How Dem Senators Can Survive a Brutal Election
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 3rd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
How Dem Senators Can Survive a Brutal Election
John Dickerson, Slate
5 Questions for the White House on Bergdahl
Gerstein & Brown, Politico
President Barack Obama’s decision to swap long-missing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay has unleashed a fusillade of criticism from lawmakers, who have blasted the president’s move as both reckless and lawless.
Democrats’ Nightmare Scenario for 2016
Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Last week I set out a 2016 nightmare scenario for Republicans — not one that seems likely, but one that can be extrapolated from current polling.In that spirit, let me set out a 2016 nightmare scenario for Democrats — again, not likely but a plausible extrapolation.It assumes, first of all, that Hillary Clinton is not the Democratic nominee, or that her poll numbers have gone sharply down (they’ve declined somewhat over the last year, and could conceivably fall more).And it assumes that voters’ attitude toward the Obama administration remains roughly where it is today, with 44 percent job…
