Where does the election stand? By Colby Etherton A lot has transpired in the whirlwind that has been this election season. After Vice President Kamala Harris took the reigns as the Democratic nominee, she had to plan a convention speech, choose a running mate, put together a team to helm her campaign and more. Last

By Colby Etherton On June 27, 2024, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump had their first of two scheduled debates, bucking tradition. Typically, the Commission on Presidential Debates sponsors and produces three debates between presidential candidates and a vice-presidential debate The election is a dead heat between both candidates, though notably there are

By Colby Etherton  We’re nearly halfway into 2024, and as such, the presidential election is mere months away. In five months, the rematch between President Biden and former president Trump will finally come to a head. Both candidates have agreed to two debates with one another, breaking from tradition as candidates have for decades done

By Colby Etherton It has been a mainstay in politics for decades, going back to 1960: the general election presidential debates. We typically see the Democratic and Republican candidates debate one another three times in an election cycle. Though we are in peculiar times, and whether or not Biden and Trump, the presumptive nominees of

By Colby Etherton  President Biden and former president Trump have officially garnered enough delegates from their respective party primaries to be their parties’ presumptive nominees, meaning that what we’ve known for years has been set in stone: their impending rematch.   Paradoxically, there is a plethora of polling out there that suggests that the majority of

By Colby Etherton With the 2024 presidential election season officially underway, the field has narrowed to two candidates on the Republican side: former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Haley needed a strong showing in New Hampshire’s January 23 primary, coming in second to Trump and losing by

By Colby Etherton Time is running out for GOP presidential candidates. Then again, is there ever enough time?  On January 15, 2024, the Iowa caucuses will officially kick off 2024’s election season. A week later, on Jan. 23, 2024, New Hampshire’s primary will be held. There are six candidates technically still in the running for

By Colby Etherton  It’s official: the 2024 presidential election is less than one year away. More likely than not, 2024 is shaping up to be a redux of the 2020 showdown between Biden and Trump, despite a large majority of voters saying that they’d prefer different candidates. While a Republican primary is underway and the

By Colby Etherton For the first time in history, on October 3, 2023, the House of Representatives voted to remove a sitting Speaker. Eight Republicans joined all Democrats in attendance to oust Kevin McCarthy, resulting in McCarthy being removed by a vote of 216 to 210. The move was unprecedented and congressional Republicans being slow

By Colby Etherton At this point, Congress being incapable of reaching consensus is the standard. Increased partisanship and polarization has pretty much meant that bipartisan agreement is a thing of the past. Just a few months ago, on June 1, 2023, the government narrowly avoided default when a bill to raise the debt ceiling was