Democrats moving left faster than Republicans moving right

Legal Insurrection

"American Interest provides a helpful summary of the authors’ argument:

The study’s overall argument is that income inequality has increased political polarization at the state level since the 1990s. But the authors find that that this happens more by moving state Democratic parties to the left than by moving state Republican parties to the right. As the Democratic Party lost power at the state level over the past 15 years, it also effectively shed its moderate wing. Centrist Democrats have increasingly lost seats to Republicans, “resulting in a more liberal Democratic party” overall. The authors find that the ideological median of Republican legislators has shifted much less.

"As the more liberal Democrat party loses its moderate-held state seats to Republicans, the political polarization that the authors claim both causes and is the cause of income equality results in more Republican state legislatures that will not pursue the redistribution that the authors seem to assume is the only way to address income inequality." . . .

Hillary 5.0...so far.

Hillary Re-Re-Re-Re-Rebooted
‘This is a new, contrite Hillary Clinton,” said Cecilia Vega of ABC News. She was reporting on Clinton’s decision, in early September, finally to apologize for using a private email server while secretary of state. The disclosure of the unusual arrangement, uncovered during a congressional inquiry into the Benghazi terrorist attack, has dogged Clinton for months, as she has dismissed allegations of wrongdoing, played down the FBI investigation into whether the server compromised national security, and struggled against the perception that she is dishonest, secretive, and untrustworthy.

"It’s a losing battle. By the end of summer vacation, Clinton’s poll numbers had become so worrisome, and the threat of Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden so real, that her top aides ran to the New York Times to reassure donors and Democratic elites that a change in strategy was coming. “Clinton Aides Set New Focus for Campaign,” read the September 8 headline. The subhead promised “A More Personal Tone of Humor and Heart.” Clinton delivered her apology to ABC News the same day—24 hours after refusing to apologize to the Associated Press.

"For Hillary to suggest that only now, in the midst of her second campaign for the White House, will she reveal her “humor” and “heart” is worse than absurd. It’s offensive. What else is she hiding? Feelings of modesty? An unpublished novel? A proficiency with the bassoon?"

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. . . Hence the new, new, contrite Hillary Clinton that stalks the land as I write these words—though knowing Hillary, she may well have re-launched her political identity yet again by the time you finish this column.

Back in June the NY Times saw this entire narrative of Hillary

Here Hillary gets close to her people

Sane People Would Build More Reservoirs

The term "sane people" is racist and sexist. TD

RedState
"Planet Earth is usually self-correcting and adjusting. Often cities, as heat islands, get really warm and then cause thunderstorms that cool them down. California has been in a drought situation and the Northeast got slammed with a blizzard last year — a blizzard with so much snow that in June one collected snow pile still existed.

"Now it appears California is in for a massive, continual rain storm and the Northeast is going to be pretty dry.

"Digging into that Los Angeles Times story, there is this bit:

The last record El Niño that ended in 1998 was quickly followed by the arrival of El Niño’s dry sister, La Niña.
“Thinking ahead one year, could we be whiplashed from deluge back to drought again?” Patzert said. “Because remember, La Niña is the diva of drought.”
Patzert said that in the last 140 years in California, seven out of every 10 years are dry, so it would be foolish to declare an end to water conservation during this winter’s rains.

"Now, reading that and knowing just how dry California has been, I would think sane people would start building some new reservoirs to collect all the rain they are going to get. For perspective, from the article about the last El Niño:" . . .

Goodbye Columbus; Hello Leftist Indigenous People's Day

Independent Sentinel
"Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day all you comrades out there! CBS NEWS announced that more cities are “recognizing Native Americans on Columbus Day” to celebrate the contributions of indigenous cultures.

"This is part of the leftist populist movement to recognize Native Americans, fake indigenous peoples’ and to change our culture. The movement is to take us out of traditional America and into the hand-wringing world of the dreary left.

"The Italians are forgotten in all this.

"Nine cities – nine leftist cities – recognize Indigenous Peoples Day and hope to “nudge” us into the moaning, groaning world of the dreary left.

"Albuquerque, Portland, Oregon, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Olympia, Washington, Minneapolis, Seattle and others now recognize the day.

"CBS tried to say it was driven by Native Americans but it’s driven by leftists, some of whom are Native Americans.

"The celebrants say it is the start of something “greater” and that it is.

"If it were only to honor Native Americans, who could object? We do honor them and the sacrifices they’ve made and the tribulations they were made to suffer.

"Columbus Day honors the Europeans who came here and struggled quietly to build a new and great country. Indigenous Peoples’ Day rejects what is good about our past and our history." . . .

Racist Demagogues and The Million Man March. I see THIS as the legacy of Obama/Sharpton

Not racist to serve bacon for breakfast, for Jesus to come first to the Jews, to use the term black hole in space or to refer to a devil's food cake as such. No, my friend, this is racism in it's purest form:

Million Man March Speaker Leads Chant of ‘Down, Down USA’

. . . “ 'They have a whole race of indigenous people on reservations, concentration camps. They’re out there killing the indigenous people spiritually,” she said.

"The woman followed a speech from Chief Ernie Longwalker of the Red Wind Nation who seemingly was unhappy about his time on stage being cut short.

“ 'They’re telling me to stop,” he said. “We’ve given you 500 years. You only give us about five minutes.”

"Thousands of black people and other minorities descended on the nation’s capital with banners and flags for the “Justice or Else!” rally — the 20th anniversary of the first Million Man March.

"Watch the Native American woman’s speech and rally cry here."

Apparently those burning and looting will be doing the will of God   Farrakhan declares: . . . "When I leave you today, the calamities are going to get stronger, because God wants America to let us go, not integrate us, let us go, and give us a good sendoff. Those of you who are scripturally sound, Moses was not an integrationist, and neither are we. Let me be clear, America has no future for you, or for me. She can’t make a future for herself, much less a future for us. The Scripture says, come out of her, my people, and we’re going to have to come out, but don’t worry. God says " . . .(Video at the link)

Better listen to Mr. Farrakhan or else because Nation of Islam Leader: I am the 'Messiah That Has Come to End This Civilization'

No comment as yet from Obama, but his pastor for 20 years had this to say: 
AUDIO: Jeremiah Wright endorses anti-Israel boycott: “Jesus was a Palestinian”
"Pro-Israel groups should cheer that this discredited fringe character has thrown in with BDS.". . .
"While anti-Israel groups will cheer, so should pro-Israel groups.
"Wright is toxic for most people in the country. Even Obama had to run from him during the 2008 election (though it’s questionable whether Obama did it genuinely). The anti-Israel groups can have Reverend Wright."

From Weasel Zippers:  "Did this ‘Reverend’ ever read the Bible? Imagine all the things this gas bag pumped into the head of our lovely President in the twenty years he attended Wright’s church…

Meanwhile their kids were home doing this: