The Republican answer is no. What’s the question? Just about anything important a Democratic president is asking. … Resistance to change is, to be sure, expected from the nation’s conservative political party. An intellectual icon of the modern GOP, William F. Buckley, once described a conservative’s role as to “stand […] Read more »
Born on the Left, Data for Progress Comes of Age in Biden’s Washington
President Biden mentions it in private calls. The White House reads its work. And Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, teams up with its leaders for news conferences, blog posts and legislation. The embrace of Data for Progress by the highest ranks of the Democratic Party is a coming-of-age moment […] Read more »
As Biden tries to rally allies, he faces questions abroad about the state of U.S. democracy
If anyone doubted that much of the world felt a great sense of relief when Joe Biden became president, a new survey of attitudes in countries around the world confirms as much. But the survey also underscores the degree to which people in other countries have concerns about the health […] Read more »
Most blue states will make Biden’s July 4 vaccine goal. The red ones won’t.
The United States looks increasingly unlikely to reach President Joe Biden’s July 4 vaccine goal. We need at least 70% of all adults to have one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, and we’re on pace to have somewhere between 67% and 68%. The overall picture masks, however, an underlying pattern: […] Read more »
Lurching Towards Normalization: America is still in limbo as the reopening progresses
… Around 66% of adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to our Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index. COVID is on the downswing. However, let’s not forget that vaccinations are reaching a saturation point. Most adults who want a vaccine have received one by now. We are still […] Read more »
An Autopsy of a Different Kind
It is always smart that a party conducts an after-action report after a tough electoral loss or disappointing election, ascertaining what went wrong and why, and to prevent it from happening again. … After their underwhelming results last year, Democrats and Democratic-aligned groups have conducted a number of such efforts. […] Read more »