Mark Schmitt
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Democrats can talk about Trump corruption, or about lobbyists and campaign finance, but they’re not the same.
McCain’s work on campaign reform cemented his image as an iconoclast.
The Polyarchy team discusses their biggest concerns and the most promising developments of the current moment.
Democrats haven’t enforced fiscal discipline just because they “do a better job” on the issue. At each point in time, they made a choice.
Letting Trump off the hook for his silliest lie corrodes democracy and trust.
Republicans are flailing on taxes because they don’t understand how to set up policy fights they can win.
“Targeted” aid programs can have staying power.
In theory, the field is open for some Republican members to find their way back to the small trade-offs and compromises that have always allowed politics to function.
Republicans won three elections on an argument they never took seriously.
As legislators shut off communication, we need to find new ways to engage.