A.B. Stoddard: Focus Only on Winning
Nancy Pelosi has amassed power through persuasion, and she had the nerve to push a sitting president off the ticket because she prioritized victory. Meanwhile, Kamala's veep pick is key to extending t...
25 Juli 202453min
Rick Perlstein: The Alternative Is Apocalyptic
The modern conservative movement has a built-in ratcheting-up mechanism, so that even when Republicans win, they act like they're losing and the country is on the verge of collapse. Even Democrats lon...
24 Juli 202445min
Sam Stein and Ron Brownstein: Now We're Talking
We may have been conditioned to just accept candidates who share their meandering thoughts or end sentences with 'anyway.' But Kamala Harris is delivering a big upgrade, and showing how a good politic...
23 Juli 202452min
James Carville: Kamala-Gras
It's now the Kamala Harris parade, and James Carville has grabbed his whistle and baton for the march. The veteran strategist shares some campaign advice for the vice president and argues her 2020 mes...
22 Juli 202428min
Bill Kristol: Biden Drops Out of Race
After banging the drum for quite a while, Bill Kristol and Tim Miller got their wish, and the political world is scrambling for the 106-day sprint to the election— with Trump now officially the oldest...
21 Juli 202439min
S.E. Cupp: Grieving the Insanity
Republicans wanted a 'do no harm' convention, but it was too corporate and lacked any joie de vivre. And then they ended the affair with grievance, fasci Tucker, and 96 minutes of weird incoherence fr...
19 Juli 202447min
Adam Kinzinger: Everything Is on the Line
Republicans are tamping down the crazy and the weird at the convention—like no election fraud, no abortion ban talk, and no vaccines—to present their dangerous agenda in a non-threatening way. Meanwhi...
18 Juli 202435min
Jeff Sharlet and Joe Perticone: The Confidence of a Bully
Trump's shark/electrocution anecdote was not a sign of deterioration. Trump is actually getting better at communicating a solid message in a carnivalesque atmosphere—and he's reaching people outside o...
17 Juli 202449min
