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‘We Don’t Need More Lawyers in Congress’: The Future of the Democratic Party Is Emerging
Opinion|‘We Don’t Need More Lawyers in Congress’: The Future of the Democratic Party Is Emerging https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/democrats-midterms-iran-future.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.
Opinion | ‘Morally Offensive and Fiscally Reckless’: 3 Writers on Trump’s Big Gamble Original
Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Nate Silver, the author of “On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything” and the newsletter Silver Bulletin, and Lis Smith, a Democratic communications strategist and author of the memoir “Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story,” to discuss the aftermath of the passage of President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill.
'Democrats Have Gone Beyond Soul Searching to Soul Spelunking': 4 Writers Read the Party's Fortune
Ryan: We should be all over the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. food reform initiative. We don't have to agree with him on everything and we can fight him on other things. It is criminal what we have allowed to happen. We are basically poisoning our own people, driving up health care costs, lowering productivity while it's all being subsidized by the taxpayer for American farmers to grow crops that go into fake food.
Opinion | Biden’s Biggest Advantage Has Nothing to Do With Anything He’s Done
In 2024, the fate of the Democratic Party will rest in the hands of an 81-year-old incumbent president whom a majority of the country disapproves of and even many Democratic voters think should step aside rather than run for re-election. In the past, the conventional wisdom would be that President Biden faces an uphill battle to win a second term.
Opinion | Who Will Win in These Eight Races?
“I’m leaning toward Dr. Oz winning the Pennsylvania Senate race.” My theory of why Dr. Mehmet Oz will win the Senate race in Pennsylvania isn’t an obvious one — John Fetterman’s debate performance tugging his poll numbers downward, undecided voters breaking for Republicans generally.
Opinion | Democrats, Don’t Despair. There Are Bright Spots for Our Party.
The Democratic Party and Senator Mitch McConnell rarely see eye to eye on anything. But if Democrats hold the line in the elections on Tuesday and keep control of the Senate — and we still have a shot — it will come down to candidate quality. That’s the phrase that Mr. McConnell used this past summer alluding to his Republican Senate nominees. Going into Tuesday’s vote, Democrats face fierce headwinds like inflation and the typical pattern of losses in midterm elections for the party in power.
Two new political memoirs reveal how the sausage of democracy is made
‘Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell’ By Tim Miller c.2022, Harper $26.99/259 pages ‘Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story’ By Lis Smith c.2022, Harper $22.39/304 pages The lilies of the field, the Bible tells us, “neither toil nor spin.” If only, they had met Tim Miller and Lis Smith! Miller and Smith, two top-tier spinmeisters have written memoirs. Fasten your seatbelts. These aren’t the usual tepid politico’s tales. As you read, you’ll laugh out loud one minute.
‘This Is Disgusting’: An Insider’s Account on the Fall of Cuomo
Kissing montages, Chris Cuomo’s interventions and the futile effort to save “Bad Andrew” from himself. "He’d led us down a path of defending him against claims of sexual harassment without giving us the full truth. We felt betrayed and misled," Lis Smith says in her upcoming book, Any Given Tuesday. | Victor J. Blue/The New York Times/Redux Pictures Lis Smith is the author of the forthcoming book, Any Given Tuesday. “Governor. Stop. It’s over,” the voice broke through on the conference call line.
The Republicans Could Win the U.S. Midterms. Here’s What that Means for the World.
Op-Ed It’s all about isolations vs. internationalists. Politics and Public OpinionElectionsForeign and Defense PolicyPolls Last month’s vote in the U.S. Congress to appropriate $40 billion in additional military and budgetary assistance for Ukraine laid bare fissures in the Republican congressional caucus: 11 of 50 Senate Republicans voted against the bill, as did 57 of 208 House Republicans. Was the Ukraine vote a harbinger of Republican national security squabbles to come?
Opinion | ‘The G.O.P. Has Gone Even Farther to the Right Than I Expected’: Three Writers Talk About the Midterms
Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted an online conversation with Lis Smith, a Democratic communications strategist, and Matthew Continetti of the American Enterprise Institute about a month of primaries, how they have shaped the midterms and what Democrats and Republicans can hope for and expect. FRANK BRUNI: On Tuesday, at least 19 children and two teachers were killed in the latest mass school shooting in a country that has witnessed too many of them.
How Joe Biden Can Defeat Trump From His Basement
How Joe Biden Can Defeat Trump From His Basement If he can win the battle for our screens, he can benefit from the death of the traditional presidential campaign.
Opinion | How Joe Biden Can Defeat Trump From His Basement
If Joe Biden plays his cards right, the death of the traditional presidential campaign will turn out to be a blessing in disguise. The 77-year-old Mr. Biden, whom the president derisively calls “Sleepy Joe,” can become the hottest bad boy and disrupter in the media game. It seems likely that social distancing will force the presidential campaign to be played out entirely on our screens.
“Go Everywhere”: How Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Media Strategy Is Revolutionizing Coronavirus Messaging
The strategic playbook for political communications is being remastered in the most unlikely of places: Donald Trump’s White House. No, not by the president during his highly rated, often bizarre media briefings. It’s Vice President Pence’s entrepreneurial press team and their shepherding of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s media blitz that is creating the gold standard. Impressively, they’re succeeding under the immense pressures of an unprecedented pandemic.
The Heron's Nest: About that Mayor Pete editorial; another voice calling for civility; the exit of Elizabeth Warren
The Daily Times is a local newspaper. For the most part, we focus the bulk of our efforts on things that are happening here in Delaware County in our little corner of Pennsylvania. That does not mean we ignore the rest of the world. That is especially true on our op-ed page. Earlier this week I penned an editorial following Pete Buttigieg's decision to suspect his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president. I lamented his exit - but not for the reason you might guess.
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