… With the end of the impeachment trial now in sight and acquittal assured, a triumphant Mr. Trump emerges from the biggest test of his presidency emboldened, ready to claim exoneration and take his case of grievance, persecution and resentment to the campaign trail. … Nine months is an eternity […] Read more »
Impeachment is a wrenching process. The coming election now will be too.
The opening of the political year has collided with the end of the impeachment of President Trump. The coincidence of timing, unplanned perhaps but symbolic nonetheless, points directly to what is at stake when Americans vote in November. For now, healing is not on the agenda. CONT. Dan Balz, Washington […] Read more »
How Trump Reshaped the 2020 Democratic Primary
After a long campaign of ideological clashes, policy debates and talk of a grand reckoning on the direction of the Democratic Party, the presidential primaries starting on Monday will be shaped by a less lofty but increasingly urgent matter: determining the best candidate to defeat an incumbent who has already […] Read more »
The One Way That Iowa Looks Like the Democratic Party
It’s no secret that Iowa has been only lightly touched by the increasing racial diversity that has reconfigured the Democratic Party nationwide. But while the demographic change evident in the Democratic coalition has largely bypassed Iowa, the state has been swept up in the party’s most important geographic change. Democrats […] Read more »
Independent Voters See Economy Improving, a Potential Boon to Trump
Americans are feeling better about the economy, a trend that, if it continues, could bolster President Trump’s prospects for re-election in November. Forty percent of Americans say they are better off financially than they were a year ago, and just 19 percent say they are worse off, according to a […] Read more »
Caucus Time
In the second installment of Politics with Amy Walter from Iowa, we contextualize the caucuses set to take place on Monday. CONT. Politics with Amy Walter Read more »