National Politics President Trump as Preshrunk Jeans The more things change, the more things stay the same. With the Sept. 18 disclosure by The Washington Post that President Trump urged the president of the Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden’s… Charlie Cook New Charlie Cook October 18, 2019
National Politics Why Impeachment Remains a Dangerous Road for Dems Despite all of the hyperventilating in Democratic and liberal circles, it is not at all clear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has had a “road to Damascus” conversion on the subject of impeachment.… Charlie Cook New Charlie Cook October 15, 2019
National Politics Our Stranger Than Fiction Politics On Monday morning, a screenshot came across my family’s text chain—one often reserved for photos of our 13-month-old granddaughter—of a @realDonaldTrump tweet. “As I have stated strongly before, and… Charlie Cook New Charlie Cook October 11, 2019
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Political Advertising OnAir: Candidate Spending Still Outpaces Issue Groups Over the past 11 years, there has been a revolution in campaign financial operations. In 2008, the Obama campaign redefined what was possible by declining public financing and still amassing huge… Kyle Kyle Roberts October 8, 2019
National Politics What's Clear—and What Isn't—From Here It isn’t unusual that heading into an election year, some things are crystal clear and others murky, even opaque. So, what is clear and what isn’t? It is clear that there will be an enormous voter… Charlie Cook New Charlie Cook October 8, 2019
National Politics It's Anyone's Guess What Happens From Here As baseball great and philosopher Yogi Berra once opined, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Anyone who reads this column knows how the many twists and turns in American… Charlie Cook New Charlie Cook October 4, 2019
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National Politics Democrats Risk a Referendum on Impeachment, Rather Than on Trump Democrats now seem to be hurtling toward something that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and many other party leaders had desperately tried to avoid: impeaching President Trump. Pelosi has probably spent… Charlie Cook New Charlie Cook October 1, 2019
National Politics Trump Stuck, Warren Surges There seemed to be just two topics of conversation in terms of presidential politics this past weekend. First was the impact of accusations that President Trump suggested or pressured Ukrainian… Charlie Cook New Charlie Cook September 27, 2019
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National Politics Will America Want to Have a Beer with Biden? The latest polling data to emerge validates the view that Joe Biden went into and came out of the Houston debates as the front-runner; ditto the view that President Trump faces the more difficult… Charlie Cook New Charlie Cook September 24, 2019