For the first time since Barack Obama took office in 2009, deficit reduction has slipped as a policy priority among the public. Overall, 63% say reducing the budget deficit should be a top priority for Congress and the president this year, down from 72% a year ago. … As in […] Read more »
A Democratic Party Divide That’s Not There
According to many in the punditocracy, there’s a liberal Democratic revolution bubbling just under the political surface that’s about to explode. Frustrated liberal revolutionaries led by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren are committed to wresting power from the Democratic establishment, pushing the Democratic agenda […] Read more »
Christie leads possible 2016 GOP contenders in CNN/ORC poll
A new national poll indicates, that for the first time, there may be an early frontrunner in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. And according to a CNN/ORC International survey, if Hillary Clinton decides against making another bid for the White House, Vice President Joe Biden would be […] Read more »
Dreaming of the White House
Is it too early to think about who’s running for president in 2016, three years from now? Not in Washington, a city with more campaign consultants than dry cleaners. After all, we’re talking about a business that raised and spent more than $2 billion, employed thousands of people and consumed […] Read more »
What if Race No Longer Matters in City Politics?
The most significant development in the mayoral election in Boston earlier this month was hardly discussed: the absence of open racial animosity. … The absence of race as a divisive issue was also striking in New York’s recent mayoral election — and before that in the March 5 mayoral election […] Read more »