by Jim Heath | Nov 5, 2018 | 2018, Commentary, Congress, Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump comes from Queens, New York, where he was taught, at a young age, that you must win at all cost. Say anything, do anything, resort to any tactic to win. As the 45th President of the United States, he continues with that theory, playing each day to the...
by Jim Heath | Nov 4, 2018 | 2018, Analysis, Battlegrounds, Congress, Democrats, Headlines, Polls, Republicans
After all the major polls got it wrong in 2016, about every political analyst in America is being extremely cautious this year in making final predictions about what will happen Tuesday night. And that includes me. Being interviewed by Mike Sauceda on Skyview...
by Jim Heath | Nov 4, 2018 | 2018, Analysis, Battlegrounds, Congress, Electoral Map, Headlines
FiveThirtyEight’s election forecaster Nate Silver played both sides of the fence in predicting whether Democrats would win a majority in the House on Tuesday. “In the House we have Democrats with about a 4 in 5 chance of winning,” Silver told ABC...
by Jim Heath | Oct 31, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Congress, Headlines
Think a blue wave is coming in the midterm election that will sweep out Republicans and usher in a Democratically-controlled Congress? Don’t bet on it. Or then again, do bet on it. Gamblers on at least one online betting site can’t make up their minds. The...
by Jim Heath | Oct 31, 2018 | 2018, Congress, Constitution, Headlines, Trump
Six days to go until the critical midterm election, and President Trump is spitting at House Speaker Paul Ryan, a fellow Republican, on Twitter. Trump shot back at Ryan for criticizing his proposal to upend birthright citizenship, saying Ryan should be paying...
by Jim Heath | Oct 20, 2018 | Congress, Headlines
Opponents of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have devised a strategy back home to ruin his meal whenever he goes out in public. For the third time in as many months, McConnell was confronted last night by angry diners who loudly berated him for his politics....
