House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is still resisting calls from the Democratic Caucus to formally open an impeachment inquiry of President Trump. True, only five dozen House Democrats are on record in favor, as I’ll examine below. But support for launching an impeachment investigation probably runs deeper in her caucus and […] Read more »
To beat Biden, his rivals must win in Iowa and New Hampshire
A new Monmouth University Nevada Democratic caucuses poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads with 36%. … The big question for most of the 2020 Democratic presidential field is how to beat front-runner Biden. One obvious way is to change the entire national trajectory of the race. That […] Read more »
Trump or a Democrat? Eastern Iowa ponders its presidential choice.
Eastern Iowa is home to industrial riverfront cities, small towns surrounded by verdant farmland and a consequential number of voters who were inspired to vote for both Barack Obama and Donald Trump. And unlike many of the president’s Republican supporters, who could never imagine voting for a Democrat, many of […] Read more »
‘Landslide’ for Biden? A look at 40 years of inaccurate presidential polls
Polls are meant to gauge the pulse of the American people. Relevant, timely polls on current events help provide a snapshot in time — and may make news. Others, particularly those attempting to look months into the future, are less legitimate news and more insignificant conversation pieces. So, when news […] Read more »
How Elizabeth Warren’s debate draw could help her or hurt her
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the odd woman out when it comes to the first Democratic debates at the end of June. There is, of course, two debates on consecutive nights with ten candidates on each stage. And because of a random draw, all the other top polling candidates (former […] Read more »
Trump’s internal poll numbers are out. And both they and his team’s response paint a bleak picture.
For days, President Trump has denied a New York Times report that his internal polling data showed him in deep trouble in key states in 2020, claiming that the Times simply made up the numbers. It didn’t. He made up the denial. And it appears he’s in as bad a […] Read more »