Regardless of the final tabulations in House and Senate races this November, President Joe Biden will benefit from one all-but-certain result of the midterm elections. If, as widely anticipated, Republicans win at least a narrow House...
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The dramatic search of Mar-a-Lago to recover classified papers from former President Trump may be remembered as the most controversial and disastrous decision in the storied history of the FBI. But in the short term, at least, it may also...
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Nearly two and a half years ago, in the midst of the 2020 campaign, I wrote a column for USA Today that accurately predicted Trump’s fate in the election and his determination to run again in 2024. When you read this, consider how...
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Last week’s special election in the 6th Congressional District of Texas brought good news, and even better news, for the GOP. The good news? A Republican won, giving them their 212th House member – just six seats away from taking...
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Democrats can’t seem to make up their minds about the state of their GOP rivals. On the one hand, leading progressives warn that Republicans are on the verge of a total government takeover that will mean the destruction of Democracy, as...
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Despite all the hype and hoopla of the recently concluded “Trump Fest” at CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Conference), Republicans face a crushing collection of intractable problems and dire prospects for the immediate...
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For those elements of the GOP who hope to push their party in a more populist direction, there’s already a platform preamble that’s ready to go. “We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material...
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Despite encouraging news in Senate and House elections scattered across the country, the 2020 returns did little to shake the GOP’s recent status as near-perennial, popular-vote, presidential losers. In the last eight White House...
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Exit polls from the 2020 election show signs of a stronger Republican Party building a broader base. The Trump campaign focused on winning Black, Latino and Asian votes and, to a surprising extent, succeeded. President Trump’s percentage...
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In their furious reaction to confirmation plans for a successor to the late Justice Ginsburg, Democrats insist it’s all about timing. But even if she’d passed, or resigned, two years earlier, would Democrats offer more cooperation in...
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