The State Senate in 2014: A Statistical Analysis
A politician, said Churchill, is an individual with the “ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year—and to have the ability afterwards to explain why it...
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In 1924, the country was keeping cool with Coolidge—the popular president would be elected in his own right in a landslide that fall—and both chambers of Congress were firmly in Republican hands, the...
View ArticleThe State Senate in 2014: A Statistical Analysis
A politician, said Churchill, is an individual with the “ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year—and to have the ability afterwards to explain why it...
View ArticleCharting the GOP’s Rise in the Old Dominion
In 1924, the country was keeping cool with Coolidge—the popular president would be elected in his own right in a landslide that fall—and both chambers of Congress were firmly in Republican hands, the...
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If nothing else, this year’s Republican presidential campaign drama is driving an unusual interest in the arcane world of convention rules. By now, most people are aware of the magic number of...
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