2024 Election
Peter Hamby
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September 10, 2024
The Media Is Not the Message
Despite the historic nature of this unprecedented topsy-turvy election, a staggering percentage of persuadable voters are not tuning in—and they’re definitely no longer tuning in on linear TV, making it harder than ever for the campaigns to find them.
John Heilemann
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September 9, 2024
Fight Night in Philly & The Morning After
The Harris and Trump war rooms agree that Tuesday night’s debate is a bona fide B.F.D.—with a gargantuan audience and potentially game-changing consequences. But both sides are already looking past what happens in Philly to a handful of critical variables that will shape the campaign’s homestretch.
Tara Palmeri
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September 6, 2024
Elon, Trump & DeSantis’s People… What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
So Trump’s campaign has tacitly endorsed DeSantis’s former operatives’ ability to restock Elon Musk’s super PAC with their old buddies, all in the spirit of reelecting 45? Unsurprisingly, the blame game has begun.
John Heilemann
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September 5, 2024
No Sleep Till Pennsylvania
A sobering conversation with Dan Pfeiffer, the Obama advisor turned podcaster and polling guru, on whether Democrats are overrating Harris, how Trump could bridge the gender gap, and which states keep him up at night.
Peter Hamby
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September 3, 2024
Tuesdays With James and Mary
Unfiltered political spouses James Carville and Mary Matalin hop on the phone to explain what today’s generation of always-online politicos doesn’t understand about campaigns, and what Kamala Harris has to do to maintain her momentum going into November.
Tara Palmeri
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August 29, 2024
Jeff Roe Speaks!
Everybody’s favorite mercenary mega-consultant offers a candid assessment of the 2024 state of play, DeSantis regrets, becoming a Trump frenemy, Kamalamentum, and those “latte-drinking men.”
Peter Hamby
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August 26, 2024
Country First Kamala
In a new post-convention poll from Puck and Echelon Insights, Harris’s hard pivot from progressive to patriot appears to have neutralized Trump’s advantage on issues like toughness, strength, and keeping the country safe. Meanwhile, almost nobody knows what it means to be “brat.”
John Heilemann
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August 25, 2024
Kamalot Revisited
Following a convention that was exceptional by every measure—ratings, volunteer sign-ups, fundraising, crowd size—here’s what Democratic operatives and political professionals are saying privately.
Tara Palmeri
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August 22, 2024
Trump’s “Personal Envoy” Moves into Mar-a-Lago
Campaign staffers are on edge as Corey Lewandowski, bearing a menacing new title, begins popping up on calls, taking meetings with staffers, and searching for loyalists to rival Chris and Susie in the evolving Trump orbit.