Joe Biden speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 16, 2019. (Andreas Gebert) If most Americans are tired and embarrassed with the direction of the country more than they’re angry, the former vice president could benefit. Three days before Joe Biden dove back into the deep end of the political pool, a

Joe Biden delivers remarks at the First State Democratic Dinner in Dover, Del., March 16, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Making the click-through worthwhile: Asking whether Joe Biden begins his 2020 campaign in a position comparable to Jeb Bush or a different unsuccessful presidential candidate, the long-dispelled arguments about the NRA convention that rise like zombies each

Attendees stand for the national anthem at the start of the 148th National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting in Indianapolis, In., April 26, 2019. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Indianapolis, Ind. –The vendors for red MAGA hats were doing brisk business outside of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis this morning, as a healthy portion of the estimated 80,000

Beto O’Rourke speaks with supporters in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, March 15, 2019. (Ben Brewer/Reuters) During a campaign event yesterday at the University of Nevada, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke cast his support for unlimited abortion rights in terms of protecting “women’s health,” claiming that Planned Parenthood — the nation’s largest abortion provider — saves lives.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz speaks during his election night party in Houston, Texas, November 6, 2018. (Jonathan Bachman/Reuters) Indianapolis, Ind. — Texas senator Ted Cruz, having won a hard-fought reelection bid last year and out of the presidential campaigning world until at least 2024, relished the opportunity to poke some fun at the 2020 Democratic

Former vice president Joe Biden delivers remarks at the First State Democratic Dinner in Dover, Del., March 16, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign brought in $6.3 million in the first 24 hours after its Thursday launch, trouncing the Day One numbers of all his rivals in the crowded race for the

Former Vice President Joe Biden campaigns for Democratic congressional candidate Mikie Sherrill at Montclaire State University in Montclair, N.J., September 5, 2018. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) In an effort to preempt the criticism he was sure to face after announcing his presidential bid, Joe Biden reached out to Anita Hill earlier this month to express his “regret”

Former Vice President Joe Biden announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination (Biden Campaign Handout via Reuters) The Biden premise is to go back. But progressives want progress Joe Biden has been ahead in the early polling for a long time. But, I wonder: Why? The argument for Joe Biden’s nomination seems to be

Former Vice President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 30, 2016 (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) As he threw his hat into the ring for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, former vice president Joe Biden was asked whether President Barack Obama, his former running mate, would endorse his candidacy.

Sen. Kamala Harris listens to Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., September 27, 2018. (Tom Williams/Reuters) Senator Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) said Tuesday that murderers and terrorists “should be deprived of their rights” just one day after saying she was willing to “have a conversation” about whether felons

Senator Cory Booker (D., N.J.) speaks after announcing he will run for president in Newark, N.J., February 1, 2019. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Senator Cory Booker promised Wednesday to pick a woman as his running mate should he win the Democratic presidential nomination. Booker was asked at the She the People 2020 presidential forum in Houston if

President Donald Trump declares a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border in Washington, D.C., February 15, 2019. (Carlos Barria/REUTERS) Making the click-through worthwhile: A deep dive into how President Trump’s outlook for 2020 is brightening, and how Democrats are giving him an exceptionally easy target; the Florida supreme court backs firing America’s least-favorite sheriff; and

Senator Kamala Harris (D, Calif.) at the North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) 2019 legislative conference in Washington, D.C., April 10, 2019. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) It’s time for a conversation about the senator’s equivocations. If you want to know which way the wind is blowing in the Democratic primary, just watch Kamala Harris. Asked about impeaching

Senator Bernie Sanders, I, Vt., in Washington, D.C., April 1, 2019 (Carlos Barria/ Reuters) Democrats are rolling out the defenses for Bernie Sanders’ statement last night that he supports restoring the voting rights of everyone, even convicted rapists and individuals like the Boston Marathon bomber. First, the question came from a Harvard University junior who

The current progressive effort to demonize attorney general William Barr is creepy, but then again not so strange. He came into the office with singular experience and an excellent reputation from past service. As attorney general, he has followed the law to the letter in handling the release, redactions, and … Read More

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks at a rally to launch her campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in Lawrence, Mass., February 9, 2019. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) rolled out a policy proposal Monday that calls for the use of public funds to pay off hundreds of billions of dollars in outstanding

Senator Bernie Sanders (I, Vt.) speaks at a news conference to introduce the “Medicare for All Act of 2019” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 10, 2019. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Over at Fox News Channel’s MediaBuzz, Howard Kurtz notices that Bernie Sanders got big ratings from his town hall on FNC, and now other

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally in New York, March 2, 2019. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) This time, the Democrats might not win Hollywood is filled with remakes and reboots. Washington is about to get one of its own. The re-launched property: the 2016 campaign. You know the plot. An outsider with grassroots support leads

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to reporters following a televised town hall event on the “Green New Deal” in New York City, March 29, 2019. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters) The fact is that the most compelling stars of the party are self-declared socialists. There was Bernie Sanders at a Fox News Channel town hall, not giving an inch

Former Vice President Joe Biden talks to the media in Washington, D.C., April 5, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The collusion smear lies in ruins amid a throng of lackluster candidates The crisis of the Democrats is becoming more evident each week. Those of us who have been loudly predicting for years that the Russian-collusion argument would

(Roman Genn) But retail politics, so far, is not her thing Des Moines Kamala Harris is at the Mars Cafe, an environmentally conscious coffee shop on the edge of Drake University’s campus, to grab a coffee and meet some students for a photo op. When she places her order, Harris knows she wants an iced

South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg waves after delivering remarks at the United States Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, D.C., January 24, 2019. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) The rise of Pete Buttigieg has been fairly astonishing to behold. It’s an entirely media-driven phenomenon, but then again the media can chauffeur a guy straight into the

NARAL Pro-Choice America president Ilyse Hogue speaks at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pa., July 27, 2016. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Earlier this week, Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL — one of the most powerful abortion-rights lobbying groups in the country — suggested on Twitter that asking presidential candidates to explain their stance on abortion

I can’t be the only person who sighed upon learning this morning that Representative Seth Moulton (D., Mass.) was spotted recording a presidential announcement video. Another day, and another Democrat is preparing to run for president. What makes Moulton, a Marine elected to Congress in 2014, believe he can defeat Biden, Bernie, Beto, and Buttigieg?

Sen. Bernie Sanders at the “We the People Summit” in Washington, D.C., April 1, 2019. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Clever Democrats worry that the gentleman from Vermont won’t be able to defeat Trump in 2020. ‘Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?” T. S. Eliot asked. “Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign events in Chicago, Ill., March 3, 2019. (Joshua Lott/Reuters) No, really, you read that right. Again, Bernie Sanders is distinguishing himself from his Democratic colleagues on matters of character, confidence, and imagination. The Democratic party has rejected offers from Fox News to host its primary debates. But on

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Bill Weld speaks at a rally during his 2016 Libertarian party campaign, September 10, 2016. (File photo: Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters) Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld announced Monday that he will mount a Republican primary challenge against incumbent Donald Trump. Weld, who served as governor of the Bay State from 1991 to 1997, announced earlier this year

Rep. Ilhan Omar, (D., Minn.) walks in Washington, D.C., January 16, 2019. (Yuri Gripas/REUTERS) Making the click-through worthwhile: Rising star Pete Buttigieg formally announces his 2020 presidential campaign, Democrats spend the weekend insisting that criticism is the same thing as inciting violence, and another conservative speaker is assaulted on a college campus. The Mayor Is