Gut messaging, dealing with big-tent attacks, and being a jerk for electoral purposes.
The 2020 Senatorial Race in Alabama.
As you may know, Senator Jones lost his reelection bid in Alabama to some football guy. Some thoughts about WTF? to a football guy?!
The Sieving Process in the Press and the SCOTUS.
They are very different things, but they do share some interesting features.
No Debate.
The final debate of 2020 should be remembered as the night Joe Biden debated while a chattering Donald John Trump spewed desperate empty lies.
The Ways of Republican Decline
Republicans continue to narrow their base, despite knowing that expanding their base is necessary for long-term viability. There are a couple of different scenarios for how the Republican party handles its decline.