This is the saga of Jason Lewis. For a quarter-century, the Minnesota congressman was a talk-radio host. He started in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolis and did a spell in Charlotte before returning to the Twin Cities. I was a guest on his show a few times. As best I recall, they were frisky…
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The GOP can’t even win in Orange County.
Since most political journalism tends to be wishful thinking, most of the post-midterm analysis this year followed predictable paths.
For a full year, maybe more, Americans who follow national politics were subjected to the unabating use of a single metaphor: the “blue wave.” Would there be a blue wave? If so, how big? What would the blue wave, if it turned out to be a wave, mean for the Trump administration?
The last two years have seen a great deal of handwringing about the future of democracy. Scores of commentators, left and right, have claimed America’s democratic institutions are under siege. Some, mostly on the left, advocate a variety of changes to the Constitution in order to make our electoral…
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This Election Day, like every Election Day, I entered the sanctum sanctorum of the voting cubicle, searched my conscience, remembered that I’d left it in the car, then voted for my own amusement. This time, I pulled the lever for a state-senatorial longshot named Jesse Peed. It felt exciting and…
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The midterm elections were a draw, with both sides able to make claims of victory. The Republicans bolstered their majority in the Senate, thanks largely to the Democrats’ shameful treatment of Brett Kavanaugh. The Democrats took the House, cutting off any chance that the GOP will pass major…
A 60-count federal indictment was only a slight impediment to reelection. Whether he serves out his term is another question.
That is the lesson of the midterms
Not perfect, but nonetheless impressive.
The suburbs spell trouble for Trump.
The winners and losers of 2018.
Iowa’s worst congressman ekes out a victory.
As expected, they took the House and some governorships. But the winners were largely anonymous.
The winning women Tuesday were mostly anti-Trump Dems.
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The movement has already either dwindled or evolved, but the Pennsylvania Republican is a legacy of what substance it had.
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A recent headline in the New York Times: “Democrats Want to Beat Scott Walker But the Wisconsin Economy Is a Hurdle.” The lengthy report examines the Badger State’s Democrats’ attempt to deprive Walker of a third term as governor. Their problems consist mainly of good news: The state’s unemployment…
What the model shows.
Political dysfunction as far as the eye can see.
A close Senate race may hold clues for 2020.
But don’t call Missouri’s Josh Hawley a ‘golden boy.’
The voter-suppression rap on Georgia’s Brian Kemp is unfair.
At the very least, it could eliminate most federal prohibitions in states that have legalized marijuana.
When it comes to the midterm elections, security has already lost.
In New Jersey’s 11th, GOP candidate Jay Webber promises to be ‘a tough out.’
Can Rhode Island’s tax-cutting governor win another three-way race?
A Democratic takeover of the House will change things.
If Katie Arrington wins her race, it will be just the latest triumph in a life of struggles.
A peculiar argument has begun to circulate on the right: Conservatives who care about the future of conservatism should not only refuse to vote for Republicans who share Donald Trump’s worst traits on November 6, they should support Democrats across the board. Doing so, this reasoning goes, would…
Marsha Blackburn finally seems to be pulling ahead in the Senate race.
Big reveal: She is a garden-variety Democrat doing her best to win re-election in a red state.
For as long as The Scrapbook can remember, we’ve watched impressive Republicans run for the Senate in New Jersey and flop. No Republican has won a Senate seat in the Garden State since Clifford Case was re-elected in 1972.
It takes a lot of trips to Dairy Queen.
Will Oregon be the next blue state with a Republican governor?
In California’s 8th, both candidates are on the right. But which is Trumpier?
We have data.
Perceptions from within have improved, but it's a big, big country.
A surprisingly competitive Senate race in New Jersey.
Robert Francis O’Rourke is running against Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. You may know the challenger better by the name Beto O’Rourke. The Scrapbook is generally reluctant to bring up the names and nicknames of public figures (after what Idaho senator Mike Crapo must have endured in middle school, he’ll…
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With an eye toward helping its native sons (and daughter), California moves its presidential primary.
Scott Walker is, once again, in a very tight race for reelection in Wisconsin.
The word is losing all meaning at this point.
But the temperamental Trumpists are losing to the Trump-loving establishment in 2018.
He ran hard early not against Donald Trump, but Paul Ryan. And he might have peaked too soon.
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Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of insider trading. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for New York’s Southern District announced that Collins surrendered himself in Manhattan. His son Cameron was also arrested. Their arraignment was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
Second verse, same as the first.
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It's only a question of how, when — and whether we'll notice.
SwingSeat update: Why new polling Arizona, Texas, and Nevada doesn't change the overall picture.
Seth Grossman made multiple racist social media posts and called diversity 'a bunch of crap.'
Maybe the bump in the generic ballot was just noise.
President Trump may not realize it, but he needs House Republicans more than they need him. If they keep the House in next year's midterm election, Republicans can block Democrats from impeaching him. But if Democrats take over, Republican won't be able to prevent them from taking up impeachment.
In the world of politics, perception becomes reality. But when it comes to the prevailing wisdom about the 2016 presidential elections and their likely impact on the 2018 mid-term elections, perception more closely resembles fake news.