Don Blankenship likes to believe he knows something about rough justice and who deserves it. “We don’t need to investigate our president. We need to arrest Hillary,” one of his campaign ads proclaims, mimicking President Trump’s crude 2016 rallying cry, “Lock her up!” … In Republican races across the country, […] Read more »
Democrats’ victory parade looks like it will hit a wall in Arizona
The press has focused a lot on special and other elections that seem to be going the Democratic Party’s way. Last month, it was Democrat Conor Lamb’s victory in Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district. This week it was liberal candidate Rebecca Dallet’s win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Later this […] Read more »
Are Republicans in More Special Trouble?
Conor Lamb’s (D, PA-18) apparent victory in a special House election in western Pennsylvania isn’t as much of a disaster for Republicans as Sen. Doug Jones’ (D-AL) win in a special election in Alabama was in December. But both results, combined with bigger-picture factors, suggest widespread Republican weakness as the […] Read more »
State of the Rockies Project: Strong Support for Protecting Land and Water; Voters Reject National Monument Attacks
Mountain West voters weighed in on the Trump administration’s priorities for managing the use and protection of public lands in a new Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today. The poll, now in its eighth year, surveyed the views of voters in eight […] Read more »
‘Bedlam Out Here in Arizona’ After Jeff Flake Departs Senate Race
Senator Jeff Flake’s decision to abandon his 2018 re-election campaign in Arizona has thrown open the Senate race there, exposing deep fissures not only on the Republican side where a nationalist insurgency is gunning for the party establishment but also among Democrats contending with a rising left. … Mike Noble, […] Read more »
Will The Arpaio Pardon Make Trump More Unpopular?
President Trump pardoned ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County on Friday night. Arpaio, known for his hardline stance on illegal immigration, had been convicted of criminal contempt for violating a federal court order commanding his department to stop racially profiling Latinos. National surveys conducted before the pardon suggest it’s […] Read more »