The conventional wisdom says the Buckeye State is gone forever, but Tim Ryan’s strong showing and Sherrod Brown’s three Senate elections say otherwise.
Rob Portman
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What Progressives Won in the Fight to Save the US Postal Service
The USPS is on the ropes, but a bipartisan deal is saving it because progressives were savvy bargainers.
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The Death of the Republican Establishment
With Senator Rob Portman’s retirement, the more genteel, northern wing of the GOP keeps shrinking.
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The Republican Health Care Bill Would Worsen the Opioid Crisis
The AHCA would leave thousands without treatment for opioid addiction.
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Running on Empty
Voters in New York’s 19th Congressional district will face two moral tests when they take a ballot on November 8. The first moral test will involve a choice between Donald “Grab ‘Em in the [Expletive] Trump” and Hillary Clinton. The second moral test will involve a choice between a Republican who has tied himself to […]
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Warning Sign
The greatest threat facing Hillary Clinton may not be Donald Trump in 2016; it may be Rob Portman in 2020. The Ohio Senator appears to be a lock to defeat Democratic challenger and former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland on November 8. The prospect of Strickland losing badly to Portman is obviously disappointing for those who […]
