Category: The Presidency

Democratic Primary Check-in

With the second Democratic debate over and the field likely to shrink within the next month or two (the qualification criteria for the third debate are much stricter), this feels like a good time to check in on the state of the race. Following the RealClearPolitics average of candidates polling percentages, I’m going to run

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No, Trump Can’t End Birthright Citizenship

Yesterday, President Trump floated a proposal to end birthright citizenship via executive order, claiming that his lawyers had told him that such a policy was in his power. Either the President is lying, or he has some terrible lawyers – or, more likely, both. This change is not going to happen – at least not

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Why Isn’t Muller Dominating Democratic Campaign Ads?

The President may have conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election. Several of his associates have already been convicted of crimes related to Russian interference. Why are Democrats talking about anything else? A few reasons. First, most Democrats in competitive races this year are running in Republican leaning districts. So in order to win,

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