It’s been an explosive week at the Supreme Court, but maybe less explosive if you heard SCOTUSBlog’s Amy Howe break down the docket on Episode 33 of the Political Junkie podcast. The Hobby Lobby ruling has turned Ruth Bader Ginsburg into an internet sensation, and James Madison into Thomas Jefferson. But it turned us into trivia …
Two weeks ago we were astonished that Eric Cantor, a well-situated House incumbent from Virginia, could get defeated in his primary. Now we’re astonished that Thad Cochran, the six-term Republican senator from Mississippi, could pull out a victory against his tea party-backed opponent. Whether incumbents are winning or losing, it’s the latest example of a …
So how do you run your campaign in 2014 if you’re a Democrat and your president’s job approval numbers are not so good? That’s the question host Ken Rudin put to Democratic pollster and strategist Anna Greenberg in the latest installment of the Political Junkie. Greenberg acknowledges the weak numbers, the disappointing foreign policy and the history of the party …
The Supreme Court, in its McCutcheon v. FEC decision, has eliminated even more restrictions on the amount citizens can contribute to federal political campaigns. Now, says SCOTUSBlog.com editor Amy Howe, the question is what is next to fall. And North Carolina’s got the most expensive Senate race in the country this year. University of North Carolina professor Ferrel Guillory talks about …