Over the last two years, the country has witnessed illness and lives lost as a result of the COVID pandemic, but there is another lasting collective impact: division. Fighting the virus is an effort that Americans say has divided the country, not united it. The splits in public opinion we […] Read more »
What did Democrats deliver?
According to a recent story in The New York Times, in a meeting with the president last month to discuss the party’s messaging, Speaker Nancy Pelosi came armed with an alternate slogan to replace the “Build Back Better” phrase, which some Democrats call “toxic” these days. Pelosi’s substitute? One of […] Read more »
‘We Want People That Are Going to Fight the Left,’ Says the Man Out-Trumping Trump
Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, is giving Donald Trump a run for his money as the most divisive politician in America. “We want people that are going to fight the left, and that’s what we need to do in this country,” DeSantis declared in an interview with Fox […] Read more »
Code Red on the Democratic Brand
Politics is not a complicated game to win. Either your party fields compelling candidates that voters mostly like or your party offers a compelling and relevant enough agenda that voters mostly support. The one thing a party can’t do and expect to win is suffer double-digit deficits to the other […] Read more »
Biden states will decide who controls the Senate
The one silver lining for Democrats on an otherwise stormy political horizon may be the map of states with competitive Senate races this fall. All of the Senate contests both sides consider the most competitive will be in states that Joe Biden won in 2020, albeit in most cases narrowly. […] Read more »
Biden’s Ukraine leadership may not help Democrats at the ballot box
President Joe Biden has maintained impressive unity among Western allies in leading the strong coordinated response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. At home, Biden has gratified Democratic campaign strategists lately with tactical adjustments. He smacked away the far left’s counterproductive “defund the police” slogan in his State […] Read more »