Democratic primaries 2020
Tulsi Gabbard: a Gandhi in Lycra
Andrew Yang claimed to be surprised that the media dubbed Tulsi Gabbard the first Asian American to run for the…
The age of invective
A healthy democracy requires free speech and free assembly, tolerance for different views, and peaceful transfers of power among contending parties. It requires…
Tulsi Gabbard was a dove on the warpath
It was never especially plausible that Tulsi Gabbard would follow through on her threat to boycott last night’s presidential debate.…
2020 Democrats shapeshift into moderates in Ohio
Tuesday night’s presidential debates reminded Americans of the opposition party’s greatest superpower, shapeshifting, as the candidates we’ve come to know…
Andrew Yang is 2020’s ad blocker candidate
Every so often, a political candidate rises to the fore fueled by the grievances of people who are seriously annoyed.…
Joe Biden: victim of the cult of youth
Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack, but Joe Biden’s campaign may be the casualty. The 78-year-old Sanders’s physical condition renewed…
Hillary Clinton 2020?
She’s back. Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump, lashes into him in a CBS News interview…
Joe Biden versus the internet
The paradox of Joe Biden is well known. How does the experienced, effective, formidable politician turn into such a fiasco-stalked…
Joe Biden’s fractious relationship with the truth
This article is in The Spectator’s inaugural US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. ‘He ran twice for president and lost when he…
The eve of the Bernie-Warren online battle
The great ‘Bernie vs. Warren’ online wars have yet to fully commence, and the current state of affairs resembles something…
Farewell to Bill de Blasio, 2020’s least consequential candidate
Friday news drops are often saved for surprising or important stories. What NYC mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Morning…
Tulsi Gabbard, conservative crush
Conservative sadbois like two things: hot moms and Middle Eastern despots. Enter Tulsi Gabbard, the comely representative for Hawaii’s second…
Marianne Williamson is Trump’s perfect female counterpart
If the Democratic presidential debates reflected the sort of person who votes for the party, Marianne Williamson and Tulsi Gabbard…
In Houston, Biden got his teeth into Sanders
To the extent Joe Biden is capable of actually formulating coherent sentences – a questionable proposition – he delivered an…
What if Elizabeth Warren blows it in Houston?
Get your skates on! The Democrats on Ice roadshow rolls into Houston this evening, and the media are poised for…
We shouldn’t be surprised the mainstream left is ‘NeverTulsi’
MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes tweeted in July what, at surface level, seems an obvious point: ‘If I were the DNC,…
The DNC would rather lose than nominate Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard is arguably the most interesting woman in American politics today. A combat veteran from the Iraq war, the…
Elizabeth Warren is the darling of the Democratic consultant class
If you blinked, you probably missed it: a rather interesting 2020 presidential poll came out this week. Not one of…
Joe Biden won’t win
Joe Biden has led Democratic polls since day one, holding the kind of consistent lead within his party that Donald…
Joe Biden isn’t ‘gaffe-prone’, he’s losing his mind
‘Gaffe?’ Who invented this nonsensical term? Its only common usage seems to be among political journalists and pundits, as a…
Is it time for some 2020 Democrats to put party over country?
Would the Democrats be better off losing the presidency in 2020 and winning the Senate? If you think that the…
Joe Biden’s Grandpa Smurf routine won’t beat Trump
Joe Biden possesses the elixir of ordinariness, despite the appearance of having picked his hair and teeth out of a…
Biden’s ‘white supremacist’ answer shows why he’s leading
‘Why are you so hooked on that?’ Joe Biden asked a reporter in Iowa Thursday. She’d asked him to label…
Presidency Inc.
Eric Swalwell, we hardly knew ye. And we might add that what we did know did not leave us pining…
Bernie monsters the moderates
Did someone give Bernie Sanders a hit of speed or was he just especially animated? Last night’s debate performance was…
