DONALD TRUMP’S FAILURE to recognize his electoral defeat belies that he turned in the worst performance for an incumbent president with only one main opponent since Herbert Hoover. Trump was also outpaced by many Republican Senate and House candidates in states like Maine and districts he needed to win, which serves as a repudiation of […]
James Davitt Rooney
James Davitt Rooney is principal of Rooney Associates LLC and holds an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School and BA in Ethics and Political Philosophy from Brown University. He served on the Obama-Biden Urban and Regional Policy Council in 2008.
Markey and Kennedy should agree to spending cap
AS REP. JOE KENNEDY III challenges incumbent US Sen. Ed Markey, Democrats cannot afford to lose sight of the bigger picture. There is little risk of the party losing Markey’s seat in the general election, but a fundraising free-for-all in the primary could divert funds from close contests elsewhere and reduce its chances of retaking […]
Third party defections endanger Democrats
THE GOP NOMINEE, a former entertainer whose presidential prospects were once ridiculed, gains in the polls with a not-so-subtle pitch to whites in the Rust Belt. His Democratic rival who survived a spirited challenge from the left is criticized as a career politician who doesn’t always connect well with voters. Meanwhile an obscure Republican launches […]