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National Politics Checking on Biden’s Ratings At this moment, just 39 days into Joe Biden’s presidency, it’s impossible to predict whether he will seek a second term. Biden aides say he won’t create a reelection committee until after the… Charlie "Chuck" Cook Charlie Cook March 2, 2021
National Politics Will Redistricting Be Determinative in 2022? Over the last two weeks, this column has focused more on the macro-political, 40,000-foot view of the forces that could tilt the partisan playing field in one direction or the other going into 2022.… Charlie "Chuck" Cook Charlie Cook March 2, 2021
National Politics Democrats Are Right To Remain Nervous If you focus on either one of our major political parties, you can tick off enough problems and serious challenges to add up to a fairly grisly picture. Of late, most of that energy has trended in… Charlie "Chuck" Cook Charlie Cook February 26, 2021
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National Politics What We Don’t Yet Know About the 2022 Midterms On Monday night, I received a text message from one of my best friends from childhood—a very smart lawyer as well as a very partisan Democrat—who was convinced that what appears to be a civil war… Charlie "Chuck" Cook Charlie Cook February 23, 2021
National Politics The Four Concentric Circles of Voters The current political moment reminds me of the story about the guy who had one foot in a pot of boiling water and the other foot in a bucket of ice. On average, he was quite comfortable. Indeed, in… Charlie "Chuck" Cook Charlie Cook February 19, 2021
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National Politics The Four Factors That Matter in Predicting 2022 This morning I was speaking (virtually) to a group and went into some detail about what has quickly become the most dominating factor in American politics—partisanship, or more accurately, extreme… Charlie "Chuck" Cook Charlie Cook February 16, 2021
National Politics Why Biden Didn’t Bite on Bipartisanship One of the more unpleasant aspects of my chosen line of work is the gradual realization and acknowledgment (first privately, then in public) that I have been wrong about something important. Over… Charlie "Chuck" Cook Charlie Cook February 12, 2021
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National Politics Partisan Pugilists Are Still Throwing Punches It’s hard for anyone to argue against doing more to get the coronavirus pandemic under control, against more testing and faster distribution of vaccines. After all, the country can’t regain some… Charlie "Chuck" Cook Charlie Cook February 9, 2021