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Democrats

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The Kamala Calculus

As Biden resists calls to drop out, “coconut-pilled” Democrats are warming to Harris as his possible replacement. Would she save the party from ruin—or be a bigger risk than Biden? One thing’s for sure: Harris makes way more sense atop the ticket than faddish fantasy candidates like Gretchen Whitmer or Josh Shapiro.
Peter Hamby • July 9, 2024
John Heilemann • July 8, 2024
Biden vs. The World
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He may have already lost the backing of Democrats on Capitol Hill and in the donor class. But in the face of Joe Biden’s go-for-broke, damn-the-torpedoes embrace of sheer defiance—along with denial, delusion, and desperation—as a strategy for survival, will being abandoned by his own party be enough to make him quit the race?
Abby Livingston • July 3, 2024
Biden’s Hill Blues
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Support for Biden is plunging on Capitol Hill as members panic about their political futures, raising the prospect that the former Senate fixture’s political career may be undone in the same arena where he first made his name.
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Peter Hamby & John Heilemann • June 28, 2024
Inside the Biden Panic Room
An emergency post-debate briefing about what Democratic leaders, megadonors, and senior strategists are really saying about Biden’s “Titanic-level disaster,” how to replace the nominee, and what comes next.
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Abby Livingston • June 26, 2024
Biden’s Little Buddies
Bed-wetters or altruists, down-ballot Democrats are going out of their way to help the president, and seemingly without asking for anything in return, at least for now.
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Theodore Schleifer • April 17, 2024
The Shanahan Persuasion Campaign
Three weeks ago, R.F.K. Jr. chose the well-connected (and very wealthy) but largely unknown Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. Now, top Democratic donors and operatives are debating whether to use their friends in Silicon Valley to get oppo on her—or ask them to pitch her on an “off-ramp.”
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Theodore Schleifer • April 3, 2024
Barbarians at the Gates
The hottest commodity in the world of megadonors is Rory Gates, the spotlight-averse, socially awkward 24-year-old scion of Bill and Melinda—an overnight sensation among Democratic donor-hustlers desperate for the next big thing.
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Theodore Schleifer • March 26, 2024
Nicole in Wonderland
Just a few years ago, Nicole Shanahan was being courted by everyone in Silicon Valley as the next great hope for the Democratic Party. Then her life went topsy-turvy, and she fell down the rabbit hole for R.F.K., Jr.
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Peter Hamby • March 25, 2024
Trump V.P. Red Flags & Biden’s Inside Edge
Exclusive new data from Echelon Insights, in partnership with Puck, identifies downballot enthusiasm for Democrats, more trouble for TikTok, and a veepstakes conundrum for Trump.
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Peter Hamby • March 13, 2024
The Kamala Comeback
A candid conversation with Vice President Harris as she reclaims the campaign spotlight alongside Joe Biden and fights to change the narrative surrounding her own place in the White House.