2020 elections
First Thoughts on the November Election
11.08.20 | 4:22 pm

A lot of people, including me, were misled by opinion polls into thinking that Democrats would make out like bandits in this election the way they did in 2018. As the “blue wave” has receded, many Democrats have gone to the opposite extreme and pronounced that outside of getting rid of Trump, the election must be counted as a failure. My own view is that the Democrats did about as well as could be expected given the political divisions in the country. Read More

WILKES-BARRE, UNITED STATES - 2020/11/04: Luzerne County employees open mail-in ballots to be counted at the elections board in Wilkes-Barre.Pennsylvania mail-in ballots are being counted with about fifty thousand in total, Luzerne County hopes to finish tonight. Media is allowed to document the vote counting process in Pennsylvania. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WILKES-BARRE, UNITED STATES - 2020/11/04: Luzerne County employees open mail-in ballots to be counted at the elections board in Wilkes-Barre.Pennsylvania mail-in ballots are being counted with about fifty thousand in total, Luzerne County hopes to finish tonight. Media is allowed to document the vote counting process in Pennsylvania. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Without A Blue Senate, A Pres. Biden Would Have To Dramatically Adjust His Expectations
“President Biden's election would provide a welcome relief from the daily trauma,” one Senate veteran said, but achieving top policy goals would become infinitely more complicated.
11.04.20 | 4:18 pm
People wait in line to vote at the polling location at Christ Lutheran Church on Lehigh Street in Reading Tuesday morning  November 3, 2020 at 10:00 am. During the 2020 Presidential Election. People wait in line to vote at the polling location at Christ Lutheran Church on Lehigh Street in Reading Tuesday morning  November 3, 2020 at 10:00 am. During the 2020 Presidential Election.