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Feb 05 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Both Parties Split in Half
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
The nastiest argument in American politics will be center stage in the upcoming days when Donald Trump’s impeachment trial commences in the U.S. Senate. But while the outcome of that ongoing fight is pre-ordained, it will temporarily obscure intramural brawls within the two political parties that will have just as
Dan SchnurJan 15 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Mitch McConnell Has to Decide the GOP's Fate
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
In the closing days of the 1964 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan gave a nationally televised speech regarding his vision of conservatism called “A Time For Choosing”. More than half a century later, what remains of Reagan’s Republican Party has arrived at an equally and perhaps even more seminal crossroads in its
Dan SchnurJan 11 2021
Perspectives Blog
It's Time to Think About a Third Party
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
As Democrats and Republicans retreat toward their respective ideological end zones, frustrated voters have often wondered about the possibility of a third party emerging that could target that vast, yet largely unseen political center. It seems logical that a competitive political marketplace would welcome another
Dan SchnurNov 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
When the Country Agrees With the Losing Candidate
The amounts of analysis that has been written, spoken and posted since Election Day could fill the Grand Canyon several times over. But the most important piece of data from this month’s election has received almost no attention whatsoever.
Among the roughly three-quarters of voters who cast their ballots based on the presidential candidate’s positions on the issues, Donald Trump won.
Dan SchnurDec 23 2020
Perspectives Blog
When Congress Actually Gets Something Done
Can a new Congress learn old tricks?
After years of Capitol Hill gridlock driven by increased suspicion, hostility and polarization, it may be fitting that the final legislative agreement of the hyper-partisan Trump administration required an act of transcendent bipartisanship. In an era when true believers at the ideological fringes of both major parties have become increasingly
Dan SchnurOct 27 2020
Perspectives Blog
When Covid Doesn’t Go Away Before an Election
You have likely never heard of Danny Vanden Boom. But the 22-year-old college junior, who just a few weeks ago was the 4th-string quarterback for the University of Wisconsin football team, could have an outsized impact on the outcome of next week’s presidential election.
Many of us know the critical role that Wisconsin played in electing President Donald Trump four years ago, and the
Dan SchnurJan 22 2021
Perspectives Blog
The Most Important Words in Biden’s Speech – “Enough of Us”
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Now comes the hard part.
Politicians always talk about unity, especially newly-elected presidents. As is so often the case, Donald Trump was the exception that proved the rule. But Obama, Bush, Clinton and Reagan all spoke about putting aside differences and coming together, reaching out across party lines and
Dan SchnurMay 26 2020
Perspectives Blog
Are Masks — and Germs — The Newest Political Weapons?
This year, Memorial Day was a metaphor. When Donald Trump and Joe Biden both went to pay their respects to the nation’s war dead on Monday (separate ceremonies, of course), Biden wore a mask and Trump did not. Their respective decisions reflected the growing and increasingly nasty debate as to how we should conduct ourselves during a pandemic, and demonstrated that germs, infection and disease
Dan SchnurOct 13 2020
Perspectives Blog
When Both Parties Pretend Not to Be Thinking About Abortion
The Democrats are talking about health care. Republicans are talking about religious freedom. But at Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings this week, it’s really all about abortion.
Under normal circumstances, the partisan divide in this country over the controversial procedure would be dominating the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings and the surrounding media and public
Dan SchnurDec 02 2020
Perspectives Blog
When Two Parties Aren’t Enough For Some People
It is deeply frustrating for many Democrats that Dianne Feinstein and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are members of the same political party. Most Republicans are equally unhappy that they are forced to count both Mitt Romney and Donald Trump, Jr. within their ranks. Such is life in a two-party system, where both sides must deal with internal tensions in order to win elections — that's the point of
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