Last weekend, Ron DeSantis spoke to the Florida Family Policy Council and zipped through a mention of the six-week abortion ban he recently signed into law, something the organization strongly supports. He also hadn’t seen fit to highlight it when spe…
Author: A.B. Stoddard, RCP
Biden Will Hide as a Ubiquitous Trump Is Normalized
GOP Headed for Showdown on Social Security, Medicare
In the prospective 2024 nominating contest, some GOP wannabes are serving up straight talk about the need to fix Medicare and Social Security, even though Donald Trump banished entitlement reform from Republican doctrine in 2016. These fiscally sober,…
Will DeSantis Rescue Republicans or Let Them Down?
A Good SOTU Doesn’t Mean Biden Should Run Again
Democrats were thrilled last week when House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had to shush his fellow Republicans as they screamed at the president of the United States. While delivering his State of the Union address, a nimble and energized Joe Biden grinned t…
As Fred Upton Departs, Congress Loses One of Its Best
Are Progressives Nearing a Reckoning With Their Party?
Republicans Make It Official: No Talking About Abortion
Doubling down on their abortion woes was the last thing Senate Republicans had in mind this week, but Sen. Lindsey Graham had other plans. His proposal for a federal ban forced his colleagues and GOP candidates to disagree with him or look like liars.
Biden Should Announce in 2023 That He Won’t Run Again
2022 Midterms: Topics, Trends and Women 50+ Voters
RealClearPolitics event about the 2022 midterms moderated by A.B. Stoddard and sponsored by AARP.