The latest (Un)Conventional Wisdom, from politics blogger Robert David Sullivan.

There's not much Clinton can do to change how voters feel about Democrats.

Charge of insufficient love tends to be directed at those fighting for change

Can a new bipartisan coalition break the 'tough on crime' consensus?

No one is supposed to go home empty-handed in American politics.

A lesson in the 'invisible synecdoche'

If you rsquo re a fan of political gaffes you would have been in heaven in 1980 That rsquo s when a major presidential candidate was ridiculed for saying ldquo All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk rdquo Scientists also howled when he dismissed the need

Disillusioned Obama supporters look to the left.

Elected prosecutors have every incentive to remain tough on (falling) crime.

Record snows strain roads and transit, but little political will to fund infrastructure