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Would-be Speaker McCarthy can learn from predecessors' struggles for the big gavel
Sunday, December 04, 2022
Rep. McCarthy is still likely to win the House Speaker role on January 3rd. However, managing the majority and achieving its legislative and political goals in another matter.
Week in politics: Support for same-sex marriage in the Senate; more trouble for Trump
Saturday, December 03, 2022
A change in the Democrat's presidential nominating calendar is under consideration, significant support in the Senate for same-sex marriage, and more trouble for former President Trump.
Biden, turning 80, faces an age-old question: How old is too old to be president?
Sunday, November 20, 2022
President Biden is celebrating his 80th birthday on Sunday. The oldest president to serve, he's contemplating whether to make good on his intention to run for a second term.
Week in politics: Pelosi steps down; Trump announces 2024 presidential run
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to step down from party leadership will usher in a new generation of Democrats in the House. Also, Donald Trump's announcement to run for president again.
2 new Ted Kennedy biographies are not just for Boomers but for voters of all ages
Friday, November 18, 2022
Two books about the late senator are out. John Farrell's book is called, Ted Kennedy: A Life. Neal Gabler's book is titled, Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009.
The midterms didn't produce a wave. Here's what that's meant historically
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Historically, first midterms are cold showers for the occupant of the White House.
Week in politics: After poor midterm showing, is Trump's influence waning?
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Republicans endorsed by former President Trump fared poorly in this week's midterm elections, a sign that his influence may be waning or becoming counterproductive.
Past is prologue in two new books that explore the Trump era
Sunday, November 06, 2022
The two books, written by veteran journalists, depict a political landscape that few Americans could have foreseen less than a decade ago and offer a hint at the future.
Week in politics: Concern over issues, tribalism drives people to the polls
Saturday, November 05, 2022
Election Day is Tuesday. Many people are already voting and both issues and tribalism are driving their votes.
Week in politics: Speaker Pelosi's husband attacked; midterm analysis; support for Ukraine
Saturday, October 29, 2022
We look at the attack on Speaker Pelosi's husband, the tenor of the midterm elections as well as the waning appetite among Republicans for continued support of Ukraine.
Woodward's taped time with Trump reveals much about both the author and his subject
Sunday, October 23, 2022
We hear the former president striving to court Woodward's favor, praising him as "a great historian" and "the great Bob Woodward." Yet these interviews veer often into disagreements and even debates.
Week in politics: Bannon's prison sentence; Trumps subpoenaed; Biden announces deficit drop
Saturday, October 22, 2022
We look at Steve Bannon's prison sentence, former president Donald Trump's Jan. 6 Committee subpoena, and President Biden's announcement of the $1.4 trillion deficit drop.
Week in politics: Georgia Senate debate; Jan 6. committee decision to subpoena Trump
Saturday, October 15, 2022
We look at the Georiga Senate debates as well as the Jan. 6 Committee's decision to subpoena former president Donald Trump.
The Jan. 6 committee has done its job, but its impact depends on others
Saturday, October 15, 2022
No matter how much news and attention a congressional panel may generate, the ultimate effect depends on whether they alter the arc of a presidency or otherwise change the course of national history.
Week in politics: Biden on Russian nuclear threat; Herschel Walker's senate campaign
Saturday, October 08, 2022
We take a look at President Biden's dire warnings on the threat of a potential Russian nuclear threat as well as the embattled senate campaign of Herschel Walker in Georgia.
How Loretta Lynn, country music and a rural Republican tide changed U.S. politics
Saturday, October 08, 2022
At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.
Facts come to the rescue in the age of gaslighting
Sunday, October 02, 2022
The search for truth is complicated: There are many versions of it, many disagreements about what it even means. The idea of fact is something we feel better prepared to defend on objective grounds.
Analysis: Biden administration faced with severe weather, the economy, and aggressive Russia
Saturday, October 01, 2022
Severe weather, the economy, and a bellicose Russia are all challenges facing the Biden administration.
How the use of minority rule is not limited to any one political party
Sunday, September 25, 2022
We've heard examples of how Republicans have wielded disproportionate power compared to their share of the vote. But what about the Democrats?
Trump and his lawyers keep ghosts of Nixon and Watergate alive and haunting
Sunday, September 25, 2022
When it mattered most, Nixon and his crew found that people who might have been political allies in the past were not especially sympathetic to his case.