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Democrats

The public panic over those polls was so widespread that the Biden campaign emailed confidential talking points to friendly surrogates.

Biden’s Trump Kryptonite

Amid a party-wide freak-out over a set of terrifying New York Times polls, Democrats are guardedly watching Tuesday’s elections for signs that the immense backlash over abortion bans, which turbocharged last year’s midterm results, can still deliver them the White House.
Peter Hamby • November 7, 2023
Peter Hamby • October 31, 2023
Dean Phillips’ Prairie Home Rebellion
Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips infuriated the White House by brazenly planting his flag in New Hampshire.
The little-known Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips believes he can successfully primary Biden by leaning hard (of course) into the gerontocracy argument. But neither time, nor math, appears to be on his side.
Peter Hamby • October 23, 2023
Biden, Gen Z & The Illiberal Left
The uncompromising politics and tortured jargon of campus activists are no longer confined to college campuses. Democrats in Congress say they’re worried that young progressives attacking Israel are providing ammo for right-wing opponents and hurting their own cause.
Democrats have a lot of work to do, beginning right now, to win over young voters to get Biden gets re-elected in 2024.
Peter Hamby • October 9, 2023
Biden’s Youth Serum Shortage
The president’s reelection faces a “flashing red” alarm heading into 2024 if he can’t capture 60 percent of a youth vote that’s tuned in but turned off. Alarmingly, for a party that depends on people of color, the enthusiasm drop has been most pronounced among younger Black voters—a generation they can no longer take for granted.
for all the wish-casters waiting for Biden to drop out, there’s only 10 days remaining for the fantasy to take form.
Tara Palmeri • October 5, 2023
The Biden Plan B Delusion
There’s only 10 days remaining for a Democratic challenger to get on the ballot in all 50 states, inflaming the anxieties of party insiders who quietly wish Biden would step aside. But a flailing Republican impeachment inquiry, and the speakership chaos in the House, are giving them hope for a rebound.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: Vice President Kamala Harris speaks onstage during a Pride Celebration hosted by the Vice President Of The United States and Mr. Emhoff in collaboration with GLAAD on June 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for GLAAD)
Peter Hamby • September 18, 2023
Kamala Swap Fan Fiction
Calls to drop Harris from the 2024 ticket are without modern precedent, fraught with risk, and run counter to every impulse that Biden holds dear. It’s fanfic for political hobbyists and it’s as predictable as it is pointless.
Hakeem Jeffries
Tara Palmeri • September 8, 2023
Hakeem’s Hometown Migrant Crisis
The House minority leader, and speaker-in-waiting, is in the middle of a pickle in his own backyard that might cost him the gavel.
Despite Biden’s accomplishments and the diligence of his team to keep the media on message, politics is a profession that rewards operatives for preserving optionality.
Tara Palmeri • August 3, 2023
The Biden Edge Case
Yes, of course, Biden is running for re-election. But national politics is a viper’s nest that requires ambitious putative candidates to prepare for even unthinkable, Murphy’s Law-style outcomes. So, what happens if Biden unexpectedly decides to bow out? Exploring D.C.’s increasingly popular hypothetical question.
Biden has a lot of work to do to stir up enthusiasm and remind voters of the choice on the ballot once the election rolls around.
Peter Hamby • July 10, 2023
Biden’s “Double-Hater”-itis
There’s one simple rule of presidential politics: If you lose independents in swing states, you lose the election. And Biden is increasingly vulnerable.
Squad members like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman have been among a small cohort of TikTok defenders in the wake of last week’s Congressional hearings.
Tara Palmeri & Peter Hamby • March 27, 2023
DeSantis Doubts, A.O.C.’s Strategy & Pompeo Whereabouts
An unapologetic insider conversation about the storylines fixating Washington this week, from the TikTok hullabaloo to the pre-primary consolidation of the ’24 field.