Rep. Kevin McCarthy may have a tough time getting elected as the next speaker of the House. TOM WILLIAMS / CQ-ROLL CALL, INC / GETTY IMAGES Rep. Kevin McCarthy is the obvious candidate for the next speaker of the House. Republicans flipped the chamber in 2022, and McCarthy is already […]
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(RNS) — In the days after the 2022 midterm elections, Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, explained why the Republicans’ shellacking even in congressional districts where they normally dominated had caused him to mistrust the Times’ own numbers before the vote. “We did a poll of Kansas […]
A decade ago, Republicans convened a meeting at a political conference in Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, to discuss what they dubbed “the Seattle problem.” “James Carville famously coined the motto … ‘It’s the economy, stupid,’ “ a GOP campaign consultant told the crowd. “Our problem is not King County. […]