MISCHIEFS OF FACTION

A conversation with Daniel Wirls about his recent book "The Senate: From White Supremacy to Governmental Gridlock."

History tells us that both political parties can – and sometimes have – agreed to do harmful things.

The legacy of Jan 6th, like Covid, didn't need to be partisan but has nonetheless become so, making it all the harder to deal with.

A reasonable guess is that Democrats will lose around 25 House seats in 2022. But there's a lot of uncertainty in that model.

Thomas Edsall's latest New York Times piece has gotten significant attention this week. He talks to a range of political scientists,...

Recent warnings that Kevin McCarthy won't be chosen speaker in a GOP-led House are not credible.

Strong sanctions are rarely used against party defectors in Congress – for good reason.

Virginia has elected Republican Glenn Youngkin to be its next governor, challenging the state's emerging reputation as a reliably...

I’m a bit late to this but wanted to weigh in on the Democratic “popularism” discussion. Ezra Klein and David Shor are quite right that...

Politicians want to know what next year’s elections will bring – and create a narrative that helps them in those elections.

Photo credit: Adam Schultz

Modeling democratic values in everyday choices strengthens the fabric that is the foundation for troubled democratic institutions. US...

The ongoing debate over the passage of transportation and budget bills underscore how lawmakers act on behalf of misleading assumptions.

Inter-party punishments for the events of January 6th may be less widespread than they seem.

Colorado Republicans may vote this weekend to abandon their primary and pick nominees by convention. Here's why and what it would mean.

In 2018 I encountered, for the first time, a room full of college students with no memory of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It was a...

In 2003, recall opponents warned that a new governor could win with just 15% of the vote. This year, that could actually happen.

A future president would likely conclude that indefinite occupation will get you better press than withdrawal, even from an unpopular war.

The former president has begun endorsing favored Republicans in the 2022 elections, but evidence suggests that it may backfire.

Legislators from across the country--not just the South--contributed to the development of filibustering in Congress.