… The year that has passed since this book first appeared has done nothing to make us question our analysis of the causes of America’s dysfunctional politics. First, today’s sharply polarized and strategically focused political parties fit poorly with a constitutional system that anticipates collaboration as well as competition within […] Read more »
Republican senators Graham and McConnell should win their primaries
Many pundits like to think of the Republican primary voter as one who craves orthodoxy. Any Republican politician who doesn’t toe the conservative line can be eliminated in a primary quicker than a dog will bury a bone. Thus come the obvious primary challenges to senators Mitch McConnell of Kentucky […] Read more »
No, it’s not a push poll
Republicans are crying foul over a Public Policy Polling survey that finds Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes tied in a hypothetical 2014 Senate matchup. Two things are true: 1. McConnell is probably not as vulnerable as this poll might suggest. 2. […] Read more »