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Michael Barone

Michael Barone is the senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, a resident fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, and the longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

The former Democrat's switch to the Republican Party gives the GOP 34 governorships, the highest number it has controlled since the early 1920s. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP, File)
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is switching parties; here’s why

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President Trump's draft budget would cut the renewable office from $762 million for fiscal 2017 to $160 million. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Ignoring the lessons of effective presidents

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The key dates in shaping the attitudes in the Outstate Midwest are 1787, 1854 and 1937. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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From the Northwest Ordinance to Trump’s big Midwest win

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Shannon Burns, who is now an academic, grew up with working class whites and Asian immigrants in Adelaide, the largest city in South Australia. (iStock photo)
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A down under ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi doesn't want to alienate that quantum of voters willing to vote for Democrats to check Donald Trump, but not to force an impeachment trial which will, as in 1999, result in acquittal in the Senate. But such cool rationality seems rare among her fellow Democrats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Democrats and Trump: Both behaving irrationally

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A liberal journalist is correct in concluding that President Trump's policies do not represent a radical change from his predecessors.
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Liberal writer: Trump not so radical a president

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Some 400 families were displaced by the Detroit riot. Property damage was estimated at $300 million in 1967 dollars. Forty-three people, many of them innocent bystanders, were killed. More than 1,000 people were wounded. (AP Photo/File)
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The Detroit riot, 50 years later

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According to the exit poll, whites voted 58 to 37 percent for Trump over Clinton. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Beltway Confidential

Where did white voters back Hillary Clinton?

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The Ferguson Effect continues to result in more homicides. (iStock by Getty Images)
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538: ‘Ferguson Effect’ still operative

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President Trump seems to have an uncanny knack for provoking overreach in his critics, which often hurts him, his opponents, and his country. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Michael Barone: Anti-Trump overreach could backfire

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