… After Mr. Mueller submitted his report, he made the doomed assumption of many a longform journalist: That people would read his full work and draw conclusions then and only then. That allowed Attorney General William P. Barr to become the editor who writes the clickbait headline for all the […] Read more »
Why Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment strategy is politically smart
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s public statement on Wednesday seemingly left House Speaker Nancy Pelosi between a rock and a hard place. … After Mueller’s statement, Pelosi again decided to strike a center chord. She didn’t call for impeachment proceedings to begin, but indicated such action may be necessary in the […] Read more »
House 2020: Incumbents Hardly Ever Lose Primaries
… Since the end of World War II, there have been 37 elections for the U.S. House (one every two years). In those 37 elections, an average of 397 House incumbents sought reelection each election year. On average, only six House members failed to secure renomination each election year. In […] Read more »
Is Pelosi’s Trump Strategy Working?
Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amped up criticism of President Trump, while tamping down calls for impeachment from within her own caucus. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew debates the efficacy of her reportedly intentional strategy. They also weigh the usefulness of a new poll matching Biden up against his […] Read more »
Infrastructure Failure Underscores Government’s Problems
On May 22, the president and congressional leaders met to discuss infrastructure — one of the American people’s highest priorities for their elected representatives. Within 10 minutes, however, the meeting was called off. Nothing was accomplished. The exact circumstances of what happened on May 22 aren’t as important as what […] Read more »
For Pelosi, the biggest test awaits: Impeach or not impeach?
House Democrats, under the leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), are slowly marching themselves toward the opening of an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. What seemed out of the question earlier in the year seems, if not inevitable, increasingly difficult to resist. … Pelosi knows that public opinion overall is […] Read more »