New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a press conference in June, 2021. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images Monika L. McDermott, Fordham University Riding high in politics frequently means you simply have further to fall – just ask sitting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo went from being talked about […] Read more »
‘Dark Money’ Is Funding The 2020 Election Challenge — And Could Challenge 2024
President Biden was sworn into office more than six months ago, but officials in Maricopa County, Ariz., are still searching for evidence that Biden’s victory in their state was based on massive voter fraud — even after multiple audits found no issues. New Yorker writer Jane Mayer says the Arizona […] Read more »
Latinos are not a lock for Democrats. Here’s why.
For years, high-ranking Republicans believed that Democrats had them backed into a demographic corner: The Latino electorate would continue to grow, providing Democrats with more votes and permanently squeezing Republicans out of power. Donald Trump has, for the moment, proved that theory wrong. Overall, Trump won 38 percent of the […] Read more »
Trump remains the key to 2022
… Democrats’ best chance of holding the House and the Senate next year is by keeping the focus on Trump — by exposing what he did as president to undermine the rule of law and to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 election. Keeping the attention on Trump […] Read more »
Which Republicans can hit the sweet spot in Ohio?
In the post-Trump era, Republican candidates must be able to win over a critical mass of party loyalists, including hardcore Trump voters, to prevail in contested primaries. They must then be able to maintain enough support among swing voters to have a fighting chance in competitive general elections. It’s not […] Read more »
Trump commands historic attention for an ex-president. That may hurt the GOP.
A sitting president of the United States is usually the person who drives political conversation. Former presidents tend to be an afterthought. But even as we stand more than six months into Joe Biden’s administration, the President is fighting for attention with his predecessor, Donald Trump, to a degree not […] Read more »