It was midway through George W. Bush’s first term and the Senate Majority Leader, Tom Daschle, was being hammered for being an obstructionist. More specifically, he was being accused of using the power of the Senate to thwart the will of the President. As luck would have it, or perhaps […] Read more »
NBC News/WSJ poll: 2020 race will be uphill for Trump, but he has strong party loyalty
A year and a half before the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump faces formidable obstacles in his bid for re-election, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Just four in 10 voters say they would re-elect him next year; 58 percent don’t think he’s been honest and […] Read more »
Behind the Curtain: Americans Prepare for the Mueller Report
Key Findings • Despite a tumultuous and event-filled six months, most Americans have not changed their opinions on issues relating to the Russia investigation. • A majority of Americans and a plurality of Republicans continue to believe that it would be serious if the Russia investigation concluded that the Trump […] Read more »
Did the Cohen Testimony Change Anything?
At the beginning of the day on Wednesday, I said that the two most important things to watch for at Michael Cohen’s testimony to the House Oversight Committee were: 1. Does it put pressure on Democrats to call for an impeachment investigation? 2. Does it move public opinion of the […] Read more »
Poll shows Virginians favor Lt. Gov. Fairfax remaining in office as he challenges sexual assault allegations
A new poll shows that Virginians slightly favor Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) remaining in office as he fights allegations of sexual assault, the first such finding in statewide polling since the scandal broke three weeks ago. Forty percent of Virginia residents said Fairfax should not resign, compared with 31 […] Read more »
The Rules Do Not Apply to Trump Because the Rules Never Existed
A lot of the political analysis of the Trump presidency has been about whether or not the “rules” of politics apply to him. It’s also possible, however, that Donald Trump is just revealing that the rules were never that iron-clad in the first place. CONT. Seth Masket, Pacific Standard Read more »