
Mr. Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner and a…
In assessing the chances for an upset in either race, it may be useful to look at the different surges of migration, immigrant and internal, that have populated these two states over the years.

‘What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass,’ is how Lord Melbourne put it in the 19th century.

No one can seriously argue that this is a passive presidency.

Activist’s violent murder, like death of JFK, sparks the sense that events are tilting wildly out of kilter, and the fear that more terrible things are in the offing.

Such sudden changes in the moral atmosphere seem to occur every so often.

Like Lincoln and FDR, the president employs threats of actions outside traditional norms to get others to do things in ways he wants.


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