The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics By Dan Kaufman Hardcore conservatives adore infrastructure, and they’re phenomenally good at building it. This isn’t to say they’re necessarily committed to constructing roads and bridges and dams; it’s the infrastructure of their own […] Read more »
When Politicians Determine Your Religious Beliefs
At first glance, President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court would seem a perfect reminder of why so many religious white Americans vote Republican: to promote conservative moral values. Religious values. Their values. The values that — the story goes — devout white Christians and Catholics […] Read more »
Brett Kavanaugh and the Midterm Effect
The selection of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court will have less of an impact on November’s midterms than you think. Sure, depending how the confirmation process develops, it’s possible the nomination could affect a handful of races, but the most likely scenario will not change the overall trajectory of […] Read more »
Why Was a Citizenship Question Put on the Census? ‘Bad Faith,’ a Judge Suggests
From the moment it was announced in March, the decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census was described by critics as a ploy to discourage immigrants from filling out the form and improve Republican political fortunes. The Commerce Department, which made the decision, insisted that sound […] Read more »
Democrats Risk Overreach on Immigration
… Does Trump doubling-down to placate his base mean that it is good policy or politics for the Left to do the same? The “Abolish ICE” rhetoric to protest Trump policies brings to mind another old saying, often attributed to the Rolling Stones’s Mick Jagger as well as to Navy […] Read more »
How to Interpret 2018 Polls Without Fooling Yourself
This morning, many political junkies, bleary-eyed from staying up to watch and then ponder the president’s SCOTUS Reality Show last night, were greeted with this tweet from the CEO of Axios: 🚨 Brutal poll: Democrats’ Senate dream slips away https://t.co/bXZ4wiwqn5 — Jim VandeHei (@JimVandeHei) July 10, 2018 The full Axios […] Read more »