National Politics Sizing Up Trump's Base Just what are President Trump’s reelection prospects? That’s the question for which everyone has a theory but no one has a definitive answer. There are so many imponderables, including the state of… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. December 14, 2018
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National Politics As Dark Clouds Gather, Leaders Should Learn From the Past Those of us who think and care about politics will long remember where we were when we watched or, in my case, listened to Wednesday morning's deeply moving National Cathedral memorial service for… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. December 11, 2018
National Politics What 2018 Tells Us About 2020 Many people these days have never driven a car with a manual transmission, but: We are now at a point when the clutch is in yet we haven’t fully shifted into gear or reverse. We aren’t quite finished… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. December 7, 2018
National Politics Get Ready for a Presidential Race Unlike Any Other The last 2018 House race is yet to be officially called, but the fight for the 2020 Democratic presidential race has already started. Thousands of barrels of ink, literal or digital, will be expended… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. December 4, 2018
National Politics Voters Want Prudence, Not Politics The late House Speaker Sam Rayburn used to say that “there is no education in the second kick of a mule.” Reading soon-to-be-former House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte’s announcement… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. November 30, 2018
National Politics Why Democrats Should Keep Pelosi House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi owes Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a big favor. A good case can be made that Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year old Democratic Socialist who upset House Democratic… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. November 23, 2018
National Politics Republicans Must Do Some Soul-Searching Over the next few months, as election results are finalized, exit polling massaged, and post-election polling conducted and examined, we will be spending a lot of time slicing and dicing the data.… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. November 20, 2018
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National Politics How Our Predictions Held Up After the surprises of Election Night 2016, it was nice to have a first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in which things mostly went as expected, and for me personally, as predicted. In… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. November 16, 2018
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National Politics An Increasingly Divided Nation Yields Divided Results This story was originally published on nationaljournal.com on November 8, 2018 Coming on the heels of the most surprising presidential election outcome in our lifetimes, this 2018 midterm election… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. November 12, 2018