Heading into the 2020 election, Democrats were favored to not only capture the presidency but also win back the Senate and retain their sizable majority in the House. Much of that came down to the overall national environment, which appeared to be pretty favorable to Democrats, as they held a […] Read more »
Congressional Job Approval Highest in Nearly 12 Years
Thirty-five percent of Americans currently approve of the way Congress is handling its job, a 10-percentage-point increase since January and the highest Gallup has measured in nearly 12 years. … The last time Congress’ approval rating was as high as it is now was early in the Barack Obama administration, […] Read more »
The blind spot in the immigration debate
… With Republicans, under the shadow of former President Donald Trump, still mostly opposing all forms of immigration, and many Democrats narrowing their focus toward legalizing as many undocumented immigrants as possible, revisions to the nation’s system of legal immigration may lack a plausible pathway to congressional passage, many participants […] Read more »
Senators voting to convict Trump haven’t ‘signed an electoral death warrant’
538’s Nate Silver on how much retribution the senators who voted to convict Trump will face. This Week, ABC News Read more »
Democrats’ Big Tent Helped Them Win. Now It Threatens Biden’s Agenda.
As he ran for president last year, Joseph R. Biden Jr. contorted his campaign to appease both wings of the Democratic Party, trying to excite progressives with an ambitious policy platform while assuring moderates he opposed structural changes to the political process. Now, faced with the realities of governing and […] Read more »
How a bad response to a weather disaster can ruin a political career
The tragic situation in Texas following this week’s historic cold snap and power outages has people pointing fingers. Perhaps the ire has been pointed toward no one more than Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who left the state for Cancun, Mexico. It’s obviously too early to know what if any political […] Read more »