Leading up to last year’s Senate debate and the eventual passage of comprehensive immigration reform, GOP Senate leaders and party strategists were privately arguing that failure to do something real on immigration reform, while not necessary to capturing a majority in 2014, was extremely important for 2016. … In the […] Read more »
President Obama said Democrats should run on Obamacare. So, will they?
… “I think the ACA is not a winning issue for the Republicans,” said Democratic pollster Anna Greenberg. “Not only is opinion about the ACA improving, but a majority of people oppose repeal.” Added another prominent Democratic strategist: “We’re playing defense not offense on ACA but we can succeed doing […] Read more »
Democrats seek to reshape midterm electorate along lines of a presidential year
… Democrats are banking on the belief that they can better identify potential supporters, motivate them and get them to the polls — in essence, reshape the midterm electorate to make it look more like the electorate in a presidential year. To try to do so, they will for the […] Read more »
Why are some Democrats running from Obamacare?
The Obamacare enrollment is 8 million strong and growing. Polls have shown that voters love popular provisions calling for mandatory coverage for maternity care and extending coverage for young people up to age 26 to stay on their parents’ health insurance policies. And recent figures from the Congressional Budget Office […] Read more »
Republicans See Political Wedge in Common Core
… A once little-known set of national educational standards introduced in 44 states and the District of Columbia with the overwhelming support of Republican governors, the Common Core has incited intense resistance on the right and prompted some in the party to reverse field and join colleagues who believe it […] Read more »
Democrats Confront Vexing Politics Over the Health Care Law
… Even as Mr. Obama announced that eight million Americans had enrolled in the program and urged Democrats to embrace the law, those in his party are running from it rather than on it, while Republicans are prospering by demanding its repeal. The reasons are complex and layered in the […] Read more »