Independent voters, the economy, and candidate quality will all be crucial factors.
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My wife, Karen, and I hosted dinner at our Austin home for 42 guests on Aug. 20. As they greeted each other with hugs and handshakes, there was sadness and weariness in the room—a mixture of anxiety and hope.
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So much about Ukraine seems in flux since President Trump landed in Alaska Friday. It’s been nonstop action with a growing cast of world leaders jumping in.
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The midterm elections are 15 months away, and both Republicans and Democrats are showing strengths.
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As Gov. JB Pritzker welcomed Democratic Texas state representatives to Illinois, where they’d fled to deny a quorum in Austin, he denounced the GOP plan to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional boundaries.
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It took one member of the small drafting committee—a tall, quiet, red-headed young Virginian—two weeks to write the document.
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We’re seeing what happens when conspiracy collides with reality.
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It’s hard enough being the party out of power in normal times.
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