The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza wrote an interesting column two days ago under the headline “It’s Virtually Impossible to be a Successful Modern President.” Cillizza begins his piece like this: “Being president is the most powerful job in the world. … Continue reading →…Continue Reading No, the Presidency Has NOT Become More Difficult
Tag: polarization
Will Open Primaries Reduce Polarization?
The New York Times printed this op ed by New York Senator Chuck Schumer yesterday, in which Schumer made the familiar claim that to reduce partisan polarization, we should open up party primaries to all voters, regardless of partisan affiliation. … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Will Open Primaries Reduce Polarization?
Sunday Shorts: Burns and Garner, Orszag and Fiorina
A mixed bag in today’s Sunday Shorts – we mourn the passing of two public figures, and note their presidential ties. And we (gently) take issue with a recent column by Peter Orszag who waded publicly into the political polarization … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Sunday Shorts: Burns and Garner, Orszag and Fiorina
Sorted, Not Polarized: Why The Distinction Matters
When it comes to writing about polarization in American, who can blame journalists for expressing confusion? The Washington Post’s Dan Balz is the latest reporter to grapple with conflicting evidence and, perhaps more importantly, conflicting interpretation of the evidence by … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Sorted, Not Polarized: Why The Distinction Matters
Sunday Shorts: Balz, Polarization and a New Logo
The Washington Post’s Dan Balz posted this piece yesterday in which he tries to make sense of what appears to be contradictory evidence regarding whether Americans are becoming more polarized or not. Balz notes, correctly, that in a recent survey … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Sunday Shorts: Balz, Polarization and a New Logo
Why Obama’s Approval Is Bush League
Three new national polls came out recently showing President Obama’s approval ratings falling to the low 40% range, which puts them at or near the lowest of his presidency. The drop in support came in the wake of a series … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Why Obama’s Approval Is Bush League
Sorry, But We Are Still Not Polarized
Stanford political science Professor Morris Fiorina, on whose research I relied heavily in writing my Politico piece analyzing the widely publicized results of the recent Pew survey on polarization has written his own take on the subject in this Monkey … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Sorry, But We Are Still Not Polarized