April

The Jim Crow party is aghast because President Biden is nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court.  When Ronald Reagan announced he would appoint a woman to the Court, Republicans cheered.…

It’s neither a bumper sticker nor a rallying cry, but it’s a fact: One cannot claim loyalty to the text, history and principles of our Constitution while valuing preservation of…

Halloween has passed, but I’m about to share some of the most frightening data for Democrats I’ve seen in what’s already been a scary season. First, let me put it…

Shortly after Democrats lost a then-historic 52 House seats in the 1994 midterms, incoming Democratic National Committee chair Sen. Chris Dodd (Conn.), gathered some party strategists to assess what happened.…

People repeat it regularly. “Partisanship is in decline. Independents are the booming segment.” Political partisanship entails at least two distinctly different facets, and keeping them separate is important. On the…

A few brave souls have tried to argue that last Tuesday was a good night for Democrats. That’s a very difficult assertion to defend. But take the analysis much deeper and…

Once again, you have the advantage over me. As you read this, you know what happened on Election Day. As I write on Monday, the outcomes remain uncertain. But I…

Political practitioners find it amusing, and mildly threatening, that political scientists are still debating whether campaigns matter.  Every consultant has tales to tell prospective clients about how their stratagem, or…

PhRMA, the trade association of prescription drug companies, wrongly reinterpreted a poll showing overwhelming support for government negotiating drug prices, to suggest the survey found the opposite. The problem is…

Projecting the present into the future is easy, but often a mistake, especially in dynamic environments characterized by rapid change. Errors compound when even the present is murky.  Just how…