The contest, like others before it, will be much more about identity than issues.
Paul Waldman
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Super Powers
Has a freshman member of Congress ever gotten this much attention?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Shutdown — and All the Other Trump Chaos — Is Just What We Expected
As abysmal as the 2016 campaign was, you can’t say that it didn’t show us what this presidency would be like.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Wall Keeps Getting Smaller
Yet his base has no choice but to accept that he’s keeping his promise.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Worst Mistake of Their Lives
They thought Donald Trump could offer them redemption. Instead, they lost everything.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Trump Scandals Were Inevitable
If it wasn’t Russia and hush money payoffs to mistresses, it would have been something else.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Republicans Against Democracy
The GOP war on political norms didn’t start with Trump.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Don’t Mess with Nancy Pelosi
The target of endless criticism and thousands upon thousands of attack ads, Pelosi is showing what it means to be a good politician.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Donald Trump Will Never Change His Strategy
He thinks he won the midterms, so why do anything differently in 2020?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Midterms Showed that the Real America Is Democratic
Republicans represent white men, and Democrats represent everyone else.