Ken shares his thoughts on political news and history in his blog.
Two things to put forward: (1) Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty; and (2) Corrupt Republicans (Trump, Santos) will never resign as long as their party sticks with them. Democrats, on the other hand (Franken, Jim Wright), are more prone to quitting, especially in response to pressure from within their party. Having said that, …
The nation’s 43rd president was often known simply as “W.” When the Washington Nationals win a game — which lately has not been too often — people are told to put up a “Curly W” to celebrate the victory. But in this case, W is the first letter of politicians’ last names that we just …
“V” can stand for “victory.” Or, with two fingers, it represents “peace.” But in this case, it’s the letter we’re up to in trying to decipher unknown campaign buttons. As our fellow political junkies know, for some time now we’ve been showing photos of unknown buttons, arranged alphabetically by candidate names, for you to help …
Democrats in the Senate more than dodged a bullet last November. Given the rampant inflation, crisis at the border and Joe Biden’s miserable numbers — not to mention history — they were widely expected to lose control of the Senate, returning Mitch McConnell to the post of majority leader. Not only did they hold all …
Did somebody say it was “T” time? As our fellow political junkies know, for some time now we’ve been showing photos of unknown buttons, arranged alphabetically by candidate names, for you to help identify. We can’t make heads or tails of these candidates, most of whom we’ve never heard of. And when we see a …
The election is a week away and there are still so many contests for the Senate and for governor that are too close to call. The answer to such uncertainty? Another Political Junkie contest! The person who calls every race correctly wins a Political Junkie t-shirt, plus their choice of an Eisenhower or Stevenson campaign …
The reported late surge of Republican voter strength seems to be in evidence in this year’s gubernatorial contests. Three top governors Democrats had long hoped to defeat — Ron DeSantis in Florida, Brian Kemp in Georgia and Greg Abbott in Texas — are in good shape for re-election. Even Kari Lake in Arizona, the GOP …
Two weeks to go, and no one can say with any certainty which party is going to win control the Senate. We’ve seen an unusual number of polling swings in the past few months, and there’s no telling how many more may come as we approach November 8th. The House is another animal altogether; there’s …
For Donald Trump, this one is personal. “This” is today’s Georgia primary, where two key Republican figures — Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — went on record early to renounce the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. They looked at the numbers and declared that Joe Biden carried …
On paper, Ohio is the archetypal swing state. Bill Clinton won it twice, then George W. Bush won it twice, then Barack Obama and then Donald Trump. But a look below the surface shows a growing conservative state, with overwhelming Republican dominance (12-4) in its U.S. House delegation and a huge advantage in the state …