Former Vice President Joe Biden appears at a caucus-night rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. February 3, 2020. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters) Joe Biden’s campaign sent a letter to the Iowa Democratic Party late Monday night demanding “full explanations” as to why no caucus results had been reported more than four hours after doors opened.

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang walks through a crowd of media after the sixth 2020 Democratic presidential candidates campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Kyle Grillot/Reuters) It’s not even close. Des Moines, Iowa — Even as he warns that the Robot Apocalypse is rapidly descending upon us, Andrew Yang wants

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar holds a campaign event in Mason City, Iowa, February 2, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Des Moines — Over the weekend, Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar drew a solid crowd of under 1,000 at a school gymnasium in Des Moines, but the event was something of a logistical nightmare. Her staffers

Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana mayor attends a campaign event in Decorah, Iowa, U.S., January 30, 2020. (Eric Thayer/Reuters) Marshalltown, Iowa — Former Mayor Pete (formerly known as “Mayor Pete” until he retired, at the age of 37, from his post in South Bend on January 1) has been barnstorming

During his 1972 gubernatorial run, Senator Bernie Sanders told high-school students that the U.S. had committed acts in its war with Vietnam that were “almost as bad as what Hitler did.” An article in the Rutland, Vermont, newspaper, The Rutland Herald, reported on the comments, made while Sanders was … Read More

Michael Bloomberg addresses a news conference after launching his presidential bid in Norfolk, Va., November 25, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Conservatives will mostly detest Bloomberg, of course. But isn’t he exactly the kind of guy progressives and independents always say they want? Elizabeth Warren (D., Rolling Stone) wants to own the nerd lane. “I have a

Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams speaks on stage at the Women In The World Summit in New York, U.S., April 11, 2019. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Stacey Abrams plans on being elected U.S. president in the next two decades, the former Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Georgia said in a recent interview. “Yes, I do,” Abrams,

Michael Moore speaks at a rally for Bernie Sanders in Sioux City, Iowa, January 26, 2020. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters) Clive, Iowa — Even though he was not physically present due to impeachment trial votes in the Senate, Bernie Sanders drew a crowd in Iowa on Friday night many times the size of any other Democratic campaign

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Bernie Sanders at the Democratic primary debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, January 14, 2020. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday walked back remarks he made questioning fellow 2020 candidate Bernie Sanders’s loyalty to the Democratic Party. “I’m a Democrat,”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks with supporters at a block party in Des Moines, Iowa, January 18, 2020. (Gage Skidmore) A response to former FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair Sheila Bair, who served as the chairwoman of the FDIC in the years just before, during, and after the financial crisis, is a smart and capable woman. She

A billboard for Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Rep. John Delaney in Des Moines, Iowa, January 18, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) As Democrats contemplate a race that has effectively come down to Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and maybe Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, and Mike Bloomberg, they’re asking themselves how a primary process that began with

Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses attendees during the AFL-CIO Workers Presidential Summit in Philadelphia, Penn., September 17, 2019. (Mark Makela/Reuters) During his 1972 gubernatorial run, Senator Bernie Sanders told high-school students that the U.S. had committed acts in its war with Vietnam that were “almost as bad as what Hitler did.” An article in

Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg have had Iowa all to themselves this week, while Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, and Elizabeth Warren are trapped at the impeachment trial in Washington.  But Biden and Buttigieg didn’t draw impressive crowds on Thursday: Biden began his day on the campaign trail speaking to a small crowd outside of Des

Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks to reporters after learning that she received the endorsement of the Des Moines Register in Muscatine, Iowa, U.S., January 25, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) The answers are invariably formulaic and dissembling If I could give one piece of completely nonpartisan, non-ideological advice to political reporters that would actually be in their interests

Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to the media as the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump continues in Washington, January 27, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) On the menu today: how Elizabeth Warren’s claim of Native heritage drove her to an awkward flip-flop on a little-noticed policy issue; a new series of surveys suggests Medicare for All is

CNN television news anchor Don Lemon (Mike Segar/Reuters) His performance in that segment is going to be a way bigger help to the incumbent president than anything that Trump could ever do for himself. A  video of CNN news anchor Don Lemon laughing hysterically as his guests mocked Donald Trump’s supporters went viral this week —

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., January 15, 2019. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) Late Tuesday, Senator Dianne Feinstein made a comment to reporters that certainly sounded like she was, at minimum, considering acquitting Trump in the impeachment trial: “Nine months left to go, the people should judge. We are a republic,

Sen. Amy Klobuchar during the Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Top campaign aides for former vice president Joe Biden reportedly suggested allying with Senator Amy Klobuchar for the Iowa caucuses next week and pitched the idea to the rival presidential campaign. The alliance would involve

Sen. Bernie Sanders at the Democratic primary debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, January 14, 2020. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) After underestimating Bernie Sanders’s chances of winning the Democratic nomination for much of the cycle, one wonders how long until the pendulum swings back to overestimating Sanders’s chances of winning the nomination. It’s become common

Michael Bloomberg hosts a kick off for “United for Mike” in Miami, Fla., January 26, 2020. (Maria Alejandra Cardona/Reuters) His achievements are clear, but his appeal to primary voters is fuzzy at best. Michael Bloomberg is gaining some ground in the Democratic presidential field, but in so doing he is complicating his life as the

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks in Columbia, S.C., January 20, 2020. (Sam Wolfe/Reuters) On the menu today: Establishment Democrats suddenly realize Bernie Sanders might win the nomination; a lot of ominous signs for Sanders in a general-election matchup; some other observations from the winter meeting of the “Stand Together” groups allied with Charles

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential campaign debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, January 14, 2020. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) If and when the race narrows to the strongest candidate in each ‘lane,’ Democrats will be forced to focus on the only questions that really matter to them.

David Richter (David Richter for Congress Campaign) Republican businessman David Richter will switch from running against Democrat-turned-Republican Jeff Van Drew in New Jersey’s 2nd district to take on Representative Andy Kim in New Jersey’s 3rd, with an official announcement expected Monday. Richter has been telling New Jersey Republicans of the plan Monday morning, with former

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during a town hall meeting in Fort Dodge, Iowa, U.S., April 16, 2019. (Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters) South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg was confronted by a pro-life Democratic voter over the party’s position on abortion during a Fox News town hall event on Sunday. “I am a proud pro-life Democrat,”

I’m worried about the new coronavirus that has broken out in China and spread, albeit as of now in isolated cases, to other countries. Fortunately, the CDC has assessed that the risk of a major outbreak in the United States is low. I hope the risk is indeed low, because the stakes are very high,

Two weeks ago, the United States seemed on the brink of starting another war in the Middle East after a drone strike killed Iran’s most notorious spymaster, Qasem Soleimani, as he departed an international airport in Baghdad. The shadowy general, in charge of the Iranian equivalent of the CIA, was one of the … Read

Billionaire investor George Soros attends the Schumpeter Award in Vienna, Austria June 21, 2019 (Lisi Niesner/Reuters) Billionaire Democratic donor George Soros warned a crowd Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Facebook is conducting an “informal mutual assistance operation” to help get Donald Trump elected in 2020. “I think there is a

South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg holds a town hall event in Creston, Iowa, November 25, 2019. (Scott Morgan/Reuters) This observation from McClatchy political correspondent David Catanese is downright surreal: 10 DAYS til I o w a — and not 1 major candidate is there! – @JoeBiden in Claremont + Manchester, NH then to Boston for

Two weeks ago, the United States seemed on the brink of starting another war in the Middle East after a drone strike killed Iran’s most notorious spymaster, Qasem Soleimani, as he departed an international airport in Baghdad. The shadowy general, in charge of the Iranian equivalent of the CIA, was one of the … Read

Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to the media as the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump continues in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) What he’s implicitly saying is that his choice to be financially responsible has cost him things that money cannot replace.  During Elizabeth Warren’s campaign stop in Iowa on Monday, a