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    Based on nothing more than paying attention to presidential campaigns over the past few decades, my sense is that the…
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  • Solid and thoughtful piece as usual, thanks. All the "shoulds" got my thinking of the old organizing frame work of…
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  • If the best story a political reporter has for a given day is that a candidate's spouse has the candidate's…
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  • The politics here are interesting. Basically, WY is so deep red that it costs Biden nothing to let this new…
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  • I don't know whether House Dems should pull the rug on Johnson know or not, but I sure hope the…
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  • Isn't one of the lessons since 2008 about polling that nobody should overreact to one poll? That even the best…
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  • Adding: there's precedent for running for president from prison. Eugene Debs did it in 1920.
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  • Interesting meditation, thanks. The only thing I'd add (and IANAL so I have no idea whether or how this fits…
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  • I feel you, One thing that helps me keep perspective is remembering that we've been here before: https://masscommons.wordpress.com/2016/11/28/weve-been-here-before-1920s-edition/ The 1920s…
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  • Absolutely. The more word about these accomplishments spreads, the better. Not because it will result in an electoral landslide, or…
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  • "So, it’s very much not in Trump’s interest to have his criminal defense attorney effectively concede that the National Enquirer…
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  • I don't know what happens if Trump is elected while imprisoned. (The most likely scenarios seem to be either the…
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  • "The House GOP simply can’t tolerate a situation where their leader is so far in cahoots with the House Democrats,…
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  • Thanks for your comment. I'm no game theory expert, but I'll offer this thought: in situations like this, playing the…
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  • I think one of the models here is the Obama 2012 campaign. If I recall correctly, about 80% of the…
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  • Welcome back, glad you had a good time. An old friend grew up in and around South Africa in the…
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  • I'm at least mildly surprised that no Capitol Hill reporter has written an "inside story" of the failure of GOP…
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  • I appreciate the caution in this post. As Yogi Berra said (and Lenny Kravitz sang), "It ain't over til it's…
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  • "How is this possible considering everything we’ve seen and know about Trump both in and out of office?" 1) It's…
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  • Not that it matters, but I can't figure out why Trump keeps defaming Carroll...and doing so is such a way…
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