Primaries Are Where Politics Happens Today, And That’s Why The Amazon Deal Died

It’s an old cliché that all politics is local. It’s equally true in this polarized age that most meaningful politics happens in party primaries. That hyperpartisan dynamic is why Republicans keep their disdain for Donald Trump to off-the-record Washington whispers: They are afraid of a primary challenge. And that dynamic […] Read more »

What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory says about the Democratic Party and 2020

Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset of Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th District’s Democratic primary is sending shockwaves through Washington. A lot of people are asking how she pulled it off. Like many shocking victories, there probably isn’t one cause. But a number of the different factors that likely catapulted […] Read more »