2020 election
2020, the Year of the Drunken Uncle
How in the world did Chris Matthews get himself fired? To be sure, the man did stick his foot in…
Is Joe Biden really a sure thing?
How quickly the campaigns of Tom Steyer, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar — all billed as moderates — have assimilated…
Joe’s Super Thursday!
I met Joe Biden last month, after one of his town hall events in New Hampshire. His team had turned…
The Democratic primary is now a two-man race between Biden and Bernie
With the votes still being accumulated and the final counts in California and Texas still to be determined, it’s a…
Joe Biden could torch Trump
The luck of the Irish was finally with Joseph Biden. Dismissed as a loser by much of the political class,…
What is Michael Bloomberg thinking?
There are lies, damned lies, and data in politics. Everyone presumed a man as well-resourced as Michael Bloomberg had run…
In Massachusetts, Warren fails to pull rabbit from hat
Boston Elizabeth Warren has all the answers, a plan for every disaster and the hectoring manner of a professor whose…
The center holds: Biden thrives on Super Tuesday
Joe Biden doesn’t have the organization that Bernie Sanders has behind him. He doesn’t have the money that Michael Bloomberg…
The Democratic civil war has been a long time coming
Bernie Sanders has had an unlikely ally during the 2020 Democratic nomination race: Donald Trump. The president has repeatedly insisted…
Why I’m voting for Tulsi in Virginia
Four years ago I cast a vote for Bernie Sanders in the Virginia Democratic Primary. It was a triple protest:…
What could divide the Democrats more than conspiring to stop Bernie?
Perhaps the intense wave of establishment Democratic party consolidation around Joe Biden over the past 48 hours isn’t a concerted…
Why did Amy Klobuchar drop out?
Minnesota Nice Wasn’t Enough. Neither were Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s center-left positions and bland presentations. And so, today, she left the…
All aboard the Biden train
Nobody is banking on Mayor Mike any longer. First Mayor Pete, then Sen. Amy Klobuchar, suspended their campaigns, offering a…
What makes Bloomie run?
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. In that great movie Citizen Kane, Orson Welles makes it…
The media’s clueless coverage of the Biden candidacy
At the time of writing, Joe Biden is on course for an approximately 30 point victory in South Carolina. Not…
Biden’s Pyrrhic victory
Bernie Sanders just lost his first primary of 2020. He’ll lose a few more on Tuesday. But as of now,…
Joe Biden had to win in South Carolina
Joe Biden desperately needed a win in South Carolina. His poor performances in Iowa and New Hampshire, and sub-par showing…
Biden wins the South Carolina puppy bowl
The way our politics has shaped up (up? has it shaped up?), the South Carolina primary is a bit like the puppy…
Sanders, Trump and the populist juju
‘Bernie beats Trump! Bernie beats Trump!’ That’s what Bernie Sanders’s fans keep chanting, and they have the polls to prove…
Why the #NeverBernie efforts fell flat in South Carolina
Last night, as expected, Bernie Sanders’s status as the front-runner invited a pile-on of attacks from the other candidates for…
Bless their hearts: every Democrat is a loser in South Carolina
Former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg said at least one accurate thing in South Carolina on Tuesday night: ‘Russia doesn’t…
A bare knuckles fight between Bernie, Bloomberg and Trump
The Nevada caucuses confirm that Sen. Amy Klobuchar has clung to the ledge by her fingernails as long as she…
Global warning: 2020 Dems are floundering on foreign policy
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. What would a Michael Bloomberg foreign policy look like? A…
Bernie Sanders is The Corbynizer
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. Historians of the future, if there are any, will note…
What if Bernie actually wins the nomination?
Bernie Sanders has a long way to go yet before he locks up the Democratic nomination. He fell short of…
