Author: DAVID M. DRUCKER, Washington Examiner
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Democrats claim political lifeline in wake of Supreme Court abortion leak
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Democrats spy a silver lining in the loss of federally guaranteed abortion rights, predicting that a Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could galvanize voter support for their party and prevent a looming midterm elections disaster. Bracing for a fall rebuke over rising inflation and dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden, Democratic strategists say…
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Republicans use Rittenhouse verdict to court GOP voters
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Republicans are lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse as they move to capitalize on the 18-year-old’s newfound celebrity on the Right to score points with the conservative base in their campaigns. After Rittenhouse was acquitted in a Wisconsin courtroom of murder and other felony charges stemming from his involvement in the Kenosha riots, prominent Republicans cheered, and he…
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Trump set to dominate CPAC, while would-be 2024 rivals labor for attention
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ORLANDO – The race for the 2024 Republican nomination begins in the hovering shadow of former President Donald Trump as contenders vying to succeed him atop the GOP descend on the Conservative Political Action Conference to woo party activists. Defeated by President Biden in November, Trump is still a winner in the hearts of so…
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McSally allies plead for air cover as Democratic groups pummel the Arizona senator
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U.S. Sen. Martha McSally had incurred weeks of unchecked attacks from Democratic groups, and the Arizona Republican’s allies are pleading for help. Since early September, Advancing Arizona has targeted McSally with a barrage of advertising as part of a $1.4 million television buy from the so-called dark money group that runs through late November. Need…
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US Senate Democrats bet non-establishment candidates can take down GOP
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Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate are recalibrating candidate recruitment for 2020, tacitly acknowledging that a strategy of relying heavily on running well-known, establishment figures in competitive contests has delivered unsatisfactory results. Taking a page from the House Democrats’ 2018 playbook, Senate Democrats are looking for contenders who might have limited name recognition and political…
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Key Republicans expect Trump to lose 2020 popular vote but win the Electoral College again
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Senior Republicans are resigned to President Donald Trump losing the popular vote in 2020, conceding the limits of the flamboyant incumbent’s political appeal and revealing just how central the Electoral College has become to the party’s White House prospects. Some Republicans say the problem is Trump’s populist brand of partisan grievance. It’s an attitude tailor-made…
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For Senate Republicans, Kavanaugh’s confirmation a political imperative
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For Senate Republicans, the rejection of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, could foment a political disaster in the midterm elections. The conservative grassroots base is cheering Kavanaugh’s selection to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy; they expect the Republican-controlled Senate to seal his confirmation before Election Day. Failure to deliver on this…
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Mitt Romney: Can the insider play the insurgent in Senate race?
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – Mitt Romney threatening to shut down the government is probably not what Republicans in Washington were expecting from one of the leading establishment figures of their party over the past two decades. The 71-year-old, former presidential nominee is vowing to do whatever it takes to end profligate federal spending and…
