The ‘Anti-Defeat’ Candidate
Like many politicians, Representative Dean Phillips likes to look people in the eye. And because he’s a politician, Phillips can glean things, just as President George W. Bush…
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Dean Phillips Has a Warning for Democrats
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So Much for Biden the Bridge President
In retrospect, Joe Biden probably wishes he’d never uttered these words in public. Maybe it was just youthful exuberance: He was, after all, only 77 at the time.…
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Why Not Whitmer?
Why doesn’t Gretchen Whitmer just run for president? Or at least humor the suggestion? Whitmer, the governor of Michigan, sat cross-legged on the couch of a darkened TV…
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A Republican Congresswoman’s Lasting Regret
Among the things Jaime Herrera Beutler remembers about January 6, 2021, is that her husband managed to turn off the television just in time. He was at home…
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