After the 2010 elections, several newly Republican state legislatures flirted with the idea of changing the way their state allocates Electoral Votes. The outcome of last weeks elections raises the possibility that this could happen again.
The GOP is dominant in the Southern United States, but it’s unlikely to last as long as Democratic dominance of the region did.
Republicans performed better among Latino voters this year than they did in 2012, but that doesn’t mean they’ve solved their problems.
The results of the 2014 midterms should teach us some lessons about how to handle and evaluate polling.
Something to keep in mind about the structure of Senate elections.
Rebranding alone isn’t going to fix what’s causing the GOP to lose ground among a whole host of demographic groups.
Once again, reporters and pundits are arguing that Chris Christie’s “New Jersey style” won’t play well on the stump. I’m not so sure they’re right.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.
Things are looking good for the GOP to take over the Senate, but there are still several right races that could tip the balance one way or the other.
Despite conventional wisdom, there remains little incentive for the GOP to change its position on immigration reform.
To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.
Individual polls are likely to be volatile, so don’t pay too much attention to them.
If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.
While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.
Two prominent Republican groups point out the blindingly obvious.
It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.
Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.
Republicans in the House seem determined to make life difficult for whomever wins the GOP nomination in 2016
The trial of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife opened yesterday, and it sounded more like a soap opera than a legal proceeding.
It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.
Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.
Just in time for the midterms, Todd Akin is back to remind voters of the GOP’s problems with female voters.
Much of the criticism of Hobby Lobby, and Citizens United before it, is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what those decisions stand for.
Ed Klein says he has “Democrat sources” who Obama wants Warren to continue his mission to “transform America into a European-style democratic-socialist state.”
Coming across as uncaring doesn’t help advance your political arguments.
Obama is the worst President since FDR died? Only if you believe a mostly worthless poll.
Hillary Clinton does not come across well when she tries to play the empathy card.
GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California won the vote to replace Eric Cantor as the new GOP House Majority Leader. The question is who replaces McCarthy.
Brian Schweitzer has a reputation for saying things that most politicians wouldn’t, but that may be just what he needs to get attention if he runs in 2016.
Recent events in Iraq have opened up old domestic political arguments in the United States.
A setback for supporters of Rand Paul in the Hawkeye State.
TNR makes the worst possible case for a proposition that’s almost certainly right.
Some Republicans apparently think the key to their future lies in the past.
Apparently, things were tougher in Chappaqua, New York and on D.C.’s Embassy Row than we ever imagined.
Rumors are circulating again that the House GOP may make an immigration reform pitch before the midterm elections.
A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?
