… There is a legitimate debate over what misdeeds are the political equivalent of misdemeanors and ought to be survivable, which ones are political felonies and should be dealt with in a more punitive way, and which ones are in effect, political capital offenses. And is there a statute of […] Read more »
Yes, Virginia, This is Chaos
Saying that anything in the annals of American political history is “unique” or “unprecedented” is dangerous, for the simple fact that the past is filled with so many oddities from which we can draw parallels. That said, we’re struggling to come up with something equivalent to what we’ve seen in […] Read more »
Why No One Should Be Surprised By Democratic Calls For Ralph Northam’s Resignation
Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is under intense pressure to resign his office in the wake of the publication of a racist photo that appeared in his medical school yearbook. And most Virginia Democratic leaders and groups have called for him to resign. But if you’re surprised by these calls […] Read more »
The Democrats’ choice: The midterm elections and the road to 2020
The 2016 presidential election gave Democrats a painful reminder that the path to the White House runs through the rough terrain of the Electoral College. Despite enjoying a popular vote margin of nearly 3 million, the Democratic ticket won only 20 states with 232 electoral votes, compared to the 30 […] Read more »
California Poll: Access to Mental Health Care, Insurance Coverage, Affordability Among Top Health Care Priorities
Californians rank making health care more affordable among their top overall priorities for the state’s new governor and legislature, with 45 percent citing it as “extremely important,” just behind improving public education (48%) and ahead of affordable housing (40%), finds a new KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)/California Health Care Foundation poll […] Read more »
All or Nothing: How State Politics Became a Winner-Take-All World
… All over the country, chambers that once were up for grabs are now firmly controlled by one party holding what resembles an open-ended lease. … In American state politics these days, power results not from a contest of ideas, but rather from demographic identities. The country is divided along […] Read more »