2018 Predictions

Unprecedented has become a popular word used to describe 2017. And it’s true, 2017 has been unprecedented in many ways.

I believe in studying data to see what you’ve accomplished and how to improve.

As we look ahead to 2018, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are focused on addressing the economic anxiety that is felt by too many Americans.

Americans elected Republican majorities and put Donald Trump in the White House to make our economy strong, create jobs and restore America’s role as the world’s leader—and we’ve made big progress on those goals.

Donald Trump’s news coverage during his first months in office broke all sorts of records.

Regulation over media consolidation and technology will be one of the biggest media stories in 2018.

Most U.S. adults are dissatisfied with the executive and legislative branches, and barely a quarter are satisfied with the way the nation is being governed.

I’ve covered politics since 1998. A lot has changed since then, but one thing remains constant: political mood and environment plays the most important role in determining election outcomes.

David Frum, former George W. Bush speechwriter who spun the Axis of Evil meme, opens his Atlantic piece, “How to Build an Autocracy,” with “It’s 2021, and President Donald Trump will shortly be sworn in for his second term. The 45th President has visibly aged over the past four years. He rests heavily on his daughter Ivanka’s arm … ”

I thought TIME summed up the year well in its Person of the Year #MeToo cover.

History and current trends suggest Republicans will likely pay a political price for controlling the White House, but how big a price is unclear.

Soon after President Trump’s election, private prison stocks doubled in value. This spike reflected the hope that Trump’s presidency would usher in a new era of correctional growth, and, indeed, his policies have ushered in a new era of law and order.

In September 2016, I defied the pundits and pollsters to predict the election of Donald Trump. Trump noticed and personally sent me a note of congratulations. But he missed my second big prediction, that he would be impeached.

America’s future is technology. Governors know this, which is why the National Governors Association has launched NGA Future, its first-ever office focused on emerging technology policy.

This past week the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) hosted a record number of state and local legislators in Nashville, Tennessee, for the annual States and Nation Policy Summit.