Tag: elections
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Republicans Have A Choice: Embrace Trump And The Alt-Right, Or Save Themselves
Republicans now face a stark choice.
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What Would It Take For Republicans To Abandon Trump?
Donald Trump’s core supporters in the Republican Party remain intensely loyal, and that seems unlikely to change.
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Texas Democrats Don’t Have A Serious Candidate For Texas Governor
Texas Democrats apparently don’t have a serious candidate for Governor next year: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats haven’t won a Texas governor’s race in nearly three decades, but a booming Hispanic population and the party’s dominance of the state’s largest cities have made them willing to invest in the contest to keep hopes of an…
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On Repeal of the 17th Amendment
Ignorance of history and process is a hallmark 17th Amendment repeal arguments.
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Special Counsel Bob Mueller Convenes D.C. Grand Jury
Big developments in the Russia investigation that could start making President Trump deeply uncomfortable.
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West Virginia’s Democratic Governor To Switch Parties
The Democratic Governor of West Virginia is switching parties: WASHINGTON — Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia, a Democrat who was elected last year even as President Trump carried the state by 42 points, is expected to announce Thursday night at a rally with Mr. Trump that he is changing parties, according to three sources…
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Baby Boomers No Longer The Majority Of U.S. Voters
A new study shows that Baby Boomers no longer account for the largest segment of voters in the United States.
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Kobach and Voter Fraud
Via Politico (back in May): ‘Kris Kobach Came After Me for an Honest Mistake’ When Kris Kobach, Kansas’ aggressive secretary of state, convinced the state legislature to give him prosecutorial power to pursue voter fraud, he said it was necessary to root out tens of thousands of undocumented aliens who were voting as well as tens of…
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Trump Is Unlikely To Ever Be A Popular President
Donald Trump is unlikely to ever be a popular President, but that may not matter.
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Back When the Bush Administration Investigated Voter Fraud
The Trump administration is not the first to investigate the question of voter fraud. The Bush administration did so as well and a little over ten years ago it reported findings: Five years after the Bush administration began a crackdown on voter fraud, the Justice Department has turned up virtually no evidence of any organized effort to…
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The Incoherent Nature of Nancy MacLean’s Narrative
A Duke history professor uncovers “stealth plan” by “fifth columnists” who are seeking to overthrow democracy in the U.S. for their plutocrat masters.
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Trump And Putin Had Previously Undisclosed Meeting At G-20
Is there anyone in the Trump Administration or family who hasn’t held undisclosed meetings with Russians?
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McConnell Pulls The Plug On Senate Health Care Reform Bill
With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.
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Another Poor Attempt at Illustrating the Scourge of Voter Fraud
Another failed attempt to demonstrate the problems of voter fraud in the US.
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Challenges and Threats to Representative Government in the United States
Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.
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Democrats Battling Over Party’s Future
After seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.
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Anthony Kennedy Drops A Big Hint About Potential Retirement in 2018
Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.
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States Resist Giving Data To Trump’s ‘Voter Integrity’ Commission
More than twenty states are resisting requests for data from a ‘voter integrity’ Commission built on President Trump’s lie that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.
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German Parliament Approves Bill Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
The German Parliament has approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the country, a somewhat surprising move ahead of Federal elections in this fall: BERLIN — When Sarah Kermer proposed to her girlfriend in March, she knew she was in love, but she did not know when, if ever, Germany would allow them to marry. The…
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Democrats Take Stock
Some thoughts on the current state of the Democrats.
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Republican Karen Handel Wins Georgia Special Election
In one of the most closely watched Special Elections in American history, the outcome turned out to be not entirely surprising.
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Helmut Kohl, Chancellor Who Reunited Germany, Dies at 87
Helmut Kohl, who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1989 and then presided over the reunification with East Germany, has died at age 87: Helmut Kohl, a towering postwar figure who reunified Germany after 45 years of Cold War antagonism, propelled a deeply held vision of Europe’s integration and earned plaudits from…
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Macron’s Centrist Party Scores Big Wins In French Legislative Elections
The political party formed by French President Emmanuel Macron just about a year ago scored big wins in yesterday’s first round of legislative elections.
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Trump May Cancel Trip To United Kingdom Due To Planned Protests
Reports are indicating that President Trump may cancel or delay his trip to the United Kingdom due to planned protests.
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Democrat Jon Ossoff Leads In Georgia Special Election
Democratic nominee Jon Ossoff is leading in a race that Republicans should be winning easily.
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British Election Leads To Hung Parliament, Theresa May Forms Uncertain Coalition
A massive political miscalculation by Theresa May leads to an uncertain future in the United Kingdom.
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British Voters Head To The Polls In The Wake Of Campaign Marred By Terror Attacks
Great Britain heads to the polls today.
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Six Killed, Dozens Injured, In Late Night Terror Attack In London
Another night of terror in the United Kingdom.
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Hillary Clinton Blames Everyone For Her Election Loss, Except Herself
Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.
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Manuel Noriega, Former Panamanian Dictator, Dies At 83
Manuel Noriega, the former Panamanian dictator who was ousted after a 1989 invasion by American troops, has died at the age of 83: Manuel Antonio Noriega, the brash former dictator of Panama and sometime ally of the United States whose ties to drug trafficking led to his ouster in 1989 in what was then the…
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Donald Trump’s European Vacation
Donald Trump’s first overseas trip went about as badly as you’d expect it would.
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Democrats May Be About To Flip Montana’s At-Large House Seat
There’s a Special Election in Montana tomorrow, and the Democratic candidate is performing far above expectations.
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Iranian President Rouhani Overwhelmingly Re-Elected
Iranian voters have re-elected Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate whose election in 2013 was largely responsible for the shifts in policy that made the international agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear research program possible.
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Trump To Keep Iran Nuclear Deal, For Now
During the campaign, Donald Trump promised to undo the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. Now his Administration is signaling that, at least for now, the deal will stay in place.
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Trump Team Knew Flynn Was Under Investigation Before Naming Him National Security Adviser
The Trump White House knew Michael Flynn was under investigation and named him National Security Adviser anyway.
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Our Long National Nightmare is Just Beginning
In the immortal words of Warren Zevon, “Send lawyers, gun, and money. The shit has hit the fan.”
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Two Years After Obergefell, Public Support For Same-Sex Marriage Hits Another High
Two years after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, nearly two-thirds of Americans support the idea of legal marriage rights for gay and lesbian Americans.
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Majority Of Americans Oppose Republican Health Care Bill According To New Poll
A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the American Health Care Act.
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Republicans Face Health Care Blowback At Town Halls
Republicans are finding that their constituents aren’t very happy about the passage of the American Health Care Act.
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Momentum On GOP Health Care Reform Bill Set To Slow Down Significantly In The Senate
The American Health Care Act may have sailed through the House, but the Senate is another story.
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Macron Scores Decisive Win Over Le Pen In French Presidential Election
Centrist candidate Emmanuelle Macron scored a decisive win over the far-right Marine Le Pen in today’s runoff round of the French Presidential election.
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The Power of Primaries
As usual, an attempt to explain congressional behavior brings us back to the issue of our basic institutions. The way we elect congress matters.