It’s been a rough week in Washington, and it’s only Wednesday. The president created a firestorm over the weekend, lobbing rhetorical bombs at “the squad,” the four House Democratic freshmen whose heated comments and extreme policy proposals have created one fire storm of controversy after another. Now, the president’s getting […] Read more »
Raging Partisanship in the Age of Trump
The phrase “elections have consequences” is both a cliché and a truism. Some used to say, “It doesn’t really matter who wins” a particular election, but it has been a while since those words have been heard. The two parties’ ideologies and values have rarely, if ever, stood in such […] Read more »
Trump Sets the 2020 Tone: Like 2016, Only This Time ‘the Squad’ Is Here
With three days of attacks on four liberal, minority freshman congresswomen, President Trump and the Republicans have sent the clearest signal yet that their approach to 2020 will be a racially divisive reprise of the strategy that helped Mr. Trump narrowly capture the White House in 2016. … While the […] Read more »
There Are Many Democratic Candidates. Party Insiders View a Bunch as the Same.
… Since last December, I’ve been conducting interviews with Democratic activists in the early primary and caucus states of New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Nevada, as well as the District of Columbia. Roughly three dozen people regularly participate in this survey, including campaign workers, party officials, and longstanding volunteers […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Biden, Sanders and Warren top the 2020 Democratic field in New Hampshire
Former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders sit atop the field of Democratic presidential contenders among likely primary voters in New Hampshire, according to a new CNN poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. Overall, 24% say they back Biden, while 19% […] Read more »
The 2020 Elections and the Future of American Politics
Political prognostication, by Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. CONT. – pdf Read more »