Political Notes by Jon Fuhrman Wednesday, August 12. Last month I detailed why I thought our candidate would win the Texas Senate race, and pull other Dems to victory along with him, and I talked a little about Iowa. These are just parts of what I see as a Democratic wave that’s likely to give us 60 seats – not just 51 – in the Senate. But before I tackle Iowa and Alaska and Nebraska and Idaho, it is worth noting that mainstream pundits are, slowly but surely, catching up to my irrational...

Political Notes by Jon Fuhrman Tuesday, November 10. Here we are, a scant 5 days after our historic win last Tuesday, and instead of exuberant unity we’re kvetching about the “surrender” of Senate Dems agreeing to reopen the government. First, let me go back to Tuesday’s election. We’ve celebrated the marquee wins in Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California. Yet still I think the national media is too focused on the top line and not fully appreciating the depth of the...

Political Notes by Jon Fuhrman Wednesday, November 5. You have undoubtedly heard that Democrats scored a HUGE victory Tuesday, winning races across the country. But I’m not sure the media reports have done justice to how broad and deep the victory was, and how dramatic the message is to what is, or at least used to be, the Republican mainstream. Let’s start in Virginia. Former Congressmember Abigail Spanberger was predicted to win the Gubernatorial race. She led the polls consistently,...