Democratic leaders are split on how to handle impeachment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for Democrats to continue investigating President Donald Trump, but has not said an impeachment inquiry should begin. Many of the Democrats running for president are going in a different direction. Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren […] Read more »
Joe Biden is the Democratic Mitt Romney
When Joe Biden first entered the presidential race, he was supposed to be a Jeb Bush redux — a relic of a bygone era who would quickly be swept away by candidates who appealed to the party’s insurgent wing. … Instead, Biden is more like Mitt Romney: a poll leader […] Read more »
CA Dems: A Return to Normalcy Is Catching On
By the time the California Democrats left San Francisco Sunday – after the Dominatrixes Against Don and the bleeding man anti-circumcision protests; after Elizabeth Warren stole thunder from Bernie Sanders; after Kamala Harris was cheered for demanding impeachment and Nancy Pelosi was heckled for resisting it — the bottom line […] Read more »
California Is Now an ‘Early Primary State.’ Democrats Are Grappling With How to Compete.
… For years, California has been an afterthought in presidential primaries, because it usually votes long after candidates have sewn up their parties’ nominations with wins in other states. While California was among the final states to vote last time, in June 2016, state officials have now moved up the […] Read more »
One challenger Trump still faces: GOP voters
Four years ago, Donald Trump ran for president as Republican outsider, today polls show the GOP faithful have become the core of Trump’s support. But look closer at the numbers and there are some signs of discontent among in the party rank-and-file as the 2020 election nears. CONT. Dante Chinni, […] Read more »
The Supreme Court is deciding a gerrymandering case. Here’s the social science that the justices need to know.
… One key question before the Supreme Court is whether there are standards to detect an extreme partisan gerrymander. During oral arguments this year, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. asked, “How do you determine whether [a particular plan] is constitutional?” In fact, the five federal courts that have struck down […] Read more »