Tag: Elections

Collage of former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump.

Beltway Confidential

Counting ‘Lies’: The New York Times’ comparison of Obama and Trump shows glaring media blind spots

Timothy P. Carney · December 14, 2017 7:07 pm

Roy Moore was the worst candidate the Republican Party could have offered to the state of Alabama. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

White evangelicals in Alabama splintered from Roy Moore. What does it mean?

Siraj Hashmi · December 14, 2017 6:08 pm

Unless something changes, this blight could spread out of Iowa and across the country. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

The two Iowa polls that could spell ruin for Republicans in 2018

Philip Wegmann · December 14, 2017 4:29 pm

Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., made news again Wednesday, saying that he might even leave earlier to pursue a career on television. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t be a deadbeat, Rep. Charlie Dent: Why quitting early would be a dishonorable disaster for the GOP

Philip Wegmann · December 14, 2017 3:52 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating is above 80 percent. His decision to run on his own could be an attempt to separate himself from the more unpopular United Russia party. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin will run as an independent for fourth term as Russia’s president

Pete Kasperowicz · December 14, 2017 12:49 pm

Democrat Senator-elect Doug Jones said, "If the president has things on his agenda that I think are good for the people of Alabama, then I'm absolutely going to work there with him." (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Doug Jones: ‘I’m absolutely’ willing to work with Trump

Anna Giaritelli · December 14, 2017 12:45 pm

The are a number of similarities between the surprise Senate race victories of Alabama Democrat Doug Jones Tuesday night and Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown in 2010. There is also a key difference. (AP Images)

Is Doug Jones the Democrats’ Scott Brown?

W. James Antle III · December 14, 2017 5:01 am

A Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., means one less vote to support Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, but GOP leaders have vocally questioned whether his seat will make much difference. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Doug Jones throttles GOP plans for bringing back Obamacare repeal next year

Robert King, Kimberly Leonard · December 14, 2017 5:01 am

Republican Roy Moore has still not explicitly offered up a concession to Democrat Doug Jones, despite trailing by nearly 21,000 votes in Tuesday's Alabama Senate election. (screenshot)

24 hours later, Roy Moore refuses to concede Alabama Senate race to Doug Jones

Al Weaver · December 14, 2017 3:26 am

Even if those allegations weren't ultimately the single most important factor for most voters, it's clear they shaped the last month of the race dramatically. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Beltway Confidential

How Roy Moore’s sexual assault and harassment allegations actually had an impact on voters

Emily Jashinsky · December 14, 2017 1:07 am

The New York Times' Nate Cohn has posited Alabama's voter turnout pattern in Tuesday's special election "suggests that President Trump's less educated and affluent version of the Republican coalition has eroded the party's traditional turnout advantage." (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Who didn’t vote in Alabama’s Senate election is almost as interesting as who did

Emily Jashinsky · December 14, 2017 1:04 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Pensacola, Fla., Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)

Beltway Confidential

President Trump, humbled, actually looked presidential after Roy Moore’s defeat. Here’s why

Siraj Hashmi · December 14, 2017 12:59 am