Jonathan Bernstein

Dysfunction within the Republican Party has been building for at least three decades and there’s no reason to expect a solution to arrive any time soon.

The loyalty pledge that presidential candidates are required to make to participate puts those opposed to Donald Trump in an impossible position.

Sharp criticism of Biden’s visit to Kyiv by a handful of extremist lawmakers will only make things harder for the GOP.

This won’t be easy for the GOP. Up until now, few mainstream Republicans have demonstrated a willingness to take on the radical faction publicly.

Will the House attempt to impeach Biden? Will any Supreme Court justices step down? Here are the looming unknowns for the coming year.

A number of factors would have to line up just right for the former president to secure his party’s backing.

The proceedings didn’t offer Watergate-style moments, but they still left their mark on history.

Independent presidential candidates have often had an impact under circumstances similar to 2024. But the latest effort, unfurled this week, looks pretty feeble.

Conservative judicial activists are showing scant respect for precedent or the prerogatives of other parts of the government. Expect the elected branches to fight back.

Five principles for organizing the opposition to Trump-inspired election subversion in 2024 and afterward.

Any one of these stories on its own is fairly normal. But to have that many positions up in the air at the same time isn't. There's a big-picture story here, and it's a very difficult one to tell.

There's no reason that a party of social conservatives or fiscal conservatives or foreign policy hawks has to eschew compromise and spend half its energy hunting RINOs

The recent endorsements of Hillary Clinton by Republican party actors are unlikely to affect how she behaves in office if she is elected. Unless, that is, this support changes the way the Republicans themselves behave. To assess how Clinton would act as president, look at the promises she is making as a candidate. Not only … Continue reading Anti-Trump Republicans won’t change Clinton