National Politics A Week of Political Whiplash Between former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s Thursday announcement for the presidency and former Vice President Joe Biden looking all but certain to run, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi coming out against… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. March 19, 2019
National Politics Trump May Have an Unlikely Re-election Ally (The article originally appeared in The New York Times on March 13, 2019)  Donald Trump’s low approval ratings have attracted a crush of Democrats vying to make him a one-term president. But he… Wasserman Photo David Wasserman March 15, 2019
National Politics Filling Out the 2020 Dem Bracket We are now nearing the end of the Democratic presidential nomination sign-up period. Using The New York Times’ handy “Who’s Running for President in 2020?” interactive as a yardstick, we now have 14… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. March 15, 2019
swing states National Politics Battleground States Then (2012/2016) vs. Now (2018/2019) AWalter Head Amy Walter March 14, 2019
National Politics How Power in the House Has Changed Back in the old days, it seemed that at least in the House of Representatives, power was a zero-sum game. If a party was in the majority with a dozen or more seats to spare for occasional defections… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. March 12, 2019
National Politics The 2020 Path Democrats Shouldn't Take At this point in the 2020 presidential campaign, there are several things we can be reasonably sure about and some that we don’t know at all. We can be fairly confident that President Trump is going… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. March 8, 2019
roots National Politics The Roots of Our Division AWalter Head Amy Walter March 5, 2019
National Politics Why Cohen Won't Move the Needle Don’t hold your breath in anticipation of big changes up or down in President Trump’s ratings in the polls in the aftermath of Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress this week. Any movement is… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. March 5, 2019
National Politics Why the Senate Is the Big 2020 Story Just about everyone interested in American politics these days is focused on what Special Counsel Robert Mueller is expected to do in the coming weeks, along with the unfolding presidential contest… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. March 1, 2019
cohen National Politics Did the Cohen Testimony Change Anything? AWalter Head Amy Walter February 28, 2019
National Politics How Mueller Could Add to Trump's Electoral Woes With “the” or at least “a” report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller reportedly expected next week, some are predicting bombshell revelations that could damage President Trump greatly, while others… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. February 26, 2019
bern National Politics Are Democratic Primary Voters Feeling "The Bern"? AWalter Head Amy Walter February 22, 2019