Albert R. Hunt
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¶¶Òõap: OK, Democrats, don’t flunk your first test
Now we know that Democrats really did ride a blue wave on Nov. 6 to take control of the House of Representatives. Let's see if they can avoid getting dragged...

Hunt: In the White House, experience really does count
I covered a lot of campaigns this year and none was more exciting than Beto O'Rourke's race for a U.S. senate seat in Texas. Richard Ojeda, an old-fashioned blue-collar Democratic...

Hunt: The left’s shoddy attack on Dianne Feinstein
By rebuffing the re-election bid of the state's four-term senator, Dianne Feinstein, over the weekend, the Democratic left wing is exposing its preference for ideological purity over pragmatism.

Hunt: Republican candidates face a dilemma on Trump
Unlike this year's U.S. Senate races, which are mainly being fought in Trump-friendly states, many of the most contested House electoral battles are for Republican-held seats in more Democratic-leaning places.

Hunt: Nearly everyone loses if immigration deal fails
If there is no deal on immigration, Dreamers will live in the fear of deportation, immigration advocates will walk away empty-handed, Republicans will take a political hit, and Trump will...

Hunt: Democrats, don’t veer left if you want to win
Democrats could undercut their prospects for a good year if activists successfully set up ideological litmus tests in divisive primaries that might produce more controversial nominees.

Hunt: Trump’s “Fake News Awards” have a sinister subtext
President Donald Trump has been making a case for changing U.S. libel laws to make it easier to punish publishers of news he considers "fake." What he doesn't seem to...

Hunt: Freedom Caucus in the spotlight as shutdown looms
If the Freedom Caucus aversion to compromise helps provoke a government shutdown, there's a good chance that it's most vocal members emerge as the face of all House Republicans.

Hunt: It’s not too early to handicap the 2018 elections
All national elections are hyped as seminal. The midterms of 2018 are the real deal. The early line is good for Democrats. As the year commences, here's how it looks.

Hunt: “Grant,” Chernow’s must-read of 2017, debunks Southern mythmaking
Donald Trump doesn't read books, but Ron Chernow's biography of Ulysses S. Grant would have been a perfect Christmas present for him anyway.