It’s been a bad week in Washington and it’s not likely to get any better soon. In fact, it’s beginning to feel like the whole town and everyone in it is trapped in a really bad spy novel. … Polls are showing a tightening on the impeachment question raising flags […] Read more »
How Can Democrats Keep Themselves From Overreaching?
During my political lifetime, there have been four moments when the continuing viability of the Republican Party has been cast in doubt: the 1964 landslide defeat of Barry Goldwater, Watergate, the 1992 defeat of George H.W. Bush and the 2008 loss by John McCain. … There are some strategists — […] Read more »
Satisfaction With 2020 Candidates Is Running High
Three-quarters of U.S. Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they are generally pleased with the selection of candidates running for their party’s 2020 presidential nomination. That is among the highest levels of satisfaction with candidates for the Democratic nomination Gallup has measured since it first asked the question in 1992, although […] Read more »
Trump’s focus on his base may not help him with impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump may have more room to fall in public attitudes toward his possible removal from office, detailed results from several new polls suggest. While virtually every voter who approves of Trump’s performance in office already opposes impeachment, there’s still room for impeachment support to grow among voters who […] Read more »
Why Impeaching President Trump Is Popular
.. A Washington Post poll finds a slim majority of Americans favor both Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. A commanding majority, 58 verses 38 percent, support the House’s impeachment inquiry. The fear that Trump somehow desired impeachment has been belied by essentially all the White House reporting, which shows […] Read more »
Why Mitt Romney doesn’t need to toe the Republican line on impeachment
Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah is a thorn in President Donald Trump’s side. He has emerged as arguably Trump’s strongest Senate Republican critic when it comes to the Ukraine saga and impeachment inquiry. Trump’s so upset that he called for Romney’s own impeachment in a tweet on Saturday. For most […] Read more »