With rare exceptions, Joe Biden throughout his presidency has stressed his determination to cooperate with the GOP whenever possible and has minimized his personal confrontations with Republican leaders on both the national and state levels. That strategy has yielded the tangible benefit of the big bipartisan infrastructure bill now marching […] Read more »
The Real Reason Why the Party in Power Struggles in the Midterms
A shorthand explanation for midterm elections has long been that they are “referenda on the incumbent president.” The theory postulates that the party of the White House has lost House seats in 36 out of 39 midterms since the Civil War and Senate seats in 19 out of 26 midterms […] Read more »
Americans’ optimism about the direction the country is headed in has decreased
President Biden’s approval rating dipped to 50% this week as only 29% of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction. Less than one in three (29%) Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction. Just two months ago, it was 35% of Americans, indicating decreased […] Read more »
‘Dark Money’ Is Funding The 2020 Election Challenge — And Could Challenge 2024
President Biden was sworn into office more than six months ago, but officials in Maricopa County, Ariz., are still searching for evidence that Biden’s victory in their state was based on massive voter fraud — even after multiple audits found no issues. New Yorker writer Jane Mayer says the Arizona […] Read more »
Latinos are not a lock for Democrats. Here’s why.
For years, high-ranking Republicans believed that Democrats had them backed into a demographic corner: The Latino electorate would continue to grow, providing Democrats with more votes and permanently squeezing Republicans out of power. Donald Trump has, for the moment, proved that theory wrong. Overall, Trump won 38 percent of the […] Read more »
Biden’s summer of joy turns into frustration
Seven minutes after an explosion crippled the Apollo 13 spacecraft, flight director Gene Krantz asked his team a simple but crucial question: “What do you think we’ve got in the spacecraft that’s good?” Seems pretty basic when things seem to be spinning out of control, right? Perhaps it’s time the […] Read more »