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Oh, Sure, It's the Democrats Who Have a Problem Feb. 13, 2020
The laziest and most common campaign story right now is a version of the following: "The Democrats ... Read More
Iowa's Caucus Crisis Is a Reminder That Confidence in Democracy Is Paramount Feb. 07, 2020
Once again, the integrity of America's election system is in question after the breakdown of Iowa's ... Read More
After the Iowa Caucuses Disaster, Let's Bring Back the Smoke-Filled Room Feb. 06, 2020
This year's Iowa caucuses were a pratfall shackled to a debacle and wrapped inside a horror. The fai... Read More
Protecting the President Oct. 12, 2019
As the House opens its impeachment inquiry, even as new polls — from Fox News, no less —... Read More
Bernie Sanders Needs a Shot of Dignity Aug. 15, 2019
I have never been a big fan of Bernie Sanders. His authoritarian tendencies and aggressive attacks o... Read More
The Democratic Circus Mar. 15, 2019
It is only March 2019, and I am already sick of the 2020 presidential campaign. Granted, not much is... Read More
Time for Democratic Pushback on Radicals Feb. 14, 2019
Outsize attention has been paid to outlier Democrats making outrageous remarks. They are a small han... Read More
A Polarized Public? No. A Polarizing System Jul. 06, 2017
American politics is a bicycle with a rusty chain, flat tires and no brakes. It's broken, and it's n... Read More
How Trump Made Small-Town America Matter Again Feb. 24, 2017
The first time Donald J. Trump stepped onstage in Pennsylvania in April 2016 at the Farm Show Comple... Read More
What About Bernie? Jul. 06, 2016
It's strange how it happens almost overnight. One day, you've got television crews crowding for posi... Read More
Trump Pivoting Away From Tabloid-Style Campaigning Jun. 24, 2016
Donald Trump is the latest proof that the campaign always reflects the candidate and that the candid... Read More
A Moment in History Jun. 08, 2016
It wasn't a very big-deal election in California, to say the least. I think one person asked me if I... Read More
California Counts for Nothing. Again Jun. 01, 2016
I got my absentee ballot in the mail, which reminded me: We have an election next Tuesday. The excit... Read More
Should 'Never Trump' People Get Over It? May. 23, 2016
Washington state's Republican Party just defied the stampede toward "unity." Meeting over the weeken... Read More
Looking Back on the Two Cuban-American Also-Rans May. 10, 2016
John Quincy Adams, our greatest secretary of state (sorry, Hillary Clinton fans), thought that Cuba ... Read More
Can Trump Disrupt the General Election as He Did the Primaries? May. 06, 2016
So Republicans now have a presumptive nominee — one headed to a clear delegate majority withou... Read More
Republicans Must Defeat Trump in November May. 06, 2016
Donald Trump is now the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party. I could not have i... Read More
Hillary, Donald and the Gender Wars May. 03, 2016
The greatest failures of the past generation concern men, women and sex — and there could not ... Read More
Donald Trump Isn't the 'Presumptive Nominee' -- Not Yet, Anyway Apr. 29, 2016
Donald Trump has declared himself, after following up his New York win April 19 with victories in fi... Read More
The Lesser of the Evils? Apr. 29, 2016
It's pretty darn depressing when political writers are essentially writing off the 2016 election as ... Read More
