It’s possible to imagine a world in which Sen. John McCain’s illness and death in office would send all three Republican candidates for Arizona’s other U.S. Senate seat racing to praise him and stake some claim to his immense legacy. … The reality is not even close. … The Arizona […] Read more »
NBC/WSJ poll: Trump approval ‘remarkably stable’ after a stormy week of bad news
After a week that saw President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman convicted on eight counts of fraud and his former lawyer plead guilty to felony campaign finance charges, the president’s job approval rating remains virtually unchanged, new polling from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal shows. But the stability […] Read more »
John McCain Well-Known, Well-Liked for Much of His Career
The late U.S. Sen. John McCain was one of the best-known and best-liked U.S. politicians of this political era. Gallup tracked Americans’ views of McCain periodically beginning in 1999. McCain’s favorable rating stood above 50% most of the time but started below it in 1999, when he was not a […] Read more »
Win or lose, Beto O’Rourke will help Texas Democrats
… A new Marist College poll shows Republican Sen. Ted Cruz with a 49% to 45% advantage over Democrat Rep. Beto O’Rourke (TX-16) in the Texas Senate race. This is the latest poll that gives Cruz a small, but clear advantage in the contest. … Why does the closeness of […] Read more »
John McCain Was A Maverick — And A Politician
John McCain, the senator from Arizona, passed away from brain cancer on Saturday at the age of 81. He weathered the sharp attacks from opponents and voters that all politicians do, but his burnish of authenticity, increasingly rare in public figures, spoke to our American ideal of independence, and his […] Read more »
The Last ‘Year of the Woman’
More women are running for office in the 2018 midterm elections than in any other election in American history. “The Daily” speaks to Senator Dianne Feinstein about what this moment shares with 1992, another record-breaking “Year of the Woman.” New York Times Read more »