Clinton's New Vocabulary, Trump's Blame Game

[Bloomberg View] [Jonathan Bernstein's Early Returns] A daily round-up of superb political insights Aug 22, 2016 [bloomberg.com/view] 1. John Patty at Mischiefs of Faction on [which candidates chose to run] for president in 2016. I think he gets the Democratic side exactly right, but I'm not at all convinced on the Republican side. Maybe they just didn’t have any available first-tier candidates. He does name the two most likely ones, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. But Romney did run, albeit only for a few weeks, only to find too much resistance. And Ryan chose the speakership over a presidential campaign, a decision forced on him by House politics. 2. Jennifer Jones at the Monkey Cage on [Hillary Clinton’s changing vocabulary]. 3. Jason McDaniel on the [unfortunate effects of ranked-choice voting]. 4. “One candidate is encouraging violence; one is condemning it.” Rick Hasen on seeking [blame for an ugly turn in the 2016 campaign]. 5. Meg Bernhard at the Boston Globe on [which experts get quoted] in stories about the elections. 6. Margot Sanger-Katz at the Upshot on how [plans offered in the Obamacare exchanges] are evolving. 7. Richard Yeselson at Vox on [Trumpism in a comparative context]. 8. And David Weigel at the Washington Post reports on [white nationalists and Trump]. [Read more Jonathan Bernstein at bloomberg.com/view] [Jonathan Bernstein] For more information, email [view@bloomberg.net]. For media inquiries, contact Jill Watanabe at +1-212-617-1610 or [jwatanabe11@bloomberg.net]. You received this message because you signed up for Bloomberg View newsletters. [bloomberg.com/view] | 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 | [Contact Us] | [Unsubscribe]