Just as Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his vice presidential nominee, and a week before the Democrats’ virtual national convention is scheduled to begin at various sites, the basement strategy he’s been pursuing, hailed as […]
If things had proceeded according to schedule, we’d be checking the polls to see if Joe Biden had gotten a bounce from his acceptance speech in Milwaukee. That’s because the Democratic National Convention was originally […]
“America is burning. But that’s how forests grow.” So spoke Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. “Riots are an integral part of the country’s march towards progress.” So read a now-deleted tweet from the Democratic Committee […]
What just happened? The Democratic presidential nomination race, which gave signs of lasting months, is now basically over. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont won North Dakota and lost Washington after carrying a lead the previous […]
It’s a familiar plotline. An interloper runs for a party’s presidential nomination and, with an anti-insider pitch, scores wins and near-wins in the first contests with vote pluralities. His numerous opponents, fearful of antagonizing his […]
Last week the world’s second-oldest political party showed, and not for the first time, its capacity to regenerate itself and win an impressive majority in difficult circumstances. That’s a reference to the victory of the […]
Last week was Thanksgiving in a country whose warring political tribes are not much inclined to giving thanks. But any American with a reasonable historic perspective can easily find reasons to do so. For one […]
The world’s oldest political party set an all-time record last Tuesday night, with 12 presidential candidates on a single stage in Westerville, Ohio. That’s a suburb of Columbus, the fastest-growing big metro area in the […]
Which of the two dozen or so Democratic presidential candidates is going to carry black voters next year? The answer to that question is likely to be identical to the answer to the question “Which […]
Compromise reached. Donald Trump is going to build — his administration is said to be building already, with appropriated funds — the wall, er, barrier. Congressional Democrats have reportedly inserted provisions that make it easier […]
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