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Lee Drutman

Lee Drutman

    Latest articles by Lee Drutman

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    More candidates should be like Trump, and tell us who’d fill key administration jobsMore candidates should be like Trump, and tell us who’d fill key administration jobs
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    The president doesn’t run the country alone. It’s important to know who is going to provide key advice.

    By Lee Drutman
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    There’s a simple reason Kevin McCarthy will be the next speaker: moneyThere’s a simple reason Kevin McCarthy will be the next speaker: money
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    Kevin McCarthy has raised lots of money for the Republican Party, and he’s shared it widely. That’s why he’s likely to be the next speaker.

    By Lee Drutman
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    Why we don’t have better presidential candidatesWhy we don’t have better presidential candidates
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    To run for president, you pretty much have to be insane. No wonder all our candidates are so bad.

    By Lee Drutman
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    The growing conservative case for strengthening CongressThe growing conservative case for strengthening Congress
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    A few thinkers on the conservative side are coming around to the view that cutting congressional funding to prove a point turns out to be at best pointless, and more likely counter-productive.

    By Lee Drutman
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    Can the “Scourge of Upward Redistribution” unite left and right?Can the “Scourge of Upward Redistribution” unite left and right?
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    The right hates excessive government regulation. The left hates inequality. They should both hate “regressive rents.”

    By Lee Drutman
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    Public financing of judicial elections worked. Too bad North Carolina ditched it.Public financing of judicial elections worked. Too bad North Carolina ditched it.
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    A new study finds that when justices opted in to a public financing system, the justices did exactly what judges are supposed to do -- they ruled impartially.

    By Lee Drutman
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    Will “decoherence” be the doom of American democracy?Will “decoherence” be the doom of American democracy?
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    Is our system of government going to go the way of Humpty Dumpty?

    By Lee Drutman
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    Here’s what history says about Democratic presidential candidates and corruption issuesHere’s what history says about Democratic presidential candidates and corruption issues
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    When Democrats have been in the White House for eight years, they don’t mention corruption issues in the party platforms.

    By Lee Drutman
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    Hillary Clinton’s money in politics plan has some hits and some missesHillary Clinton’s money in politics plan has some hits and some misses
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    The good news is she supports small-donor matching. The bad news is she ignores lobbying, and puts far too much emphasis on Citizens United.

    By Lee Drutman
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    Here’s why AIPAC just spent so much money on a losing battle over the Iran dealHere’s why AIPAC just spent so much money on a losing battle over the Iran deal
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    It’s quite possible that the target audience for the advertising blitz was as much AIPAC’s own supporters as it was members of Congress.

    By Lee Drutman and Heather Hurlburt