Jonathan Gruber did not really call the American people stupid He called them merciless and cruel The debate over the Affordable Care Act has not generated much evidence to contradict this view You may be sick of hearing about the sick but as Ebola hysteria subsides the ACA ldquo Obamacare rdq

Net neutrality is great, but Obama needs to address economic stagnation to get voters enthusiastic about Democratic Party.

Democrats are unified on major issues, leaving little opening for new insurgent candidates.

In 23 states, the GOP will control governor’s office, both houses of the legislature.

More thoughts to come but a striking pattern from Tuesday rsquo s election is how the Republicans made significant gains just about everywhere but in major urban counties You could call it a wave but it rsquo s also as if most of America stepped back from the big cities and academic enclaves that

Finally one of the least important elections in American history is almost over Yes everyone should go out and vote especially for local offices but there rsquo s little chance the congressional elections can result in meaningful change After Tuesday we will still have a Democratic president a

With almost everything over but the counting here are some numbers to keep in mind before Tuesday rsquo s vote The White House disadvantage Midterm elections almost always go badly for the party controlling the presidency Since the Civil War the president rsquo s party has lost seats in the Hous

(Un)Conventional Wisdom on the 2014 midterms

The daylight hours of Election Day bring story after story tweet after tweet about voter turnout This is insanely boring and the stories have little predictive value about the election results Long lines in certain places prompt speculation about unexpectedly high turnout and only later do we

Fifteen years after the premiere of “The West Wing,” there are more television shows about politics than ever before, with “Scandal” among the biggest hits on broadcast television and a half-dozen others in production on various platforms. But the trend is not likely to boost