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No, Joe Biden and the Dems are not collapsing | Bruce Ledewitz
There are no easy answers to these problems. Nor is any president who honestly tries to address them going run up great polling numbers
How Biden stacks up to past presidents who withdrew from conflicts | John A. Tures
When Americans soured on Afghanistan And what the polls say about the U.S. withdrawal.
What to do about the coming crisis in the Rule of Law | Bruce Ledewitz
The view that judges are partisan and will rule for their side if they can is the opposite of the promise of the rule of law.
Biden as the Anti-Obama: I didn’t see that one coming | Fletcher McClellan
One of the major goals of the Trump presidency, if not the number one aim, was erasure of the legacy of President Barack Obama. Whether the topic was the Paris Climate Accord, the Iran Nuclear Deal, the Affordable Care Act, civil rights for LGBTQ citizens, or immigration reform, the standing policy rule in the Trump […]
7 things that President-elect Biden can achieve on health care | Opinion
President-elect Joe Biden has plenty of work ahead of him; reining in the out-of-control pandemic tops the list, and beyond that, there are significant challenges on health care in general.
‘This is not a reality show, this is reality’: With two weeks to go, Obama stumps for Biden in must-win Pa.
“Philadelphia, we got 13 days,” Obama said. “That's our lucky number right here. 13 days until the most important election of our lifetimes.”
Exclusive: In new video, Barack Obama has a message for Pa.: Have a plan to vote
With just three weeks to go before Election Day, national Democrats are calling in the big guns to make sure that voters in a must-win battleground state have a plan to cast their ballots.
For Biden, Trump, must-win NEPA is a high-stakes numbers game. This is the math behind it | Analysis
The numbers are striking. It’s impossible to inspect them and deny that President Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016 because of his performance in the seven northeastern counties
How Oklahoma delivered a decisive win … for Barack Obama | Dick Polman
If Trump thinks his latest attempt to kill Obamacare is a winner that will reverse his plummet, then he clearly doesn’t know how to read tea leaves.
Dropping the Flynn prosecution was the right call. Here’s why | Bruce Ledewitz
The political fallout from dismissing the case cannot justify a prison sentence for an innocent man. The Democrats should just go along.
Latest ‘scandal’ a reminder of the Obama we know and the one in Trump’s head | John L. Micek
We’ve known for a long time that President Barack Obama lives rent-free inside Donald Trump’s brain. With a new scandal, they're building an addition.
The landmark Voting Rights Act turns 55: For Black voters, a time to reflect
With a pivotal presidential election approaching, activists and scholars say African-Americans should continue the work of protecting Black voters’ rights.