Elections are partisan; they are politics by division. We choose sides in elections. For most of our history, the choice has been a binary one 鈥� the Democratic side or the Republican side.A Gallup poll released on Thursday shows just how divided, by party, we are: an overwhelming 95% of ...
Teddy White wasn鈥檛 being the least bit romantic when, 60 years ago, he wrote this:鈥淭he power [to govern] passes invisibly in the night as Election Day ends; the national vigil includes all citizens: and when consensus is reached, the successful candidate must accept the decision in the same ...
This has to be one of the biggest coincidences in the history of American politics.I may contact a mathematician who can figure out the odds that both of Donald Trump鈥檚 Democratic opponents have been 鈥渃riminals.鈥漎ou simply can鈥檛 make this stuff up, unless you鈥檙e Trump in need of a ...
Four more years of the present trend will result in one of the worst crack-ups in American history. The pace we are on is simply unsustainable. Soon we鈥檒l be the laughingstocks of the world. Maybe we already are. We used to snicker, hearing about five-hour-long cricket matches. Cricket!The ...
President Trump is excellent at debating.Except for the parts where other people get to speak.That鈥檚 problematic.On the day he and ex-Vice President Biden had their debate in Cleveland on Sept. 29, Trump trailed Biden by 6.1 points nationwide. (That鈥檚 according to the Real Clear Politics ...
The thing is Joe Biden doesn鈥檛 have to be Ronald Reagan 鈥� a superb politician blessed with an abundance of personal magnetism 鈥� to look good against Donald Trump.He just has to be competent. Their first (and maybe last) presidential debate showed why: the president ranted and raved, ...