Democratic Party

Despite bookies' odds at 66% that The Democratic Party will win The White House in November, economic models predict a Republican victory (with or without Trump).

As The Hill reports, Republicans are expected to win the White House under two economic models that have accurately forecast presidential elections for decades. A third model run by Moody’s Analytics predicts Democrats will win the White House, in part because of President Obama’s rising approval rating.

Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,

Anyone who thinks the Democratic Party isn't imploding for the exact same reasons the Republican party is imploding is purposefully ignoring reality.

Legions of pundits are crawling out of the woodwork to gloat over the implosion of the Republican Party. Corrupt, crony-capitalist, Imperial over-reach--good riddance.

A couple of good pieces for your consideration, one from the right, the other from the left. First, from the right, here’s one by Trump backer John Kluge, a lawyer and veteran of two Mideast deployments. Excerpts:

I’m sure working class whites will revolt in order to make sure the RNC is adequately funded https://t.co/LL3gmruhiV

— Matthew Sitman (@matthew_sitman) March 2, 2016

Matthew Continetti had a nice reflection this morning on the wacked-out mindset of the GOP leadership:

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,