If Republicans and President Trump are going down to defeat in November’s midterms, they are evidently going down together. … History has shown that a president’s popularity is a key factor in determining the extent of a governing party’s losses in midterm elections. Presidents almost always lose congressional seats in […] Read more »
Three reasons you should expect congressional gridlock on gun control
Since the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students have been crusading for tightening gun laws and expanding mental-health resources — and have put those issues firmly in public discussion. Some congressional lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans, have endorsed various ways to tighten gun laws, including […] Read more »
Nunes’ real revelation: Trump is changing the GOP, not the other way around
The real message of the memo released last week by Rep. Devin Nunes assailing the FBI and Department of Justice is that Donald Trump is changing the Republican Party far more than it is changing him. The memo from Nunes, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, failed to deliver revelations […] Read more »
This is the week that the GOP truly became the party of Trump
This was the week when the Republican Party finally went all in with President Trump. What once seemed unlikely is now reality. The Republican establishment — there are a few dissenting voices, of course — has succumbed to the power of the presidency, and this president in particular. This coming […] Read more »
Trump Is Making 2018 Much Harder for Republicans
Like colliding storm systems, the three central dynamics shaping the 2018 electoral battlefield converged in President Trump’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday. And control of Congress may turn on which one of these forces voters weigh most heavily. The first dynamic is the buoyant state of the […] Read more »
Economic satisfaction is booming, but it’s not boosting Trump
Americans are more satisfied with the state of the U.S. economy than they have been in nearly two decades, but their soaring economic enthusiasm has done little to soften the public’s personal dislike of President Donald Trump, a new poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal shows. And […] Read more »