rose into the stratosphere.

1 week ago | thedemocraticstrategist.org | Ed Kilgore

In the long Paul Ryan era of Republican budget-cutting efforts (when Ryan was House Budget Committee chairman and then House Speaker), Medicaid was always on the chopping block. And when the program became a key element of Democratic efforts to expand health-care coverage in the Affordable Care Act sponsored by Republicans’ top enemy, Barack Obama, Medicaid’s status as the program tea-party Republicans wanted to kill most rose into the stratosphere.

1 week ago | thedemocraticstrategist.org | Ed Kilgore

It’s well-known that Donald Trump did really well in 2024 among low-information voters. As I discussed at New York, they’ve turned against him just as they turned against Joe Biden:One of the more fascinating political trends of 2024 was the inversion of an ancient truism. In the old days, “marginal voters” — the typically younger, poorer people who are disengaged from political news and disinclined to vote without direct encouragement — leaned left.

1 week ago | thedemocraticstrategist.org | Ed Kilgore

Ever since Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump last November (along with her party losing control of the U.S. Senate), Democrats have been arguing, not very quietly, about the best strategy for fighting Trump 2.0 and regaining some positive momentum. There have been three areas of disagreement, by my reckoning: Should Democrats have a strategically selective response to what Trump is doing?

2 weeks ago | thedemocraticstrategist.org | Ed Kilgore

An old issue came back up as congressional Democrats mulled one of the things they may have to consider if they regain control of the House next year, as I explained at New York:Donald Trump was just the third president to be formally impeached and the first to be impeached twice (yes, his second impeachment by the House happened a week before he left office, even though his trial and acquittal by the Senate occurred when he was an ex-president).