While presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has seemingly done a better-than-expected job of uniting the Republican rank-and-file after dispatching his presidential rivals, he continues to face elite opposition from some GOP leaders and opinion-makers. Rumors of a third-party presidential bid designed to give #NeverTrump Republicans an option continue even […] Read more »
Pay Attention To Libertarian Gary Johnson; He’s Pulling 10 Percent vs. Trump And Clinton
Gary Johnson might be on the verge of becoming a household name. At the moment, he’s probably most often confused with that plumber who fixed your running toilet last month or your spouse’s weird friend from work who keeps calling the landline, but he’s neither — he’s the former governor […] Read more »
Donald Trump is sloppy about policy details, but precise at managing party factions
On the public policy substance, Donald Trump sounds like an ignoramus. He knows almost nothing about a large percentage of issues. When asked questions, he responds like a student who hasn’t done the reading and is bluffing until the teacher moves on. … Yet when it comes to managing political […] Read more »
Why Young Democrats Love Bernie Sanders
Perhaps the most eye-popping statistic to come out of last week’s Iowa caucuses was Bernie Sanders’s overwhelming advantage among young voters. According to the Iowa entrance poll, Sanders beat Hillary Clinton 84 percent to 14 percent among Democrats aged 17 to 29. … In 2008, Barack Obama performed better than […] Read more »
Inside the GOP’s Effort to Close the Campaign-Science Gap With Democrats
This spring, the Cato Institute identified 600 Americans who read more than 20 books per year and made arrangements to send them each one more. … The Cato researcher behind the project explained to other members of a below-the-radar Republican group known as the Center for Strategic Initiatives, or CSI, […] Read more »
Rand Paul’s Risky Politics
Politics is always a risky business, with the odds of success the steepest for anyone running for president. So many factors have to line up just right to capture a nomination, and even then, the chances of winning the general election are roughly 50-50. But Sen. Rand Paul’s approach to […] Read more »