Why Joe Manchin is such a problem for his party
It's not easy being blue in a red state
What have we learned from the impeachment trial so far?
Three takeaways — including the big surprise yet to come
Three takeaways from Congress’s ability to avoid a shutdown — this time around, at least
No one wants the blame for shutting down the government.
Why was the Peter Strzok hearing such a circus? Because Congress wanted it that way.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/segments/the-fieriest-moments-from-peter-strzoks-house-hearing/2018/07/12/d8734462-8601-11e8-9e06-4db52ac42e05_video.html Last week, FBI agent Peter Strzok sat before two
Barbara Sinclair left a lasting legacy in political science
Last week, eminent political scientist Barbara Sinclair passed away. She
Trump’s voters are ready to risk everything. Why?
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Why it makes sense for Jon Tester to head the DSCC
[caption id="attachment_18292" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) in Washington
Would a GOP Senate make a difference?
If, as widely predicted, the GOP captures the Senate in
How money talks in state legislatures
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435 Separate Cuts; or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation
The House of Representatives' Republican Conference has released instructions to
How Constituent Contact Matters in the U.S. Congress
We welcome this guest post from University of Maryland political
Punishing Your Own Representative: What to Make of New CNN Poll?
In a "post last week":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/02/incumbents_and_economic_voting.html, I raised the question of
Does It Matter If Everyone Hates Congress?
This is apropos of Josh's post below. The New York
Obama channels Fenno
In his "comments to Senate Democrats":http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-senate-democratic-policy-committee-issues-conference yesterday, President Obama kicked
Political anthropology
"David Glenn":http://chronicle.com/article/Ethnography-in-Political/48434/ has a good piece in the _Chronicle_ talking