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Michael Barone

Republicans gain big in blue-collar elections but narrowly in affluent state legislative elections
10/23/2021 - 5:07pm
Michael Barone
REPUBLICANS: October 22, 2021 State legislative special elections provide an interesting index of partisan sentiment these days. That wasn’t so in the late 20th century, when clever local candidates and notables often got voters to cross party lines. But in this century of increasing partisan polarization and straight-ticket voting, local special elections are a proxy for opinion on...
Bill de Blasio is on the way out, but his mindset lingers
Michael Barone 10/16/2021 - 8:43pm
EDUCATION: October 15, 2021 As his two terms as New York’s mayor approach their end, and long after his presidential campaign ended with a whimper, Bill de Blasio has chimed in with one last act of destruction: a proposal to end the public schools’ entry-by-exam gifted and talented program for first graders. DE BLASIO’S gripe...
Both parties’ ignorance of electoral reality has led to our present discontents
Michael Barone 10/11/2021 - 11:07pm
ELECTIONS: October 8, 2021 Here’s a jarring thought: Most political analysts, and most political strategists for our two political parties, have been operating off flawed data and flawed assumptions. The result has been one political surprise after another, and the election of the two most unsatisfactory presidents, in the minds of many...
Biden needs better argument than ‘orange man bad’
Michael Barone 10/05/2021 - 10:11pm
This Week's Conservative Focus . . . Biden Presidency “First you win the argument, then you win the vote.” That advice from Margaret Thatcher has been ignored by President Joe Biden and Democratic Party leaders to their detriment. DEMOCRATS, aided by former President Donald Trump’s denigration of Georgia’s electoral...
Biden policies need better argument than ‘orange man bad’
Michael Barone 10/04/2021 - 8:53pm
BIDEN PRESIDENCY: October 1, 2021 “First you win the argument, then you win the vote.” That advice from Margaret Thatcher has been ignored by President Joe Biden and Democratic Party leaders to their detriment. DEMOCRATS, aided by former President Donald Trump’s denigration of Georgia’s electoral system, which gifted them...
Hillary Clinton should apologize for the biggest political hoax since Titus Oates
Michael Barone 09/24/2021 - 10:39pm
2020 ELECTION: September 24, 2021 It’s the biggest political hoax since Titus Oates’s allegations of a “Popish Plot” to assassinate King Charles II in 1678. Oates’s charge of a Jesuit conspiracy swept through London and led to the execution of four innocent men before Oates was proved a fraud. THE FULL consequences...
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