From President Donald Trump through Republican governors and state legislatures, the GOP is coalescing around a position of reopening the economy as quickly as possible despite concerns about seeding a wider spread of the coronavirus. … The daunting equation facing Trump and Republican governors is that no matter how many […] Read more »
The Phony Coronavirus Class War
… Lately some commentators have suggested that the coronavirus lockdowns pit an affluent professional class comfortable staying home indefinitely against a working class more willing to take risks to do their jobs. Writing in The Post, Fareed Zakaria tried to make sense of the partisan split over coronavirus restrictions, describing […] Read more »
Can Republican recruits win in Democratic districts?
Republican Rep.-elect Mike Garcia made history in California this week. The former Navy fighter pilot and defense contractor became the first Republican to flip a Democratic-held congressional seat in the state since 1998. It was the first time in nearly a decade that Republicans won a Democratic seat in any […] Read more »
California race shows why the election for president is close
Voters are less than six months away from the election between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Neither candidate is likely to emerge with a landslide victory, as it is clear that the race is far from over. Though one could argue that Biden holds an advantage, given […] Read more »
Joe Biden needs black voters to win the presidency. And Covid-19 is making them even harder to reach
… Black voters form the backbone of the Democratic Party’s voter base: 93% of African Americans backed President Barack Obama’s reelection in 2012. And this year, black voters in South Carolina helped propel Biden to a landslide victory in the state’s primary, resuscitating his once-struggling campaign and putting him on […] Read more »
California’s Warning Signs for Democrats
… For the first time in more than two decades, Republicans in California wrested a seat from Democrats. Mike Garcia, a political novice running as a supporter of President Trump, defeated Assemblywoman Christy Smith, a centrist Democrat, by around 10 percentage points. The outcome was neither an earth-shattering victory that […] Read more »