The Democrats' Demographic Edge
Longterm trends may favor the party, but offer no guarantee of success in 2016.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters The Democrats Did It to Themselves
Chuck Schumer is right: Prioritizing healthcare and civil rights over the party's traditional focus on helping working-class Americans move up was a noble but costly choice.
Zoran Millich/Reuters Democrats' Original Sin: Picking Healthcare Over the Economy
The story of the party's defeat begins early in Obama's first term, when Congress focused on climate change and Obamacare rather than jobs.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP How 2014 Could Give Republicans False Hope for the Future
The GOP could take over the Senate, but it won't have vanquished its demographic demons.
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Just How Doomed Are Congressional Democrats? Pretty Doomed
Retaking the House has long looked out of reach, but now there's a real possibility the party could lose the Senate, too.
Yuri Gripas/Reuters Chris Christie Was Never Going to Be President Anyway
The New Jersey governor's chances at the Republican nomination were way overrated even before Bridgegate.
Reuters Tennessee's Colossally Bad Plan to End Senate Primaries
The state legislature is considering a plan that would circumvent the 17th Amendment -- and make the nomination process significantly worse.
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