It’s Thursday afternoon, the Iowa caucuses ended Monday night, and we still do not know who won. Here’s the precious little that we do know: Who won? Like I said, we don’t know. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading in the popular vote, banking …
Read More »Mayor Pete's Middle Path
Pete Buttigieg has returned to the scene of the crime, or at least the site of what some progressives see as his original sin. He is back at Stevens High School in Claremont, New Hampshire, on a desultory Saturday in January. The ancient gym walls were bathed in red, white, …
Read More »Democratic Candidates Amplify Calls for Impeachment Following Mueller's Statement
On Wednesday morning, Robert Mueller spoke publicly for the first time since he was appointed to lead the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and the relationship between the Trump campaign and the foreign adversary. Mueller took the opportunity to resign from the Justice Department, and also to …
Read More »The Eternal Sunshine of Mayor Pete
Bad weather did Pete Buttigieg a favor when he made his presidential candidacy official on Sunday. With an ugly forecast in South Bend (surprise!), the mayor’s original plans for an outdoor launch to match the slogan he’d be unveiling for the occasion — the sunny promise of a “new American …
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