With Protasiewicz win, Democrats flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Key Points• In last night’s high-stakes state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, Democratic-aligned Janet Protasiewicz comfortably dispatched former Justice Daniel Kelly, giving liberals a 4-3 majority on the court.• Compared to some previous Democratic-aligned judges, Protasiewicz had a more “nationalized” voting coalition, although she still carried several Republican-leaning parts of […] Read more »

The GOP’s ‘Abusive Relationship’ With Trump

It’s a measure of Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party that his unprecedented criminal indictment is strengthening, not loosening, his grip. Trump was on the defensive after November’s midterm election because many in the GOP blamed voter resistance to him for the party’s disappointing results. But five months later […] Read more »

Republicans don’t think Trump is a saint. But they don’t want him taken down.

The circus has arrived. There’s no telling what happens to former President Trump’s poll numbers now that he’s been indicted and arraigned; we’re in uncharted territory. There are, however, some fairly remarkable clues emerging. … It’s all just a new iteration of the same pattern we’ve seen since 2015: Trump […] Read more »

New Hampshire: Trump leads GOP field with a strong plurality; weak support for Biden on Dem primary ballot

A new poll conducted by the Saint Anselm College Survey Center (SACSC) at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) finds President Joe Biden facing weak support for re-election. Although his job approval has improved somewhat since the mid-term elections, he is still underwater at 45%-54%. This translates into a […] Read more »

No Labels is considering a dangerous game

You might have missed it amid all the hubbub about former President Donald Trump’s indictment, but news broke this weekend that the organization No Labels is considering running a third party “moderate” candidate for president in 2024. … What’s stunning to me about the No Labels bid is that they […] Read more »