Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

In academic research, you’re supposed to try to ask and answer hard questions. But in terms of practical policy advocacy the biggest gains are probably from urging people to pick the low-hanging fruit. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 16, 2022 Hibernated

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“Democrats do meaningfully better than the average presidential incumbent party during the midterms” and “Democrats lose the House and dig a Senate hole they can’t climb out of for 20 years” are sadly compatible scenarios. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 16, 2022 Hibernated

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It’s probably worth asking as an exercise “what is the absolute most boring thing we could possibly say about Policy Area X” and then try to figure out why that extremely boring thing isn’t being done — possibly because advocating for it is just so banal. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 16, 2022 Hibernated