Donald Trump winning the Republican presidential nomination is the biggest surprise of the election season, but GOP senators’ success in primaries has to be a close second. Two years after Pat Roberts, Thad Cochran and Mitch McConnell labored through competitive primaries, four years after Richard Lugar lost his primary in Indiana, and six years after […]
“Quitting the Republican Party” is the easiest way to make the news these days, but the stories about Donald Trump defectors don’t go far enough to understand the potential impact on the November elections. Conservative columnist George Will revealed in late June that he had changed his voter registration to “unaffiliated.” “After Trump went after […]
WYNNEWOOD, Pa. — Stephanie Peditto is a reminder that it’s good for reporters to venture outside the bubble because normal people don’t always follow the campaigns closely. After nearly two consecutive weeks of covering party conventions, it was time to take a break from the overwhelming world of politicians, delegates and fellow members of […]