While most Americans are yawning through the waning days of late August, the political world is buzzing with one indictment after another and now, next week, the first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee. While eight candidates have qualified for the debate, the leading one—former President Donald Trump—may not show up. […] Read more »
Virginia voters divided on direction of the state, Post-Schar poll finds
Virginia voters are divided on their outlook more than a year after pivoting from a Democratic state government to a Republican governor and a split legislature, with 47 percent saying the state is heading in the right direction and 42 percent saying it is on the wrong track, according to […] Read more »
The Republican Presidential Primary: Still Early, but Maybe Getting Late
Key Points• The calendar year before the presidential primary voting begins is often defined by winnowing, as contenders emerge and then fade.• But Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are taking up so much oxygen that we may already have the top contenders, with everyone else who runs essentially an afterthought.• […] Read more »