The impending battle over replacing Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court will undoubtedly loom over this year’s presidential contest. But it may have an even larger role in an often overlooked 2016 election contest: the fight for control of the Senate. The Senate is in play this November, and the […] Read more »
Obama Won’t Be Able To Replace Scalia With A Justice As Liberal As Sotomayor
The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia today set off a scramble in a deeply polarized Washington over his replacement on the court. Within hours of the announcement of Scalia’s death, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said a vote should wait for the next president to be elected. He […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton Needs To Win The Voters She Lost In 2008
Just as in 2008, Tuesday’s New Hampshire’s primary created an “a-ha moment,” illuminating the contours of each Democratic candidate’s coalition. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that Hillary Clinton is relying on a coalition that looks almost the opposite of the one she assembled in 2008. Eight years ago, she prevailed among […] Read more »
How Far Left Has America Moved?
… Instead of President Obama representing a quirky left shift engendered by his charisma, Iraq and the Great Recession, what if he turned out to have been a transitional figure to a considerably more leftward tilt? What if in 10 or 20 years we look back on the Obama years […] Read more »
How media coverage shapes presidential polling more than we think
Pundits tell us all the time that media coverage is driving the current Presidential primary, that Donald Trump and other outsider candidates are only doing well because they attract so much attention from the press. But in an era when people can choose their media sources to match what they […] Read more »
Marco Rubio downplays Muslim discrimination. So do many Republicans.
Following President Obama’s visit to a Baltimore mosque this week, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) criticized the move. “Look at today — he gave a speech at a mosque,” Rubio said Wednesday. “Oh, you know, basically implying that America is discriminating against Muslims. …” Whether or not there exists “widespread” and […] Read more »