The way the House of Representatives went about passing the Community Safety and Security Act of 2018 serves as a case study for why Congress has such low approval numbers.
Karen Handel
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Evidence in Jon Ossoff Election Is Destroyed
We’ll never know, now that all the evidence has been destroyed.
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Yes, the Democrats Can Win Romney Republicans
But it will be a losing strategy if they don’t focus more on winning back Trump Democrats.
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Why Moral Victories Matter in Special Elections
The reason they garner so much attention is because they are seen as harbingers of what is to come.
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What Not to Learn From Georgia’s 6th
Why winning Georgia’s special election won’t be what it’s cracked up to be.
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White Progressives and the Black Vote
Do white progressives have a black problem or an Establishment problem?
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Will Democrats Simply Ignore an Ossoff Loss?
Two years ago, after the unusual outcome of the Kentucky gubernatorial election (where Democratic candidate Jack Conway, who had been leading in the polls against Republican contender Matt Bevin, lost to Bevin by nine points), I observed that the Kentucky Democratic Party should at least try to verify the outcome of the election via a […]
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Years of Living Dangerously
It was just two years ago that the nightmare began. Two years ago yesterday–June 16, 2015–the man who has contaminated our democracy came down that escalator and began the process of dragging our country down with him. Some people knew immediately what was coming. Others didn’t think the worst could happen. Did anyone realize just […]
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The Georgia 6th Special Doesn’t Matter That Much
What happens in Virginia will be more important than what happens in Georgia.
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If Ossoff Loses, Forget About Impeaching Trump
Pressed during the second debate on whether she believes human activity is a cause of climate change, [Karen] Handel demurred, saying: “I am not a scientist.” [Jon] Ossoff shot back: “Well, neither of us are scientists. That’s why we have scientists. And 97 percent of scientists, as well as the military and the intelligence community, […]
