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,...

Political Notes by Jon Fuhrman Wednesday, October 15. It ’s only three weeks until the off-year elections give us some modest indication whether voters recognize the Emperor is wearing no clothes and whether they are finally tiring of it. Congressman Eric Swalwell called them the “Fab Four” – California’s Prop. 50, Pennsylvania’s retention election for three Democratic State Supreme Court Justices, and the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. He argued that winning all four...