It’s been one year since Donald Trump was elected president and some New Hampshire Trump voters say that the country is doing better now than it was just one year ago, citing a strong economy and Mr. Trump’s efforts on key platform issues like immigration reform. But some claim Congress […] Read more »
Alabama polls show close race after Moore accusations
The first wave of flash polls conducted after Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore was accused of abusing a 14-year-old girl nearly four decades ago point to a close race between Moore and Democrat Doug Jones. Since The Washington Post published a story online Thursday afternoon in which four women […] Read more »
Trump dominates the GOP base. Party leaders live with the consequences.
The Republican Party has been plunged into ever more turmoil, thanks to the outcome of the off-year election in Virginia, the results of contests elsewhere around the country and an allegation of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore, the party’s candidate for Senate in Alabama. … Republicans have been dealing with […] Read more »
Trump’s Low Approval Rating Hurt Republicans Tuesday
Thinking the unthinkable: Could Roy Moore actually lose?
… To be clear, it’s still very likely that the man who will win the upcoming special election in Alabama to replace Sessions will be the Republican, Roy Moore. But with revelations reported by The Post that Moore allegedly sought sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl in 1979, it seems […] Read more »
How Republican losses in Virginia could mean real trouble for the GOP in 2018
In 1897, an earthquake that hit 5.8 on the Richter scale shook Virginia and was felt across 12 other states. Six months later, William McKinley’s Republican Party experienced its own disaster in Virginia, losing 15 seats in the state House of Delegates. Not until Tuesday night did another such earthquake […] Read more »