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Election 2012
July 1, 2024
Michael Tomasky
Barack Obama, Your Party and Country Need You to Lead Here
After Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance, Democrats need Obama more than ever.
September 3, 2022
Jason Linkins
The Stupid Myth That Mitt Romney’s Mistreatment Gave Us Trump
Some conservatives argue that the way Democrats pilloried the Utah senator in 2012 pushed the Republican Party toward Trumpism. They should take a long look in the mirror.
May 6, 2022
Timothy Noah
Biden Is Smart to Attack Rick Scott’s Tax Hike on the Poor. But He Needs to Hit It Harder.
A $1,000 tax increase on someone making $30,000 isn’t just bad. It’s repugnant. Please, Democrats, say it.
July 31, 2020
Alex Shephard
Conservative Media Is Really Struggling With the Possibility That Trump Killed Herman Cain
The idea that Cain’s death shouldn't be politicized is absurd—and impossible.
January 6, 2020
Tina Vasquez
Republicans Want to Make White Grievance Genteel Again
In the face of Trump's crude racism, some conservatives are practically begging for a return to the good old days of dog whistles.
May 21, 2019
Alex Shephard
Is Trump DOA in the Rust Belt?
A Republican "autopsy" of 2018 losses in Wisconsin shows a party struggling to reconcile racist policies with midwestern politics.
May 7, 2019
Alex Shephard
Democrats Need an Anti-Austerity Message
If the party wants to win beyond 2020, it has to defeat deficit hypocrisy now.
February 1, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
There is one small way that Trump vs. Cruz is like Romney vs. Obama in 2012: it’ll test the power of nerds.
November 4, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Obama Did Not Almost 'Throw His Reelection Away'—and the Authors of 'Double Down' Know It
May 29, 2013
Jonathan Alter
Obama's Choke Revisited
What his first debate tells us about his troubled second term
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