Monday Buzz: The "Magic Negro" Playbook, the GOP's Long Road Back, and More

In a recent article by Sam Stein in the Huffington Post, Simon explains why the GOP's road back to power looks to be a long one:

"The core play in the GOP playbook for 44 years has been the magic negro playbook," said Simon Rosenberg, head of Democratic organization NDN and one of the most well-versed party figures on racial politics. "They don't have another play or another playbook. Whether it is Willie Horton, or welfare queens and tax and spend, or the way they have dealt with immigration... they don't have a play in their playbook that doesn't start with the exploitation of racial divisions... They are going to have to reject 44 years of GOP politics in order to have any chance in the 21st century America."

A somewhat distorted version of Simon's argument also received some critical attention from Donald Lambro in the Washington Times.

Simon's article on the difference between motion and progress was also featured in The Hill, and Rob was quoted in Grist on getting a carbon tax right.