… Running to be the first female president, Clinton will also try to generate Obama-like enthusiasm among new voters — those who were too young to turn out for Obama or have not previously been engaged with politics. Yet as her allies prepare to register voters and expand the black […] Read more »
Why Hillary Clinton Is Underwater
Hillary Clinton announced her presidential candidacy roughly eight weeks ago, and since then, a few things have become apparent. On the positive side for her, she has put together a first-class team of professionals, a blending of some of the younger people from her 2008 campaign who have gone on […] Read more »
Voldemort is polling better than many Republican presidential candidates
Think about all the things you look for in a presidential candidate: a solid economic plan. Maybe some foreign policy experience. And how about insatiable bloodlust and multiple rows of serrated teeth? As it turns out, the shark from the Jaws movies has better favorability numbers than any politician included […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton Traces Friendly Path, Troubling Party
Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be dispensing with the nationwide electoral strategy that won her husband two terms in the White House and brought white working-class voters and great stretches of what is now red-state America back to Democrats. Instead, she is poised to retrace Barack Obama’s far narrower path […] Read more »
Top Dogs and Underdogs
Another political analyst and I recently decided just for fun to write down what percentage chance we would give the top contenders for the Republican presidential nomination. … Obviously, this is a business where surprises are more the norm than the exception, but a field of 15 to 20 candidates […] Read more »
Jeb Goes from Fragile Frontrunner to Underdog
With each passing day, Jeb Bush looks weaker and weaker. While he has a top notch political team and (reportedly) tons of cash, he is dropping, not, rising in the polls. For a party desperate to win back the White House, Bush is looking more and more like a risky […] Read more »