Saahil Desai
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: What If No One Gets Enough Votes?
The prospect that Democrats don’t coalesce around one candidate is a nightmarish scenario for many in the party. Plus: The inside story of a climate policy SNAFU.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Plight of the Undecided Voter
New Hampshire votes. For some (still!) undecided voters, “it’s like when you’re in college, and your paper’s due tomorrow.” Plus: The Sanders doctrine.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: There Is No Unity Candidate
Or: What Bernie Sanders has in common with Michael Bloomberg. Plus: What if transparency is the problem?
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Where Working-Class Voters Stand
Joe Biden’s electability argument fell apart in Iowa. Plus: what the moment of reunion feels like for a military spouse.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: There’s an App for That
Though not a working one for tallying Iowa caucus results: As of tonight, the winner of Monday’s voting remains unclear. Plus: how to save a republic.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: How the Iowa Caucus Goes Haywire
What to expect in Iowa tonight: “They’re very nervous.” Plus: Nate Silver and polling in the time of 2016-election PTSD.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Impeachment Trial Nears Its End
The Senate votes against new witness testimony, paving the way for the end of the impeachment trial.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Democrats Are Still Searching for a Savior
Adam Schiff was never going to be the hero Democrats wanted.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Texas Isn’t Purple Just Yet
A special election jolts Democrats back to reality about their immediate prospects in the state.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: From the Trail to the Trial
Impeachment is likely dispiriting for the crop of lawmakers who, after dropping out of the 2020 race, find themselves sitting silently as one among 100.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: What John Bolton Says He Knows
For all the drama-free predictability of impeachment, one wildcard still hangs over the proceedings. Plus: C-SPAN is so hot right now—and that’s not a good thing.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Will Iowa Always Get to Go First?
Why the two early states could be on the cusp of losing their privileged positions. Plus: About that Joe Rogan endorsement.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Trump’s Favorite Impeachment Defenses
All the president’s talking points. Plus: Is a Senate impeachment trial that’s called no witnesses unconstitutional?
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Trial Mitch McConnell Doesn’t Want
A “Potemkin trial,” a “rushed trial,” a “fair trial.” Plus: How the political “hobbyism” of the college-educated is ruining American politics.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Actually, Women Win Quite a Lot
Which candidates are hurt most by the obsession with “electability?” Elizabeth Warren flips the script on that question. Plus: The Space Force awakens.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Not All Rhodes Lead to Washington
Cory Booker drops out; Eric Garcetti endorses Biden. Plus: The coming impeachment trial may turn out to be routine and predictable, but one figure might introduce some surprise.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: The World’s Nuclear Guardrails Are Vanishing
The thin hope of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons may be gone. Plus: “I know the man well enough to know that’s something he dreamed up all by himself.”
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Will Trump Take the High Road?
The two countries look to be in the same place they were before the killing of Qassem Soleimani: “Caught in a precarious standoff.” Plus: Inside a Warren rally.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: What’s Unpredictable About the Impeachment Trial
67: That’s how many senators would have to buck Trump in the impending impeachment trial for the president to be booted from the White House.
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The Atlantic Politics Daily: It’s Beginning to Look Like 2003
Our staff writer David Graham argues that the Iran crisis reeks of the run-up to the Iraq War. Plus: The fans of Joe Biden’s make-America-nice-again vision.