Teleprompter Trump repudiated Twitter Trump in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Monday. Speaking in the wake of two mass shootings in less than 24 hours that left at least 31 dead over the weekend, President Trump spoke of “the inherent worth and dignity of every human […] Read more »
Policy Fissures in the Debates Aren’t What Divide Voters
Hot-button ideological issues took center stage in last week’s Democratic debates, as candidates fought over things like “Medicare for all” and the decriminalization of illegal border crossings. But while Democratic candidates might be divided by ideology and policy, Democratic voters mostly are not. The Democratic electorate is not clearly or […] Read more »
A Fourth Texas Republican Congressman Plans to Retire in 2020
Representative Kenny Marchant of Texas is planning to announce his retirement on Monday, according to two Republican officials, becoming the fourth Republican House member from Texas in recent weeks to head for the exits rather than face re-election in 2020 in a state that is rapidly becoming more competitive. … […] Read more »
The Republican Party has long been the party of stupid. Now Democrats have joined it.
… Liberated for two years from the compromises demanded of a governing party, Democrats have emerged from the wilderness enamored with a variety of big policy proposals that are deeply unpopular and completely unpractical. … Some Democrats appear to have internalized two contradictory lessons from 2016. They know that Donald […] Read more »
For Democrats, and for Republicans, a summer of discontent
This has been a rough week for Republicans and for Democrats. As the long August recess begins, these are not happy times for either political party. The Democratic presidential candidates put on two nights of debating in Detroit, producing maximum internal bickering and negativity and minimal positive or outward messaging […] Read more »
The Black Vote in the United States
The African American vote has become critical in presidential elections, especially in the race for the Democratic nomination. However, there are key moments in the history of the African American vote that catapulted it into such prominence. On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, Steve Kornacki (@stevekornacki), National Political Correspondent […] Read more »