More than two months later, the 2020 elections are still handing out lessons. The latest: Don’t judge election projections until all the results have hatched. … After Nov. 3, the decided narrative was “Here we go, 2016 all over again.” After President Donald Trump lost by less than expected and […] Read more »
Fractured by Trump, the G.O.P. Can’t Agree on a Way Back to Power
The Republican Party is entering a period of political powerlessness in Washington badly fractured from within, lacking a unifying message and set of principles and missing a clear bench of national leaders — a party with internal divisions and outside obstacles so significant that it may not easily weather the […] Read more »
Georgia Was A Disaster For Republicans, And It’s Not Clear Where They Can Go Next
… Like a lot of recent political events, the Georgia runoffs are more significant the further you zoom out the lens. In one sense, the results were not that unpredictable. The final polling averages showed both Democrats ever-so-slightly ahead, and it was clear that the races were shaping up in […] Read more »
Records show fervent Trump fans fueled US Capitol takeover
They came from across America, summoned by President Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor. … The insurrectionist mob that showed up at the president’s behest […] Read more »
Capitol Losses
… At times like this, I turn to religion — or rather to Durkheim’s ideas about religion. In Durkheim’s view, religion is all about the group. Whatever benefit the individual may draw from it, religion, including American “civil religion,” is of the group, by the group, and for the group. […] Read more »
How Trump led Republicans to historic losses
The Democratic wins in the Georgia Senate runoffs this week ensured President Donald Trump’s place in electoral history. While much has been written about Trump’s ability to pull off electoral victories in spite of conventional wisdom, the actual record shows something considerably different. The Trump-led Republican Party suffered historic losses […] Read more »