Tag Archives: Bill Clinton

The next presidential landslide

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Thomas Mets

It’s been a while since we’ve had a true landslide presidential election. The general definition has been 55% of the popular vote. Clinton’s 1996 reelection comes close, as he did beat Dole by 8.5%, even if he didn’t get a majority … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday: Can the Democrat’s Reagan lead to the Republican’s Clinton?

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Thomas Mets

Years ago, there was some speculation that President Obama might be the Democrat’s Reagan, leading to a period in which the party dominates the White House. Andrew Sullivan had has a slightly different take on the idea, focusing on what Obama can … Continue reading →

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A Nation at Risk: Surely All The Problems Observed in a 1983 Report Would Be Solved By Now

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Thomas Mets

This is something I wrote for a Masters Level Education class. A Nation at Risk was a 1983 report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, a panel appointed by the US Department of Education. According to a contemporary … Continue reading →

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When the First Clinton Campaign Used Inappropriately Accessed Online Data

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Thomas Mets

The Bernie Sanders/ DNC fight about information accessed from the Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign is similar to a story from George Stephanopoulos’s memoir All Too Human. Continue reading →

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Round-Up June 27 2013

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Thomas Mets

The Forest Park Carousel has become a landmark. Kaite Roiphe argues that feminist literary critics are making a mistake by accusing male authors with flawed protagonists of sexism. Robinson writes of Salter’s main character in All That Is: “Cold and withholding, … Continue reading →

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Presidential Contenders And Conventional Qualifications

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Thomas Mets

In a piece about the political aspirations of Texas senator Ted Cruz, Jonathan Bernstein offered a shorthand way of measuring whether someone is a legitimate Presidential contender. There are really two tests for whether someone is a viable candidate for a … Continue reading →

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The Most Ambitious Presidents

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Thomas Mets

When state legislators look in the mirror, they see congressmen and statewide office holders (state treasurers, lieutenant governors, state attorney generals, etc.) When congressmen and statewide office holders look in the mirror, they see governors and senators. When governors and … Continue reading →

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Can anyone predict the 2016 Democratic nominee?

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Joe Scarborough made the obvious point about Hillary Clinton’s status as the presumptive 2016 frontrunner: Wasn’t that also true in 2008? There are a few differences. She made some tactical errors in that campaign. And Barack Obama was almost built … Continue reading →

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Will Obama be the liberal Reagan?

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Thomas Mets

After Obama’s inauguration speech, political pundits have started wondering whether he could be the liberal Reagan. Greg Sargent sums it up, although he prefers the term Anti-Reagan to Liberal Reagan. Little by little, it’s sinking in that Obama’s inaugural speech has … Continue reading →

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Popular Former Presidents

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Thomas Mets

In the 2012 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton proved his value as a surrogate. And it’s something rare in American politics: a popular energetic former president. This came with obvious partisan advantages. Clinton is a rare figure in contemporary American politics, … Continue reading →

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