Primary Elections

For nearly a decade, Stephen Colbert pulled off a piece of political theater unmatched in entertainment history. Unless Donald Trump is a Trojan Horse candidate like none we’ve ever seen in the republican party. What if The Donald made the strategic calculation that giving voice to the republican party’s greatest fears would […]

The Trump Report

This entry was tagged 2016 Presidential Election Colbert Oprah Primary Elections Republican Party Trump and posted on August 22, 2015 by Jason Everett Miller

Another midterm election cycle completed and the republican party solidified their control over Congress. The media cried, “America has spoken!” Turnout for the 2014 general election was thirty-six percent. Party primaries reached half that pathetic number. Less than half in some districts. The voters have definitely spoken. They said, “We […]

A Primer on Primaries

This entry was tagged Common Sense Governing Majority Primary Elections Voters We The People and posted on February 15, 2015 by Jason Everett Miller

When the Tea Party flipped numerous “moderate” republican seats in the 2010 primary elections, America took an even harder turn to the right than it was already suffering under when ignorant, anti-government candidates made it through the fait accompli general election in November to become the largest freshman class in […]

Voting Doesn’t Matter

This entry was tagged Change Primary Elections Voting We The People and posted on June 10, 2014 by Jason Everett Miller

My political awakening didn’t arrive until my 34th year when a young state senator from Illinois blew the roof off the Democratic National Convention, went on to capture a US Senate seat a mere two years later and the Oval Office two years after that. That he was the first […]

Stopping a Broken Record

This entry was tagged Primary Elections Voting We The People and posted on October 17, 2013 by Jason Everett Miller

As I suspected going into this primary season, I recently re-registered as a democrat in order to support progressive challenges to DC's entrenched dysfunction in the only way possible. DC republicans are as crazy as the national party and the...

Party of One

This entry was tagged Democratic Party Primary Elections Turnout Washington DC and posted on July 18, 2010 by Jason Everett Miller

As many around these parts may know by now, I have a thing about the primary elections in this country and the opportunities that an average 20% turnout presents to motivated, grassroots insurgencies. I believe with an audience of 80%...

America’s Primary Challenge – Tears of a Clown

This entry was tagged Incumbents Primary Elections Republican Party Turnout and posted on March 31, 2010 by Jason Everett Miller

With the enthusiasm and attention being paid to this year's election, I find it increasingly odd the way America's new-found interest in such a fundamental feature of our democracy is being characterized by the corporate "news" media. On this morning's...

we won’t get fooled again

This entry was tagged Corporate Media Primary Elections Turnout and posted on November 2, 2008 by Jason Everett Miller

Very few American norms are as damaging to the healthy functioning of our republic than an over-reliance on precedent in charting our future course. We must examine past decisions to learn lessons on how we might make different choices moving...

killing precedent

This entry was tagged Government Reform Precedent Primary Elections Turnout Washington DC and posted on October 28, 2008 by Jason Everett Miller

Analysis & Opinion on the American Experiment