Opinion · 117th Congress
The year that the last congressional week has been
This was a week that perfectly summarized 2022: Legal problems for Donald Trump and a chaotic Congress stumbled to its conclusion.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
The oversight House Republicans could do — but probably won’t
House Republicans vow to investigate all things Hunter and Joe Biden. But there are other issues begging for their oversight.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Why a lost election left Adam Frisch (and his son) optimistic
He came within 546 votes of defeating Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, but Frisch is looking on the bright side.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The beginning of the end for Donald Trump? Probably.
Over the past two midterms, the last presidential election and other events, signs of Trump’s growing weakness are undeniable, Rothenberg writes.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Sinema aligns with independents. Smart!
Kyrsten Sinema seems to understand that looking ahead, independents are the voters to watch when it comes to both parties’ chances in 2024.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Republicans have a very strange idea of self-interest
From clinging to the outdated Electoral Count Act to investigating Hunter Biden, the party is working against itself.
Opinion · 117th Congress
House Republicans risk stumbling into the Trump trap
House Republicans, far from being chastened by a disappointing midterm campaign, seem to be all in supporting Donald Trump.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Georgia voters spoke. Is the GOP listening?
Lindsey Graham tried to set up Herschel Walker as some kind of Pied Piper luring African Americans to his party. It didn’t work.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Georgia settles the Senate again
Why did Herschel Walker lose the first time? He should have won — but it wasn’t about mail-in ballots or election malevolence.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Rothenberg’s best and worst of 2022
Columnist Stu Rothenberg looks back on the year that was and hands out awards to candidates, campaigns and pollsters.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The words GOP lawmakers may never be able to say
Not even dinner with a proud antisemite can cause some Republicans to break up with Donald Trump, but why did Joe Biden decline to slam him?
Opinion · 117th Congress
It’s about more than one dinner and a man named Trump
This is not who we are? Hate has no place in the GOP? Think again. Republicans are embracing white supremacy.
Opinion · 117th Congress
It’s time for a Christmas truce in the COVID wars
The best way to permanently contain the virus is for Congress to keep spending money. President Joe Biden isn’t asking for much.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Let’s talk turkey: Trump fever could be breaking in time for a Thanksgiving feast
Donald's Trump hold over the Republican Party could be loosening. He remains a force, but voters sent a clear message in the midterms.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Which party has a game plan for the future? We’re about to find out
Forget the conventional wisdom about forward-thinking Republicans. The script may have flipped with these midterm elections.
Opinion · 117th Congress
It was all about the independents, again
What can we learn from the 2022 midterms? Independents don’t respond well to attack ads — and strategists care too much about the base.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Surprisingly, a choice, not a referendum
The 2022 midterm elections were indeed a choice, not a referendum, an aberration that benefited Democrats in House and Senate races.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Traumatized Nancy Pelosi says ‘it’s time for healing.’ But Donald Trump will never allow it
Speaker Pelosi wants "healing" across a divided country, but Donald Trump's political movement feeds off the opposite.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Who gets credit, and blame, after Election Day?
Stacey Abrams spent an inordinate amount of time swatting down the idea that Black men didn’t like her. But Blacks aren’t the problem here.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Midterm jinxes and presidential rebounds
Remember all the conventional wisdom about how first term presidents lose big in their first midterms? Never mind.