Democrats' fear-mongering about the Trump economy is looking more and more like sour grapes.

What we realized is that when you kill Charlie, now Charlie is gone. That's what happens when you kill someone in this life. We didn't go from one Charlie to a million Charlies. We went from one Charlie to zero Charlies. That's what happens. That's why assassinations happen-that's why people do them, because they work.

Friday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Andrew Walworth discussed the DNC deciding not to publish their long-anticipated 2024 campaign "autopsy," and the conviction of a Wisconsin judge for obstructing an ICE arrest.

With all the signs of a Democratic comeback arising from 2025's off-year elections, there's understandably some excitement among Democrats about a possible "wave" election next year that would dislodge the GOP trifecta that allowed Donald Trump to enact a legislative agenda this year without any minority-party input or support. The obvious benchmark for an anti-Trump wave is the 2018 midterms, which gave Democrats net gains of 41 U.S. House seats and a 17-seat majority in that chamber.

Some in the opposing party see a political advantage in trying to convince voters that Trump is somehow a repeat of Biden.

The huge sum shows that while the Koch network may not hold significant power at high levels of the Republican Party, it remains a financial juggernaut.

The liberal and libertarian effort to destigmatize, normalize, legalize and even promote the use of

Both parties are now preparing for “affordability” to play a major role in the midterm elections next year. How did it emerge so quickly?