Republicans have been hoping to turn the political page from the coronavirus pandemic for over a year now. We saw then-President Donald Trump try to do it in the lead-up to the 2020 election. It didn’t work. In the California gubernatorial recall, we saw Republican Larry Elder try and argue […] Read more »
Texas: Abbott’s right turn deflates GOP rivals but opens door for O’Rourke, McConaughey
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has kept conservative primary challengers at bay by tacking hard right on abortion, the border, mask and vaccine mandates, guns and critical race theory. But the strategy has come at a high price. His overall support is plunging, potentially leaving him vulnerable to the likes of […] Read more »
Think all politics are local? The California recall says most politics are now national.
It may be time to revisit the old axiom from Tip O’Neill, the former Democratic House speaker from Massachusetts, who famously said that all politics are local. These days, as the California recall election showed, most politics are national. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) easily avoided being recalled this past week […] Read more »
Why California’s results are in line with the GOP taking the House in 2022
Democrats crushed Republicans in Tuesday’s California recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom’s overwhelming victory left little doubt that California is a deeply blue state, and a Donald Trump-endorsed candidate like Larry Elder doesn’t come close to fitting the bill for the type of Republican the GOP needs to run […] Read more »
Virginia: McAuliffe, Youngkin locked in tight race for governor
Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are locked in a tight race for Virginia governor, with McAuliffe standing at 50 percent to 47 percent for Youngkin among likely voters in a Washington Post-Schar School poll. Among registered voters, McAuliffe has a 49 percent to 43 percent edge over Youngkin […] Read more »
California: Newsom holds big early leads in next year’s gubernatorial election
… In its latest statewide survey, the Berkeley IGS Poll asked a cross-section of the state’s registered voters their preferences for governor next year, by pairing Newsom against each of four prominent Republicans who were candidates on this year’s recall election’s replacement ballot. This included broadcaster Larry Elder, former San […] Read more »