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National Interest Archive

From left, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and former Housing Secretary Julian Castro are introduced for the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC on the campus of Texas Southern University Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Groundhog Day politics: Democratic idealism collides with realism

In the long-awaited sequel to "Groundhog Day," Bill Murray will wake up to see video clips of Democratic presidential candidates deluding themselves over and over again.

4 years ago

Andrew Silverman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
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Would an economic ‘Trump slump’ doom his re-election?

For the first time in the Trump era, a plurality of registered voters (37 percent) believe the economy is getting worse, not better (31 percent).

4 years ago

President Donald Trump holds a chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Weaponizing a Sharpie to wage war on reality

During hurricanes, the President needs to calm public fears, pledge federal aid where it's needed, and let meteorological experts do their jobs. Seriously, how hard is that?

4 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at a town hall for his Democratic presidential campaign in Spartanburg, S.C. (Meg Kinnard/AP Photo)
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Have Trump’s serial lies lowered the bar for Biden’s serial gaffes?

Joe Biden has long been adept at talking with a foot in his mouth, so perhaps it's no surprise that lately, on the stump, he has overdosed on whoppers.

4 years ago

(GDA via AP Images)
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A sign of weakness: Trump is fuming about Fox News

The dictionary defines ingratitude as "a lack of a proper appreciation or thanks for a kind or helpful act." What better way to describe Trump's fulminations about Fox News?

4 years ago

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2011, file photo former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Walsh, a former Illinois congressman, says he'll challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020. The tea party favorite argues that Trump is unfit for the White House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Trump challenger Joe Walsh tells us how he really feels

Walsh said, "this is not about issues." He wants the Republican primaries to be a referendum on Trump's character.

4 years ago

In this Aug. 16, 2019, photo, New York University student researchers sit on a rock overlooking the Helheim glacier in Greenland.  U.S. President Trump announced his decision to postpone an early September visit to Denmark by tweet Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019, after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen dismissed the notion of selling Greenland to the U.S. as
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What would Shakespeare say about Trump’s spat with Denmark? (Denmark?!?)

I have breaking news. Shakespeare has updated a line from Hamlet: "Something is rotten, but it's not in the state of Denmark."

4 years ago

Trump critics (clockwise from top left) Bill Kristol, George Conway, David Frum, and Joe Walsh. (AP Photos)
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Some Democrats refuse to welcome anti-Trump Republicans. That’s wrong.

If I've learned anything while covering national politics for the last 30 years, it's the axiom that a campaign or a party needs all the votes it can possibly get.

4 years ago

A billboard in Horse Cave, Ky., referring to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. as Moscow Mitch has been erected on northbound I-65 Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Even if Democrats dump Trump, they’ll need to ditch Mitch

A sizable share of Democrats fully recognize that capturing the Senate, and dethroning Mitch McConnell, is nearly as critical as ousting Donald Trump.

4 years ago

This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
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The new normal: Trump accuses a predecessor of murder

Granted, conspiracy theorists on the left claim, also without evidence, that it was Trump who got Epstein whacked.

4 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to local residents during a community event, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, in Burlington, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Hope vs. fear, truth vs. lies: Biden frames the choice in 2020

Joe Biden's speech in Iowa yesterday was an eloquently impassioned shout-out to a benighted nation in dire need of moral ballast.

4 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence listens as President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
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Will Republicans finally disown Trump’s incendiary racism?

At this point we should probably be grateful whenever a few Republicans wake up and smell their party's white supremacist stench.

4 years ago

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., gestures to former Vice President Joe Biden during the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
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The Democratic circular firing squad forgot about Trump

Mired as they were in squabbling among themselves — wading deep into the weeds, yet again, on the abstruse details of health care policy — Donald Trump got off easy.

4 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, speaks during the National Urban League Conference, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Indianapolis. (Darron Cummings/AP Photo)
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Joe Biden won the debate, and he wasn’t even on stage

In the wake of our national emergency, with Trump running roughshod over truth, justice, and the American way, ousting him should be the Democrats' top priority.

4 years ago

 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speak during the second presidential debate last year at Washington University in St. Louis. Your political beliefs may be influencing your perception. (AP file photo)
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Remember 2016? When beating Trump in the debates didn’t matter?

He went 0 for 3 against Clinton, but won anyway. So much for the importance of debates. Perhaps 2016 was an outlier.

4 years ago

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