It may well be easier for a hard-core partisan to observe an election campaign than someone else. After all, passionate Republicans and Democrats often blissfully ignore any potential danger signs for their side, at least until Election Night. Someone without a dog in the fight may be more likely to […] Read more »
The Biden Ceiling
Once a political narrative takes hold, it’s hard to dislodge. And, one of the most stubborn of those narratives is that while GOP attacks on Democrats for their support of “defunding the police” and ‘socialism’ may not have cost Biden the election, it came close to denying House Democrats the […] Read more »
Democrats Are Running Out of Time
Anxiety is growing among a broad range of civil-rights, democracy-reform, and liberal groups over whether Democrats are responding with enough urgency to the accelerating Republican efforts to both suppress voting and potentially overturn future Democratic election victories. With the congressional calendar dominated by President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar spending proposals, these […] Read more »
Is Wokeness ‘Kryptonite for Democrats’?
… The past 12 months have seen a centrist countermobilization designed to strengthen a mainstream image of the Democratic Party and to block the power of the more radical left to set policy. New groups and digital publications include Persuasion, Counterweight, American Purpose, Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism and the […] Read more »
The abortion fault line is about to start rumbling
One of the original culture war conflicts may be poised for a resurgence — with potentially explosive political consequences. The Supreme Court’s recent decision to consider the legality of Mississippi’s restrictive law prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy could trigger the most serious and sustained political debate over the […] Read more »
Six months of big change hasn’t changed the political environment
… The Biden presidency entered its fifth month this past week. A lot has happened since Biden took office: We’ve seen a failed impeachment trial, a major economic and coronavirus relief package signed into law and the continuation of a mass vaccination campaign leading to more than 60% of adults […] Read more »