A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that despite the many, many eulogies that have been delivered for the tea party over the past four years — obituaries that reached a fever pitch following the government shutdown — GOP support for the movement has remained mostly unchanged since early 2013. […] Read more »
The Tea Party and the Hammock Theory of Poverty
The increased focus on inequality has shifted the conversation away from deficit/austerity mania and towards a discussion of what government should be doing to boost the economy and protect people from economic harm. And it’s also prompted good new polling that goes deep into public views of the economy, the […] Read more »
One and the Same
It may not qualify as stop-the-presses news to say that the Republican Party takes its cues from the tea party movement, but the progressive group Americans United for Change has some interesting statistics to bear out that belief. The group is set to release a study today looking at how […] Read more »
Parties Seize on Abortion Issues in Midterm Race
… Abortion is becoming an unexpectedly animating issue in the 2014 midterm elections. Republicans, through state ballot initiatives and legislation in Congress, are using it to stoke enthusiasm among core supporters. Democrats, mindful of how potent the subject has been in recent campaigns like last year’s governor’s race in Virginia, […] Read more »
A Democratic Party Divide That’s Not There
According to many in the punditocracy, there’s a liberal Democratic revolution bubbling just under the political surface that’s about to explode. Frustrated liberal revolutionaries led by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren are committed to wresting power from the Democratic establishment, pushing the Democratic agenda […] Read more »
Bridging the Compassion Gap
What’s going on with John Boehner, the speaker of the House? … Why would an improving economy encourage John Boehner to be more receptive to extended unemployment benefits and liberalized immigration policies – and courageous enough to stiff-arm his party’s right wing? To answer that question requires a look at […] Read more »