Category Archive: Media Outlets

House: Money Isn’t Enough to Save Incumbents in Wave Elections

Arizona 1: Open Seat Shifts to Toss-up

Presidential: Biden and Trump Locked in Close Race

Gerrymandering Is Not to Blame for the Speaker Mess

Initial 2024 Presidential Battleground State Ratings

How Trump’s Legal Problems Could Affect Down Ballot Republicans

No One Knows for Sure How Trump’s Legal Problems Will Play Out

If History’s a Guide, Biden Ain’t Getting Any Stronger

The Problem with our Politics is not Partisanship

Why the 2024 Presidential Race Will Start Later Than Expected

The One Thing Biden Can’t Afford to Lose

RIP, Rally ’Round the Flag

How Afghanistan Will (and Won’t) Matter in 2022 Midterms

Stop Attacking Losing Candidates

Is John Boozman Too Nice for the Republican Party?

When We’ll Know How Much Trump’s Support is Worth

These Four States Could Decide Control of Congress in 2022

While You Were Underground: A Political Update for Cicadas

Decline in Ticket-splitting Reaches Beyond Congress

Could Supreme Court Supercharge Midterms With Abortion Ruling?

Special Elections in Redistricting Cycles: To Play or Not to Play?

Republicans Should Disband If They Don’t Win Back the House in 2022

The Case to Keep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Cash

Few Opportunities as Parties Battle for Senate Control

Let’s Talk About How We Talk About House Retirements

Three Lessons from the Ghost of Redistricting Past

Six Senators Who Owe Their Hill Careers to Redistricting

How the Lack of Ticket-Splitting Leads to Gridlock

Recent History Shows Senate Retirements Don’t Tell Us Squat

Election Predictions Look Different (and Better) Now that All the Races are Over

Why Our 2022 Ratings Aren’t Imminent

How Trump’s 2024 Candidacy Could Complicate GOP Chances in 2022

The Fight for the Senate Continues into 2022

The Next Congress Will Be Filled With Losers

Trump Needs a Convention Bounce

Mississippi Senate: Espy’s 1988 convention speech offers clues to 2020 optimism

Politicians are the Worst (But Most Important) Political Analysts

Young GOP Veteran Faces Tough Road in the Suburbs

Should Down-Ballot Republicans Ready a ‘No Blank Check’ Strategy?

Six Months from Election Day, Expect the Expected

Will There be More Republican Women in the House Next Year?

RIP, Election Night

Five Thoughts After the Las Vegas Democratic Debate

Fate of ‘National Security Democrats’ Provides Key to House Majority

Is Trump really the MVP of the GOP?

The Steyer Boomlet

2020 Senate and House Outlook Looks a Lot Like It Did at the Start of 2019

Impeachment’s No ‘Game Changer’ and Other Pet Peeves

Luke Skywalker and the Politics of Impeachment

Trump Vulnerability in a Primary is More Fiction than Fact

Trump Missing an Opportunity on Guns

How Third-Party Votes Sunk Clinton, What They Mean for Trump

When Trump Attacks, the Base Turns Out — For Both Parties

Trump Admits He was a Liability in 2018

Kentucky Senate: Seriously, Are We Doing This Again?

What We Can Learn from the 2004 Presidential Race

How Many Ways is Michigan in Play in 2020?

If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try and Run Somewhere Else

Rothenberg: The 2020 Presidential Race is Still Tilting Democratic

Upcoming Debates an Important Next Stage in Presidential Campaign

8 Races That Will Likely Determine Control of the Senate

Why a GOP Super PAC is Bothering to Attack Steve Bullock’s Bid for President

Oval Office Obsessions From a Crew With Little Experience, Much Ambition

(Mostly) Political One-Liners: Pennsylvania Special, Kentucky Governor, and the Trail Blazers

What Can We Learn From the North Carolina Redo Election?

Biden, Unions and the Politics of 2020

Stop Grading 2020 Candidate Recruitment, Particularly This Far From Election Day

Arthur Finkelstein Reprised with GOP’s ‘Socialists’ Cries

Republicans Have a Post-Trump Identity Crisis on the Horizon

How to Survive and Thrive in Iowa — Words of Wisdom from Former Staffers

How Gephardt’s 2004 Iowa Team Boosted the Democratic Party

Age, Change and the Democrats’ Challenge

The Case for Primaries: Arizona Edition

Nancy Pelosi: The Democratic Party’s Undisputed Leader

When It Comes to Younger Voters, Watch the Margin of Victory

Democrats Try to Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

Can a Senator be Nominated and Win the White House?

Fewer Members Taking the Leap to Governor

Democrats are Right to be Wary of Howard Schultz

More Presidential questions for the Democrats

What do Democrats Want in a President?

A Few Thoughts on the State of the Union Address

Maine Senate: How Vulnerable is Susan Collins?

Can Doug Jones win a full term in Alabama?

5 reasons why there’s still no end to the shutdown

2020 Senate Overview (Jan. 1, 2019) Alabama – Kansas

Why We’re Not Releasing 2020 Race Ratings Yet

House Primaries on the Horizon for Democrats in 2020

Expect Record Turnout in 2020

Are White Evangelicals the Saviors of the GOP?

The 2018 Midterms as the Buffet Election

Goodbye Midterm Dynamic, Hello Presidential Politics

It’s Not Too Early to Start Looking at the 2020 Senate Map

For Handicapping Midterm Races, Old Rules May No Longer Apply

House Midterm Outlook: Look for a Democratic Flip

Republican Migraines and the Midterm Elections

Don’t Sweat the Election Night Surprises

Prepare to Be Disappointed on Election Night

What 39,000 Words in 15 Profiles Didn’t Tell You About Beto O’Rourke

A Congressional Candidate Plays Softball in an Ad, and I Have Lots of Questions

Congress Isn’t Perfect but the Politicians Aren’t Always to Blame

Democratic Candidates Should Be Bolder on Gun Control, Poll Finds

NY 27 Rating Change: Chris Collins’ Arrest Puts Seat in Play

Support for Roe is Up, But Other Abortion Polling Divided and Steady

I Met 12 Democratic Candidates in Two Days and Lived to Write About It

Brett Kavanaugh and the Midterm Effect

The Wrong Fight at the Wrong Time for the GOP

GOP Poll: Donnelly in Position to Win in Indiana

Steve Bannon Is Right About the Midterms — Until He Isn’t

Colorado’s 6th District: Democrats Try to Crack the Coffman Code

Why You Should Focus on Independents

3 Ways Nancy Pelosi Won’t Be Speaker Next Year

DCCC Makes Initial TV Reservations for Fall Fight

Famous Names on the Ballot? Sure, We Got ’Em

Rothenberg’s Dangerous Dozen Open House Seats

GOP Senate Targets Fade From View

Tennessee Senate: Why I’m Cautious About Phil Bredesen’s Prospects

(Mostly) Political One-Liners: Hair in Montana Ads, Let’s Remember Candidates from Kentucky

Nebraska Senate: How Vulnerable is Deb Fischer?

Trump Numbers Are Up. And Down. But Really Unchanged.

Can a President Preaching Change Lead a Party of Incumbents?

Nathan’s (Mostly) Political One-Liners: Fraudulent Signatures, Roseanne, and Kindness

When History Overtakes a Campaign Promise

Nathan’s (Mostly) Political One-Liners: Barn Jackets, HGTV and Pop Punk Music

How Can the GOP Turn Out Trump Voters?

Insiders See Democratic House Gains of 30-45 seats

Pennsylvania 18: A Red Flag for the GOP

Why the Gun Issue Has Shifted (It’s Not What You Think)

Will the Suburbs Flip the House? Watch These Seats

Running Against Pelosi May Not Save the GOP This Year

The GOP Catch-22 — Donald Trump

The Stunning ‘Role of Government’ Numbers

Watch the Polls, Ignore the Post-Shutdown Chatter

It’s a Blue House Wave, but Not Yet a Senate One

The Democrats’ Savior

House Seats You Think Can’t Flip but Might

No One Is Afraid of a Government Shutdown

The Battle for Orange County in the Fight for the House

Members Face Tough Odds in Races for Governor

I Interviewed 16 House Candidates in Two Days and Survived

LGBTQ Women Balance Opportunity, Possible Extinction in Congress

‘Scam PACs’ Strike Again in Utah, Wisconsin

The House Retirement Tide Is Coming

Merkley’s Mild Town Hall in a Red County

When Congressional Spouses (Allegedly) Misbehave

One Reason Why Republicans Don’t Have More Women in the Senate

GOP Campaign Tracker Violates Bipartisan Truce (Again)

Four (Almost) Famous Congressional Candidates

Lessons for Trump Detractors, Members of Congress From a Loyalty Expert

Don’t Trust Politicians Who Say They Aren’t Running for President

Florida 27: Ros-Lehtinen Retirement Creates Vulnerable GOP Open Seat

The Bipartisan Effort to Make Senate History

What I Learned About Polling From a Georgia House Survey

Looking for Clues From a 2005 Special Election in Ohio

House Republicans Shouldn’t Get Too Comfortable in Majority

Democrats Delight in Delaware Special Election

Mama Bear’s Unlikely Run (and Win) for Mayor

Jason Kander May Have Made a Big Mistake

At DGA, Pearson Quietly Pulling Democrats Back to Prominence

The Senate Revolution in North Dakota Will Not Be Televised

Congressional Republicans Should Be Afraid of Steve Bannon

How President Trump Can Avoid President Obama’s Biggest Mistake

The Certainty of Death, Taxes, and White Evangelicals

House Republicans Entrust Majority to Rogers at NRCC

Reid Boasts About Not Going Back to Nevada

How Tomi Lahren Could Get Elected to Congress

Will Applegate’s Rematch With Issa Be Successful?

Pelosi Remains But ‘Winter is Coming’ for Democrats

Gubernatorial Losers Descend on Next Congress

Under Next Electoral Map, Trump Would Still Have Won

When Orientation Is a ‘Miserable Experience’

Does the Country Even Want to Come Together?

It’s Time for Newspapers to Stop Endorsing Candidates

Republicans’ Agonizing Wait for Latest Diagnosis

The Most Important Question to Ask Trump Defectors

Clinton Campaign Readying National Olympic Ad Blitz

NRSC: GOP Senators Running for Sheriff, Not President

Why Republicans Decline to Attack Democrats on “Culture of Corruption”

Republicans Need Gary Johnson to Save the Senate

Safe Senator Shifts to Raise Money for Safe Colleague

What Katie McGinty Told Me About Her College Career

The Strategy That Could Have Taken Trump Down

When Serving Together in Congress is a Family Affair

Don’t Assume Paul Ryan Will be Speaker Next Year

Why House Democrats Need Trump to be President

Clinton Starts with a Decisive Advantage

Why California Members Embrace Incumbent Ballot Designation

Ryan Rides to the Rescue — But Not Until 2020

16 House Districts That Will Make (or Break) Democratic Majority

NRCC Reserves Ad Time for Vulnerable Members

GOP’s Troubles Just Beginning

Opposition Research Comes Out of the Shadows

How Many Might Defect from Trump or Cruz?

New Poll, New TV Ads in Indiana House Race

Democrats Likely to Bank Trio of GOP House Seats

Democrats Are Headed off Their Own Cliff

This 2014 House Race May Have Predicted Trump’s Success

The Beginning of the End for Donald Trump

Maybe It Really Is the Media’s Fault

‘14 Losers Looking for Second Chance in ‘16