Americans aren’t buying the explanations offered by Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton about controversies that could stand between them and the White House if either runs for president in 2016. Sixty-three percent say they don’t believe the New Jersey governor’s claims that he knew nothing of a plan by his […] Read more »
Gov. Cuomo’s Approval Sags, But He Maintains Large Re-Election Lead
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s job approval rating has slipped, but he remains popular and enjoys a comfortable advantage in his quest for re-election, according to a new poll. Cuomo, a Democrat, holds massive leads over each of three potential Republican challengers: Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, conservative upstate businessman Carl Paladino […] Read more »
The End of the Pragmatic Governor
NGA, RIP. That’s the unavoidable conclusion after the outburst outside the White House this week from Louisiana’s Republican governor, Bobby Jindal—and the counterpunch it provoked from Connecticut’s Democratic governor, Dannel Malloy. … Yet this week’s altercation carried an inevitability that reflects long-gestating changes in the way governors operate in Washington, […] Read more »
Midterm Signals and Noise
… The current consensus in Washington is that 2014 will be a Republican election – that they will gain some seats in the U.S. House, that they have a realistic chance of recapturing a bare majority in the U.S. Senate and that they will continue to enjoy a sizable edge […] Read more »
Governors’ races offer a barometer for 2016
In Washington, the focus right now is on the Senate: Who will control it after the November midterm elections? But the National Governors Association winter meeting this weekend is a reminder that the outcome of this year’s gubernatorial elections will be equally important in shaping the political future. Washington remains […] Read more »
Hawaii Polls Demand a Critical Eye
This weekend’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser Hawaii poll brought a raft of surprising findings. Appointed Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz is trailing Democratic Rep. Colleen Hanabusa in their closely-watched primary matchup, and Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who appointed Schatz to the Senate and was succeeded in the House by Hanabusa, is losing to […] Read more »