If you donโt want your followers to give up in disgust, your inspiration needs to be in the service of goals that are at least attainable.
Kevin DrumApparently the Republican base got radicalized first, and Democrats picked up the ball later. Or something.
Kevin DrumThe media here is the opposition party. They don't understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
Kevin DrumBetsy DeVos, for example, has shown that sheโs 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 isnโt a pure partisan battle.
Kevin DrumI can't fault [Donald] Trump for firing [Craig] Deare. Then again, I also can't fault Deare for going berserk. Sometimes a marriage just doesn't work.
Kevin Drum[Donald trump] was steamed about [Hillary] Clinton's suggestion that he might not be as rich as he says. So he ditched the email stuff and instead spend a couple of minutes defending the greatness of his income, his company, his debts, his bankers, his buildings - and then sort of forgot what he was talking about and wandered off into a riff about how terrible our infrastructure is.
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