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Midterms Set the Stage for the Final Boomer Showdown in Washington

The next Congress will be the Baby Boomers’ last act before Generation X takes power, but it sets the stage for a potentially combustible confrontation between the House Democratic majority and the Trump White House.

November 14, 2018
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The Battle for Democracy

One of the greatest fairy tales in American politics, practically an article of civic faith, is that “we all want the same things.” No, we really, really don’t.

January 9, 2018
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The Strategy Behind the Monopoly Man

The Monopoly Man illustrates what progressives can achieve when we embrace creative and non-rational approaches to activism and political influence.

October 17, 2017
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Did Overconfidence Cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 Election?

All human beings have biases — lots of them. If we’re going to make good strategic decisions, we have to be aware of what those biases are and how they might affect our choices.

September 21, 2017
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Where, Oh Where, Did Trump Learn to Blame Both Sides?

Where might Trump have gotten the idea that blaming both sides is a reasonable-sounding thing to say in the midst of a contentious political dispute?

August 15, 2017
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Why Democrats Should Accept Credit for Killing Trumpcare

Team Blue is so cowed by Republican attacks, so habituated to fact checking every false accusation, and so enamored with empirical precision that they’ve lost sight of political common sense. Voters usually like it when their leaders stop horrible and unpopular things from happening.

July 19, 2017
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This Could Get Ugly

Is Trump’s base locked into a cult of personality? Democrats and liberals need to be prepared for the worst.

June 4, 2017
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Trump: Boomers’ Biggest Mistake

Dana Milbank, columnist for The Washington Post, interviewed First Person Politics founder and senior analyst David L. Rosen in his latest column.

October 25, 2016
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The Republican Party’s Lost Generation

Who are we kidding? Republicans can barely hold their own party together. What chance do they really have with Millennials?

September 6, 2016
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Recently Asked Questions

Here are a few questions we’ve been asked recently and our answers. Topics include money-in-politics messaging, Hillary Clinton’s political psychology and the post-Millennial generation.

April 25, 2016
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