Americans are generally optimistic about the nation’s employment levels and stock market performance in 2019, even as most are pessimistic about the prospects for political cooperation and world peace. The public is also more negative than positive about the direction of the U.S. crime rate but evenly split in its […] Read more »
Americans have a New Year’s resolution for Washington: Cut it out, already
Americans have a New Year’s resolution in mind for Washington: Cut it out. In a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll welcoming 2019, the most frequent suggestion from voters by far was for official Washington to resolve to stop squabbling and work across party lines. Indeed, setting an example of citizen bipartisanship, […] Read more »
Warren’s message on corruption and corporations could reshape the 2020 Democratic primary
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the biggest name to enter (technically “explore”) the 2020 presidential race so far. Her path to the nomination won’t be easy, but the Massachusetts Democrat’s unique brand on policy gives her a chance to influence the field like no other candidate. Warren, who announced on Monday […] Read more »
For Democrats, the race to 2020 will be unlike any seen in modern times
Anyone who has paid close attention to past Democratic presidential nominating campaigns should strike what they know from their memory bank. Old rules and previous assumptions aren’t likely to be worth much. What’s ahead for the Democrats will be unlike any nomination battle in recent years. … Most recent Democratic […] Read more »
In Orange County, a Republican Fortress Turns Democratic
… The Democratic capture of four Republican-held congressional seats in Orange County in November — more than half the seven congressional seats Democrats won from Republicans in California — toppled what had long been a fortress of conservative Republicanism. The sweep stunned party leaders, among them Paul D. Ryan, the […] Read more »
The Bipartisan Group That’s Not Afraid of Partisanship
… What is intriguing about Better Angels is that it isn’t seeking to formulate a broadly acceptable centrist platform, nor appeal to the vast middle who (Americans are told) really truly just want the country to work. It’s not trying to end partisanship; the group’s very concept, with its red […] Read more »