My friend Ron Brownstein, who may be the sharpest political analyst plying the journalist’s trade, wrote some years back (in 2012, in fact) that the Republicans had become “the coalition of restoration” while the Democrats had become “the coalition of transformation.” In the Age of Trump, that assessment is even more on point. The Trumpified […]
Joe Biden
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Biden’s Bipartisan Illusions
The former veep seems stuck in the 1970s, when Democrats could reach across the aisle, and be stalwart friends of both Wall Street and labor.
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Joe Biden Is a Link to the Past — and Not In a Good Way
In ideology, political strategy, and demeanor, Biden represents the Democratic Party of the past.
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Debate Prep with Joe
Jennifer Granholm talks with the Prospect about helping Biden prep for his 2008 verbal sparring match with Sarah Palin.

