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SCOTUS could help GOP keep House after 2026
Ryan King writes for the New York Post about the US Supreme Court’s potential impact on 2026 elections. Republicans’ best shot at keeping the House in 2026 could rest with…
Nate Cohn
American journalist
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Democrats Try to Deny Biden’s Problems
James Antle of the Washington Examiner explores Democrats’ responses to President Biden’s electoral challenges. Democrats have a response to a fresh batch of national polls showing President Joe Biden trailing…
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Impact of Trump’s Early Announcement
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online explores the timing of Donald Trump’s presidential announcement. As you look at the reaction to Trump’s speech, … ask yourself, do you see any…
Liberty
Democrats and their ‘leaders’
Warren Henry asks in a Federalist column whether rank-and-file Democrats will be willing to stick with increasingly radical leaders. The data suggesting the Democratic Party is an upstairs/downstairs coalition in…
Elections & Public Integrity
Krugman’s lament
Daniel Payne uses a Federalist column to detail poor Paul Krugman‘s reaction to the presidential election. It might be fair to say that Trump’s election kind of broke the brains…
Elections & Public Integrity
Too many bad polls
Norman Ornstein and Alan Abramowitz of the American Enterprise Institute call for an end to the “polling insanity.” In this highly charged election, it’s no surprise that the news media…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the campaign trail, September 30, 2014
• Republican U.S. Senate nominee Thom Tillis comes out swinging against Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan and her attendance record at security hearings dealing with the Islamic State. http://youtu.be/4L-FCU_TbCE • The King,…
Elections & Public Integrity
Republican wave in 2014 — likely or not?
Josh Kraushaar of National Journal explores whether this fall’s elections are likely to lead to a “wave” of Republican victories. When writing about politics, it’s all too frequent to use…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the campaign trail, July 10, 2014
• The American Energy Alliance hits Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who in 2010 called for energy legislation setting a “price” on carbon emissions. AEA says that would amount to…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the campaign trail, June 16, 2014
• See correction below. • The abortion-rights group EMILY’S List makes a “high six figures” ad buy on behalf of Kay Hagan, featuring a pregnant teacher attacking the Thom Tillis-led…