… On the latest episode of Politics with Amy Walter, Parker Poling from the National Republican Congressional Committee and Dave Wasserman from The Cook Political Report join us to discuss the role impeachment will play in drumming up Republican candidates in 2020. Plus, Jennifer Duffy, senior editor for The Cook […] Read more »
Are Democrats Willing to Pay More in Taxes for Medicare for All?
… Polling data show that Democrats are largely united in their willingness to pay higher taxes in exchange for a government-run health insurance system. But it is unclear if the broader electorate — which is sympathetic to Mr. Sanders’s and Ms. Warren’s calls for a wealth tax of the superrich […] Read more »
O-Hi-O?
This week, we recap the latest CNN/NYT Democratic primary debate, discuss if Ohio is still a bellwether state, and take a look at the LGBTQ community’s growing influence within the American electorate. The Forecast Fest, CNN Read more »
Immigration and the Inevitability of Identity Politics in 2020
The 2016 campaign and the Trump presidency has focused on issues tied closely to Americans’ racial, ethnic, religious, and gender identities — and generated calls for both parties to reject “identity politics.” The challenge for both parties is that identity politics is increasingly baked into American politics. Even if Democratic […] Read more »
Why Impeachment Remains a Dangerous Road for Dems
… In a country that is already deeply divided, as we learned with the experiences of impeachment proceedings against Presidents Nixon and Clinton, the act of impeachment is the most serious and divisive action possible, to be used sparingly and when there is no alternative. Impeachment sucks all of the […] Read more »
Trump Is Winning the Online War
For all his negative poll numbers and impeachment-related liabilities, President Trump has a decisive advantage on one key election battleground: the digital campaign. Under the management of Brad Parscale, the Trump re-election machine has devoted millions more than any individual Democrat to increasingly sophisticated microtargeting techniques. … Trump’s operatives have […] Read more »