Ed Rogers
LATEST STORIES BY ED ROGERS
ROGERS: What are Democrats thinking?
I have said that if 2020 is a referendum on U.S. President Donald Trump, he could very well lose. But for the election to be a referendum, the Democrats must be steady and low-key and avoid affirmatively alarming the electorate. Yet with matters large and small, the Democrats keep shooting themselves in the foot — or maybe even in the head. Trump is lucky in the opponents he has.

ROGERS: Do budget deficits matter in 2020?
So far, several Democrats running for president in 2020 and their allies in Congress have embraced socialism as more of a fashionable buzzword than as an economic plan. Let’s face it, there isn’t really a socialist economic model out there that Democrats can seriously claim they want to bring home to the United States.

ROGERS: The 2020 race is off to a bleak start
Enemies lists are back — in both parties. According to The Washington Post, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.. said that Democrats cooperating with Republicans would find themselves “on a list.” Ocasio-Cortez’s message was clear: If Democrats do not fall in line with the new liberal order, there will be retribution. Nobody is using the “Big Tent” metaphor to describe the Democrats in the lead up to 2020.

ROGERS: Donald Trump's had a bad week
Peace, prosperity and character are usually the main ingr ed ients that affect whether a U.S. president will be re-elect ed . So far, prosperity has proce ed ed nicely for President Donald Trump. That said, GDP growth falling to 2.6%, worrisome data and some bad omens could mean fresh doubt about the durability of the Trump economy.

ROGERS: Exactly which Trump policies do Democrats want to undo?
As the Democratic race for the 2020 presidential nomination gets underway, the contenders are trying to determine how to best distinguish themselves. So far, the only unifying theme among all candidates is that U.S. President Donald Trump is unfit and he and his Republican policies must go.

ROGERS: Trump's loyal commentators are beginning to make their break
It was expected that President Donald Trump received some backlash from his supporters when he agreed to reopen government without first securing funding for the border wall. But the ferociousness of some conservative commentators’ attacks was surprising. Perhaps parts of the loyal Trump commentariat are using the president’s capitulation on the wall to reorient to an honest place with the Trump presidency. Specifically, they need to create some distance from Trump World in order to establish credibility, reasonably disagree with the president and express dismay at his outbursts and behaviour.

ROGERS: Advantage Pelosi, Trump is losing the shutdown fight
Thirty-four days into the government shutdown, it is “advantage Pelosi.” The shutdown is worse for President Donald Trump than it is for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. It has cost Trump and the Republicans a lot of opportunities and has become a dead weight on this administration.
