After the historic West Virginia election as well as a smashing Republican victory across the nation political junkies and policy wonks like me are pivoting to 2016. In my case it is the intrigue of the presidential contest and the adjustment both parties will need to make to attract voters.
“How the GOP Can Court the Working Class” and “Delusions of the Democrats” may provide the answer to policy adjustments. Beyond that Republicans focusing on the “working class” does not seem like a bad idea to me. I thought it was interesting to read about today’s Democratic Party being “scared of its own shadow.”
These came from the Sunday Review in the New York Times. For those interested below are links to read in detail what you might hear from the political parties over the next few months.
“How the GOP Can Court the Working Class” was written by David Leonhardt, editor of The Upshot, a New York Time politics and policy venture.
“Delusions of the Democrats” is an opinion by Kevin Baker, an essayist and author of the historical novel “The Big Crowd.”