As a general rule, midterm elections - in both their first terms and their second terms - aren't kind to incumbent presidents, even popular ones. Just two years after winning a 49-state landslide, for instance, Ronald Reagan watched his party… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
Numerous candidates lose their first White House race and try again four years later - but all of them do so after running surprisingly well the first time. No one ever talked about John Connally or Phil Gramm running again. — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
They say it doesn't get any more Jersey than 24-hour diners. Of course, they say the same thing about women with big hair, hapless… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
It's been a very strange thing to see the attention my clothes have gotten, just because it's so inversely related to the amount of… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
I don't think my political opinions, to the extent I have them, are useful. — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
Prior to civil rights, the Democratic Party had been defined by an increasingly untenable alliance of ideological opposites - integrationist Northern liberals like Hubert… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
We are waiting for Donald Trump`s big immigration speech. There are lots of unanswered questions that remain about where exactly Trump stands on deportation… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
Generally, the real question in a midterm year is whether the damage for the ruling party will be severe or mild. — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
History will always regard Florida as the state that decided the Bush-Gore contest, but if Gore had carried Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, West Virginia or… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton broke what was known as the Republican electoral lock on the presidency, and Bill Clinton won the White House in 1992. That… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
I don't read a ton of fiction, but Tom Wolfe's death got me to pick up 'The Bonfire of the Vanities.' I'm a slow… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
There's no evidence that coaches with a conservative bent are better coaches or more likely to get jobs. — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
It's impossible to overstate the degree to which the '94 GOP revolution shook the political class. Bill Clinton was immediately dismissed as a one-term… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
The Romney who showed up at CPAC in early 2007 vehemently embraced the conservative cause and openly mocked his home state and its liberal reputation. — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
