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August 5, 2023
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Jason Linkins
The 2024 Election Cycle Has Entered Its Summer of Discontent
It seems like the primaries are over before they even began—and people are feeling unsatisfied.
June 27, 2023
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Alaric DeArment
The Con Artists Who Blame Ukraine Aid for America’s Social Problems
RFK Jr., Glenn Greenwald, and other Putin apologists are making disingenuous, pseudo-populist arguments against U.S. support for Ukraine.
June 26, 2023
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Michael Tomasky
Democrats, Wake the Hell Up!
President Biden has amassed a historic record in his first term. Why aren’t he and his party bragging about it?
June 26, 2023
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Walter Shapiro
Here’s a Conspiracy Theory: RFK Jr. Is a Tool of Pro-Trump Agitators
The wayward Kennedy, who is challenging Biden for the Democratic nomination, is proving to be a very useful idiot for MAGA demagogues like Steve Bannon and Roger Stone.
May 10, 2023
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Walter Shapiro
Democrats, Don’t Panic! Seriously, Don’t.
Problematic polls and New York Times op-eds are giving Biden supporters a heart attack. But the 2024 outlook isn’t nearly as gloomy as it seems right now.
May 4, 2023
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David Masciotra
Who Are These Supposed Lefties Who Love Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
The anti-vaxxer is challenging Biden for the Democratic nomination, and some far-left media personalities are as giddy about his candidacy as Tucker Carlson is.
April 6, 2023
Tori Otten
A Second Crackpot Democrat Joins the Race to Lose to Biden in 2024
Self-help author Marianne Williamson is no longer alone on the list of fringe candidates for the party’s nomination.
February 17, 2023
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Walter Shapiro
The 2024 Democratic Primary Calendar Would Be a Nightmare If Biden Doesn’t Run
And even if the incumbent is on the ticket unopposed, there’s a world of unnecessary headaches looming.
January 30, 2023
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Walter Shapiro
The 2024 Presidential Race Is Off to a Blissfully Quiet Start
The permanent campaign might have actually taken a break for once.
December 2, 2022
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Walter Shapiro
Joe Biden’s Primary Calendar Is the Anti-Bernie Plan
By front-loading the 2024 presidential contests in Southern states, the president’s proposal would cement the Democrats as the center-left party and make it harder for future insurgents.
November 30, 2022
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Daniel Strauss
Here’s Michiganders’ Pitch on Why They Should Be First in 2024
Democrats will decide this week how to shake up their presidential primary calendar. They should elevate a large, diverse battleground state. Hint: rhymes with “wish again.”
November 30, 2022
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Walter Shapiro
Keep New Hampshire on the Presidential Calendar
As the DNC meets this week to schedule 2024, it just needs to ditch Iowa instead of revamping everything.
May 2, 2022
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Michael Tomasky
Seriously, Democrats? You’re Replacing Iowa with … New Hampshire?
Dumping the Iowa caucuses presents an opportunity for a fresh rethink of the whole process. Which apparently is something the Democratic National Committee doesn’t have the guts to do.
April 6, 2022
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Daniel Strauss
Here’s Nevada’s Big Pitch to the DNC to Be #1 in the 2024 Primaries
A brochure obtained by TNR lists all the reasons why the Silver State should supplant Iowa and New Hampshire. This time, the calendar might actually change.
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