by Ty Davison | Nov 9, 2022 | News & Commentary
My prediction of Democratic underperformance was utterly wrong. Yes, the Democrats are likely to lose the House and perhaps the Senate, but the margin of GOP success was so limited as to make these results a defacto win. The GOP had hopes of a 30-40 seat pick-up;...
by Ty Davison | Jun 17, 2022 | News & Commentary
‘Blue dog’ days may be over in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District – Oregon Capital Chronicle: All of this hurt Schrader in the primary, but might it have positioned him better than McLeod-Skinner in the general election?That upcoming contest,...
by Ty Davison | Sep 2, 2021 | News & Commentary
For decades pro-life efforts to restrict abortion have crashed against the rocks of Roe v. Wade. Besides being extraordinary restrictive (6 weeks), the Texas law uses a novel legal concept to (apparently) escape judicial scrutiny: enforcement is up to private citizens...
by Ty Davison | Jun 11, 2021 | News & Commentary
Ten Senate Democrats and Republicans say they reached five-year, nearly $1 trillion infrastructure deal – The Washington Post: Their early agreement calls for about $974 billion in infrastructure spending over five years, which comes to about $1.2 trillion when...
by Ty Davison | Feb 2, 2021 | News & Commentary
Trump pollster’s campaign autopsy paints damning picture of defeat: The post-mortem, a copy of which was obtained by POLITICO, says the former president suffered from voter perception that he wasn’t honest or trustworthy and that he was crushed by...