In January 2021, someone will take the presidential oath of office, and religious conservatives will undoubtedly play a crucial role in whom it will be. Their influence will be the focus of an untold number of postmortems, of the type they’ve been accustomed to hearing since 2016, when the notorious “81 … Read More

In January 2021, someone will take the presidential oath of office, and religious conservatives will undoubtedly play a crucial role in whom it will be. Their influence will be the focus of an untold number of postmortems, of the type they’ve been accustomed to hearing since 2016, when the notorious “81 … Read More

Sen. Bernie Sanders is accompanied by his wife Jane O’Meara Sanders as he arrives to speak at his New Hampshire primary-night rally in Manchester, N.H., February 11, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Left-wing pundits have already started selling moderates on a vision of the radical Democratic presidential front-runner that doesn’t comport with reality. Just you watch: By

Sen. Bernie Sanders arrives to speak at his New Hampshire primary-night rally in Manchester, February 11, 2020. (Rick Wilking/Reuters) A new national poll out today from Morning Consult shows Vermont senator Bernie Sanders with a commanding lead on former vice president Joe Biden, ahead 29 percent to 19 percent among Democratic-primary voters. The survey was conducted

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the Our Rights Our Courts Presidential Forum event in Concord, N.H., February 8, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) released a slew of endorsements for state attorneys on Thursday, including one for Kim Foxx, the Cook County state’s attorney who was investigated for her decision to drop charges

The Elizabeth Warren campaign suffered a setback in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night, with the one-time Democratic front-runner capturing a paltry 9.2 percent of the party’s primary vote and failing to secure a single Granite State delegate. Warren’s campaign brass sent out an email to her supporters with the following salve: It hurts

Senator Bernie Sanders reacts to cheers at a campaign rally one day before the New Hampshire presidential primary election in Durham, N.H., February 10, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) The final average of New Hampshire polls showed Bernie Sanders leading in New Hampshire by 7.4 points, but his margin of victory over Pete Buttigieg is 1.3 points

Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price speaks ahead of the Iowa Caucus results announcement in Des Moines, Iowa, February 4, 2020. (Brenna Norman/Reuters) Iowa Democratic Party chairman Troy Price has resigned in the wake of systemic failures in the Iowa Caucus. Price will likely be replaced by State Representative Mark Smith, the current minority leader

Deval Patrick appears on stage in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 17, 2019. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) Former Massachusets governor Deval Patrick announced on Wednesday that he has ended his short-lived presidential campaign. “I believed and still believe we had a strong case to make for being able to deliver better outcomes…But the vote in New Hampshire last

Sen. Bernie Sanders, accompanied by his wife Jane O’Meara Sanders and other relatives, speaks at his New Hampshire primary-night rally in Manchester, February 11, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) The race is Bernie versus the field, and the field is still divided. Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary, and there are some good reasons to believe

Former Vice President Joe Biden visits a polling station on the day of New Hampshire primary in Manchester, N.H, February 11, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Senator Elizabeth Warren and former vice president Joe Biden won’t receive a single delegate in the New Hampshire primary, according to Tuesday evening projections. Biden, who was leading in national polls

A fan of Andrew Yang tipped $1,000 at a bar in downtown Manchester, N.H., Friday night: Went to a bar in Manchester tonight where the bartender, who is eight months pregnant, got a $1000 tip from a member of the #YangGang. The bill was $91. pic.twitter.com/cutTstll2f — John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) February 8, 2020 Yang’s proposal

Michael Bloomberg hosts a kick off for “United for Mike” in Miami, Fla., January 26, 2020. (Maria Alejandra Cardona/Reuters) Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg released a sweeping immigration proposal on Monday in which he pledged to launch an investigation into alleged Immigration and Customs Enforcement “abuses.” In his ten-page proposal, Bloomberg pledges to launch a

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, February 1, 2020. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters) The former vice president’s massive flaws outweigh what few strengths he has left. Four years ago, I believed that Joe Biden had missed his opportunity to be president. He would have matched up well against Trump in

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign town hall event in Exeter, N.H., January 18, 2020. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday requested a partial recanvass of the results from the Iowa caucuses after the final numbers showed Sanders in second place “While a recanvass is just the first step in the process and we

Democratic 2020 U.S. Elizabeth Warren speaks at a campaign town hall meeting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, January 26, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) A (reluctant) word in defense of Elizabeth Warren. A story in Politico details the departure of a “half-dozen women of color” from Elizabeth Warren’s campaign apparatus in Nevada. The article’s implication seems to be

Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Manchester, N.H., February 8, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Joe Biden released a new digital ad on Saturday contrasting his record as vice president with Pete Buttigieg’s record as mayor of South Bend, Ind.: Former Mayor Pete doesn’t think very highly of the Obama-Biden record. Let’s compare. pic.twitter.com/132TB7MHaq —

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders gives a response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in Manchester, N.H., February 4, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) On CNN this morning, Joe Walsh suggested that Bernie Sanders would be preferable to Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. “I would rather,” Walsh said,

(Eduardo Munoz for ICSS/Reuters) Longtime political strategist James Carville slammed the 2020 Democrats for tacking “off the damn radar screen” on issues, including “talking about open borders and decriminalizing illegal immigration,” and warned those still in the primary that such progressive advocacy “is not how you win a national election.” Carville appeared on MSNBC in

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Nashua, N.H., February 4, 2020. (Rick Wilking/Reuters) This is an excerpt from episode 189 of The Editors. Rich: Xan, you are out there in Iowa, and wrote a piece about Joe Biden, and I think whatever differences and interpretation we have, we can all say

Can spectacle ever just be spectacle, an end in itself? Not at this year’s Super Bowl. In case you missed the halftime extravaganza, Latina popstars Jennifer Lopez, aged 50, and Shakira, aged 43, sang alongside children in cages while enacting scenes from a high-end strip club. Some argued that the routine … Read More

Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to supporters at a caucus in Des Moines, Iowa, February 3, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) It exposes wholesale Democrat failures. Monday night’s Iowa caucuses were an epic fail for Democrats. Thanks to a star-crossed ballot-tabulation program written by alumni of the Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigns, final results are still unavailable as

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during a town hall meeting in Fort Dodge, Iowa, April 16, 2019. (Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters) On the latest episode of The View, Meghan McCain challenged Pete Buttigieg to elaborate on his support for abortion even late in pregnancy. McCain asked the Democratic presidential hopeful about an interview last fall

Former Vice President Joe Biden takes selfies with supporters at a “Get out the Vote” event in Sterling, Va., November 3, 2019. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) On paper, Joe Biden is surviving. He’s still leading the national polls, albeit by a smaller margin. His cash on hand isn’t great, but he’s not running on fumes. He

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire, February 4, 2020. (Rick Wilking/Reuters) Former vice president Joe Biden slammed his primary opponent Bernie Sanders on Wednesday, saying that the nominee “will have to carry the label” of democratic socialism if Sanders remains in contention. Biden, who walked back criticism

(Jim Young/Reuters) Texas Democratic Party officials are worried the results of the state primary will be delayed due to changes in the state’s mechanism for reporting results, the Texas Tribune reported on Wednesday. The Texas Secretary of State’s office told the Democratic officials on January 23 that the mechanism by which elections are reported in

Donald Trump speaks with homeowner Felicia Reese (L) and Ben Carson in front of Carson’s childhood home in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 3, 2016. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) CNN analyst Van Jones warned fellow Democrats on Tuesday that Trump’s criminal justice reform policies and prioritization of funding for historically black colleges could win over black voters. “Warning

President Donald Trump greets supporters during a campaign rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, January 30, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Joe Biden can all claim to speak for him—and can all also neglect him. Donald Trump made his opening reelection pitch during last Sunday’s Super Bowl with two ads.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at a Get Out the Caucus rally in Indianola, Iowa, February 2, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) There’s a strong argument to be made that suggesting Sanders is a sexist liar was never going to end well for her. Des Moines, Iowa — The closing themes of the Democratic candidates who apparently finished

Cory Booker arrives to speak to reporters after the fourth Democratic presidential debate at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, October 15, 2019. (Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters) Des Moines — At Drake University’s fieldhouse, Monday night’s caucus ended with an amusing twist: Senator Cory Booker, who dropped out of the race in January, won one of the precinct’s