This Biden Age Conversation Is Really Getting Old
There has been a lot of talk about the Biden age issue lately. Pundits love going on and on about this – particularly erstwhile...
MEMO: The Right Wing Gambit to End Public Education in America
TO: Reporters + Political Thought Leaders FROM: Mike Lux RE: The Right Wing Gambit to End Public Education in America Republicans and...
MEMO: Democrats Could Win a Trifecta in 2024
TO: Interested Parties FROM: Mike Lux + Celinda Lake RE: Democrats Could Win a Trifecta in 2024 If we do the basic blocking and...
The Conventional Wisdom Bubble Burst Last Night
I promise I won’t be too obnoxious to all my reporter and pundit friends about the election results. They had plenty of good reasons to...
Memo to Democrats: Inflation Only Beats You If You Don’t Talk About It
Democrats need to understand that we have a winning message on inflation. But inflation will beat us if we avoid the issue or are...
Path to a Democratic Victory in 2022
The DC chattering class convinced themselves a remarkably long time ago that the Democrats were doomed, doomed, doomed in the 2022...
Bank lobbyists’ attacks on CFPB obscure the real ‘rogues’
This article originally appeared in American Banker on July 11, 2022. Washington lobbyists for Wall Street are often really rich, and by...
Something Bubbling in the Heartland
The conventional wisdom of the DC pundits in 2022 is that the Democrats are doomed, and that the biggest reason for their impending...
To survive in this economic climate, Democrats must fight monopolies, not flirt with them
The Democrats’ only chance for success in this challenging year is to run as the party willing to take on greedy, monopolistic...
Feel Like A Number
There is a great old Bob Seger song called Feel Like A Number that talks about a working-class guy whose employer -- and society --...
