Democrats Will Lose Unless They Answer Republicans on Energy

By Barry Slaff

This past week, the Republican Party revealed its strategy for winning elections this November: gasoline, gasoline, gasoline. Democrats everywhere should watch out.
Democrats have become increasingly complacent in recent months, and it is easy to understand why. Polls everywhere show that Democrats– already the majority party– should make landmark gains in the […]

The Penn Democrats and Summer

Thank you very much for taking the time to visit our home on the web.  It is, as you know, summer vacation here at the University of Pennsylvania so we will be updating this website less frequently than during the regular academic year.
However, stay tuned for additions to our website, information for new students, and […]

Excuses, Excuses: Why Hillary Lost

-By Barry Slaff

In her June 5 New York Times column “Woman in Charge, Women Who Charge,” Judith Warner laments the supposedly misogynistic “zeitgeist” that accompanied the fall of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Of the first 25 or so comments on the article, at least 20 supported Warner’s analysis, but one finally hit the nail on the […]