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How to Read the 2025 Election Tea Leaves

October 23, 2025 |
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When ballots are counted across America in less than two weeks, the punditry will focus on the New York mayoral race and the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial contests. Knowing that these races could be predictive of next year’s midterms, who won and why will dominate headlines. But there’s another important question to ask: Compared with what?

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December 28, 2011 |
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As New Year's approaches, here are a baker's dozen predictions for 2012....
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December 21, 2011 |
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This month, during a speech in Osawatomie, Kan., and in an interview on "60 Minutes," President Barack Obama laid out the broad contours of his re-election strategy. Republicans would be wise to examine his words and prepare accordingly....
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December 14, 2011 |
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'Sloppy looking . . . hack . . . bad person . . . so-called pundit." What sin prompted these classy insults from Donald Trump?...
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December 07, 2011 |
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With the Iowa caucuses just 26 days away, the Republican presidential contest is now a two-man race. According to this week's Gallup poll, the two candidates with the broadest appeal to GOP voters are former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachu...
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November 30, 2011 |
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According to a recent New York Times article, President Barack Obama and his aides believe he can win re-election mostly by mixing "the combativeness of Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1936 drive" with the "anti-Congress zeal of Harry S. Truman's 1948 campaign."...
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November 16, 2011 |
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My nine hunting companions last weekend in South Texas didn't look particularly special. Ranging from early-30s to mid-40s, they could be mistaken for the young doctor down the street, the general manager of the car dealership, the guy who builds custom m...
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November 09, 2011 |
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Events of the past week may offer a glimpse of what lies ahead for the GOP and for a beleaguered president and his party. Two Ohio ballot propositions showed the Buckeye State remains a bellwether of American politics....
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November 02, 2011 |
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With the Iowa caucuses 62 days away and Election Day 2012 only a year off, President Obama's prospects look perilous. Yet the GOP contest remains volatile....

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