I have to agree with Ezra Klein's explanation.
President Obama, if you look closely at his positions, is a moderate Republican from the early 1990s. And the Republican Party he's facing has abandoned many of its best ideas in its effort to oppose him.
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Many of my fellow SBers have blogged about the Gallup poll showing just how scientifically ignorant Americans, and in particular Republicans, are:
There has been a trickle of state or federal level races pitting Democrat against Republican, which potentially serve as a barometer for how politics will actually play out on the ground over the next 18 months or so under the Trump Regime.
The election is going to be close. It is quite possible that the Republicans will take the Senate. There is no way the Democratic caucus will obtain a super majority. I am especially embarrassed by Wisconsin. Here are the details ...