RIP Walter Mondale

Also, ticket-splitting! Reagan carrying 49 states was enough to reduce Dems to a mere 253-181 House majority

Surprise @BillKristol  appearance in the Club for Growth's new #TX06 , calling him "maybe the most vicious #NeverTrump  hitman."

Waters turns 84 this term, part of this story is the "never retire" mindset that gave Democrats popular hits like a 6-3 conservative SCOTUS and Alcee Hastings's seat being vacant indefinitely

I'm armchair quarterbacking here - nobody's giving me a Bush interview - but so much time in these interviews with pre-TrumpRs is wasted on getting them to say something cheeky about Trump. My take is #whocare 

Onstage behind Ellison: Lola Vasquez, in the mix for US attorney, after assisting with the prosecution

Today’s TRAILER: A look at Larry Krasner’s re-election campaign in Philly, as the FOP backs a primary opponent and tries to roll back the reformer DA wave

Read the legend @AmyEGardner  on GOP efforts to restrict vote access in Texas, where they did just fine last year, but where Dem county clerks used powers to open more polls

A #TX06  tidbit that might not make it into today's story: Overheard Brian Harrison, the former HHS chief of staff running on his reforms like bureaucratic term limits, telling voters that Cass Sunstein called him to compliment his ideas.

You didn't think the Democrat who ran on raising the capital gains tax would try to raise the capital gains tax? Boy, I dunno what to tell you.