Russell Berman
A Nation of Pundits
Electability is king in the 2020 Democratic primary as voters are choosing candidates they think their fellow citizens would support—not the ones they actually like best.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Democrats’ Missed Opportunity on Impeachment
Today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing served to reinforce the partisan divide over President Trump’s conduct rather than challenge it.
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Win McNamee / Getty Trump’s Biggest Impeachment Mistake
The House impeachment report accuses Donald Trump of obstructing Congress more than any president in history, capping a confrontation that began the moment Democrats recaptured the majority.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Will Hurd Picks a Side
If Democrats can’t persuade a moderate Republican like him to vote to impeach President Trump, they’re unlikely to win over any Republicans at all.
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Loren Elliott / Reuters The First Impeachment Witness to Go After Republicans
Democrats have accused the GOP of peddling Russian propaganda. This morning, that charge came from a former Trump adviser, Fiona Hill.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters A Warning to the Democratic Party About Black Voters
Cory Booker and Kamala Harris had the same grave message for their fellow candidates.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Gordon Sondland’s Damning—But Delayed—Testimony
Gaps in the ambassador’s recollection frustrated Democrats and offered Republicans an opportunity to undermine his revelations.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty The GOP’s Witnesses Aren’t Helping Trump
If Republicans thought Kurt Volker and Timothy Morrison would bust the Democrats’ case for impeachment, they were likely disappointed by what they heard today.
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Shawn Thew / Getty Trump’s Committee to Protect the President
Republicans doing the president’s bidding at the House impeachment hearing were focused less on the truth than on how it got out—like a modern-day version of Richard Nixon’s infamous leak patrol.
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Win McNamee / Getty Trump’s Impeachable Tweet
Nothing in Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony had directly added to the Democrats’ case for removal. Then the president stepped in.
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Andrew Harnik / AP William Taylor’s Big Impeachment Reveal
The ambassador to Ukraine detailed a previously unknown phone call involving President Trump, potentially adding to the Democrats’ case that he put his own interests above the nation’s.
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Kittibowornphatnon / Shutterstock / Katie Martin / The ... The 2020 Congressional-Retirement Tracker
For the second consecutive election, more Republicans than Democrats are forgoing reelection, a potentially ominous sign for the GOP in 2020.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Equal Rights Amendment Is an Artifact No More
Newly empowered Democrats are likely to make Virginia the final state needed to ratify the long-dormant ERA.
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Reuters The Blue Wave Hasn’t Crested
Virginia has been a bellwether in the Trump era, and Democrats hope their historic victory last night points to another national win in 2020.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Warren Won’t Soak the Middle Class After All
Her Medicare for All plan avoids raising its taxes. But that shouldn’t overshadow how costly and potentially disruptive her plan is.
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Tom Brenner / Reuters Trump’s First Impeachment Win
The House’s resolution should have been the easiest for Republicans to go along with. None of them did.
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Andrew Harnik / Reuters Chris Coons’s Warning to Democrats
The Delaware senator’s insistence on civility has long annoyed the left. In an interview, he says Democrats risk defeat by matching the president “spite for spite.”
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Nancy Pelosi’s Big Move
The speaker long opposed a formal vote on the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Her reasons for relenting are likely both political and legal.
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Chip Somodevilla / Reuters Trump Has Changed How His Rivals Are Remembered
The unnamed, uninvited president was a spectral presence at the funeral of Representative Elijah Cummings.
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Tom Brenner / Reuters The Whistle-Blowers Are Multiplying
William Taylor is the latest in a procession of Trump-administration officials to cry foul on the president.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Closed-Door Impeachment
The Democrats’ current strategy could undermine their bid to get public opinion firmly on their side.
