The election of Joe Biden as president has led to a dramatic shift in America’s international image. Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, publics around the world held the United States in low regard, with most opposed to his foreign policies. This was especially true among key American allies and partners. Now, […] Read more »
Republicans Really, Really Dislike Biden. But It’s Not Just About Him.
… Most Republicans don’t just disapprove of the job Biden is doing as president — they strongly disapprove of his job performance. … This lack of crossover support for presidents in their first term in office points toward one of the most animating forces in American politics today: Increased disdain […] Read more »
Joe Manchin is a bona fide centrist. Deal with it
Joe Manchin is a bona fide centrist, a political animal nearing extinction in the Democratic Party, whose home state of West Virginia gave Donald Trump his second-highest winning percentage last fall, with 69 percent of the vote. … Manchin’s the kind of senator that presidential candidate Joe Biden and, once […] Read more »
Writing the Narrative Of the 2022 Midterms
For more years than I would like to think about, a phrase coined by my freshman college English professor has come to my mind. Trying to coax a class into explaining the essence of a particular short story, the professor facetiously asked, “What is its aboutness?” That’s how I often […] Read more »
How Joe Manchin Survives as a Democrat in West Virginia
… Mr. Manchin’s unique ability to survive in West Virginia is the last vestige of the state’s once-reliable New Deal Democratic tradition, dating to old industrial-era fights over workers’ wages, rights and safety. It was one of the most reliably Democratic states of the second half of the 20th century, […] Read more »
Democrats brace for 2022 elections with ‘little margin for error’
Democrats are at high risk of losing control of Congress next year, and the perilous outlook is shaping party strategy on every level, a modern illustration of the old saw: Nothing focuses the mind like the sight of the gallows. Defending fragile House and Senate majorities in the 2022 midterm […] Read more »