The meaning of patriotism in the United States was raised during a tense moment this summer, when President Donald Trump accused four ethnic minority women in Congress of “hating America” and inviting them to “leave it” if they “aren’t happy here,” after they challenged their Democratic Party leaders on immigration […] Read more »
10 Years Of The Tea Party
NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Sarah Jones of New York magazine about the legacy of the Tea Party a decade after its inception. Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR News See also: The Tea Party Is Alive and Well (New York magazine) Read more »
The Senate suddenly looks like it’s up for grabs in 2020
This week the 2020 Senate landscape grew a bit more interesting as Georgia’s Johnny Isakson announced he was resigning at the end of the year. That put another Republican-held seat on the battleground list — the second one in Georgia — and added more evidence that control for the upper […] Read more »
Both Parties See Control of the Senate as Pivotal. Here Are the Key Races They’re Watching.
The battle for the White House may be the marquee political event of 2020, but it is the rapidly intensifying struggle for control of the Senate that will determine how power is truly wielded in Washington come 2021. … Strategists for both parties and independent analysts currently give Republicans the […] Read more »
Trump Isn’t In Danger Of Losing The Primary, But All These Challengers Could Still Have An Impact.
… According to a CNN analysis from December, the only president in the last 70 years who was more beloved among members of his own party (as measured before the New Hampshire primary) was Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. And this is important because the only presidents who faced muscular primary […] Read more »
Notes on the State of Politics
Key Points • The Democratic primary race has been very stable, with the biggest exception being Elizabeth Warren’s rise to become one of the clear frontrunners. • Donald Trump is attracting primary challengers, but his standing within the GOP remains strong. • Sen. Johnny Isakson’s (R-GA) pending resignation expands the […] Read more »