… When Navigator conducted its survey over the first week of April, most (71%) of respondents had done their taxes, ahead of the April 15th deadline – marking the first tax filing season after the full implementation of the 2017 Republican tax law. Progressives have consistently argued the law was […] Read more »
The Power of ‘Negative Partisanship’
… Partisanship used to be thought of as something practiced primarily by super-believers, and in some cases that’s still true. But now we are seeing a rise in what’s known as negative partisanship, in which partisan zealots are not enamored with their own party or candidates as much as they […] Read more »
GOP Solidifying Support Among a Shrinking Base
Non-college-educated whites’ affinity for the Republican Party was growing even before the rise of Donald Trump’s political career — and it has grown stronger since, according to Gallup Poll Senior Editor Jeff Jones’ latest analysis. Jones joins the podcast to discuss what this means, and later, The Washington Post’s national […] Read more »
The Mueller Report Could Alienate the Voters Republicans Need
Beyond all the revelations about Russian entanglements and possible obstruction of justice, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report crystallizes two cardinal rules about governance in Donald Trump’s Washington. One is that Trump will shatter any boundaries of law, morality, or custom in his exercise of presidential power. The second is that […] Read more »
Five Reasons Why Republicans Won’t Abandon Trump Like They Ditched Nixon
As we await the release of the Mueller report, an open question is whether evidence of serious presidential misconduct (even if it doesn’t, as Attorney General Barr’s “summary of principal findings” has asserted, rise to the level of any indictable offense) — will have any major impact on Donald Trump’s […] Read more »
Gleeful Democrats pulled off the perfect tax scam
… Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center, told The New York Times that “the Democrats did a very good job” persuading voters that they wouldn’t get a tax cut. “They were able to put that into the public perception and the reality has been unable to […] Read more »