August 21, 2015

Trump's false choice for Republicans

Quinnipiac released a series of swing state poll results on Thursday, specifically Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.  For each respective state, voters were asked to choose, in head-to-head contests, between Hillary Clinton and three of the Repub...

May 12, 2015

Lessons from the Tories

Last Thursday, May 7, the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom shocked pundits and reporters by winning a majority of seats in the House of Commons, despite polling that suggested a “dead heat.”  About a year and a half before...

March 3, 2015

Media Attacks and <em>King v. Burwell</em>

While getting my daily fix of news, I came across more and more King v. Burwell articles – unsurprising given the March 4th oral argument. Nevertheless, it was the tone of the reporting that struck me, not the volume. Involving a simple statuto...

March 1, 2015

Keep the bills coming

President Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline on February 24 would normally elicit nonstop media attention.  Relative to the normal day-to-day work in Congress, it still did, but the story was buried under a pile of other issues this ...

February 25, 2015

What's the Deal with Trade?

Perfectly illustrated by NAFTA in 1994, free trade inspires supporters and opponents on both sides of the aisle.  George H.W. Bush attempted to reach an agreement before the end of his presidency, but Clinton was required to reach the finish lin...

February 19, 2015

Obama's Confused Legislative Legacy

In Decision Points’ opening lines, George W. Bush said that he began thinking about writing his memoir in the final year of his administration. He read several classic presidential autobiographies – Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, e...

February 14, 2015

Why the Democrats Chose Philadelphia

Drum roll please… and the winner is, Philadelphia, edging out Columbus and New York. After months of mayoral jockeying and rigorously scrutinized financial proposals, the Democrats have selected a host city for their convention in 2016. ...

February 2, 2015

Keeping cameras out of the Supreme Court

On January 20, almost thirty-two million Americans watched the president, amid the pageantry and pomp, deliver his State of the Union.  Each day, anyone can turn his television to C-SPAN and watch congressmen discuss new legislation.  But o...