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Democrats

As Joe Biden prepares to embark on a re-election campaign, Kamala Harris will enter uncharted territory.

Can Harris Re-Write Her Narrative in Time for ’24?

Democratic strategist Karen Finney makes the bull case for Harris’s vice presidency, for keeping her on the 2024 ticket, and what her many critics get wrong.
Tara Palmeri • February 28, 2023
Tara Palmeri • February 10, 2023
Sinema Vérité
Whether Kyrsten Sinema will run for re-election in 2024 is the subject of endless Washingtonian curiosity.
A look into the very real headaches that Kyrsten Sinema is about to cause for Democrats and Republicans (and herself!) in Washington and Arizona.
Theodore Schleifer • January 18, 2023
The Eternal Sunshine of S.B.F.
sbf substack
Is Bankman-Fried’s unusual P.R. strategy a battle for marginal news consumers and a from-the-gut attempt at rehab, or a form of attention-hungry psychobabble? Some observations from our time together. Plus, news and notes on the political-big money business.
Coney Barrett Confirmation
Tara Palmeri & Peter Hamby • January 16, 2023
Feinstein Succession Dish & Primary Foreplay
The real inside story that everyone is talking about in D.C.: Biden’s political mess, life after Feinstein, D.N.C. convention ‘Survivor,’ and much more.
jefferies and pelsoi
Tara Palmeri • January 9, 2023
Can Hakeem Make It Rain?
Nancy Pelosi has spent half a decade grooming her historic successor, a leader who has unified his party as his old boss sits in the back bench. Everyone likes him and admires him. But can he shake the money tree?
President Biden
Tara Palmeri • December 15, 2022
Biden’s Inevitability Mythology
So, countless signs suggest that Biden is running, and with an aura of inevitability. But Democrats-in-waiting are already busy working on plans B, C, and D—just in case, you know…
Nancy Pelosi
Tara Palmeri • November 17, 2022
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emeritus?
The longtime Democratic leader, a fixture of the House for decades, will step back into a chairman-like role in the minority rather than retire immediately, giving her time to manage her succession and ensure the stability of her caucus through the forthcoming McCarthy era.
Sam Bankman-Fried
Theodore Schleifer • November 15, 2022
Inside the S.B.F. Blast Radius
The fate of Sam Bankman-Fried is being closely tracked at the highest levels of the Democratic Party, and by the dozens of allied political groups that are either racing to distance themselves from his surname or to find their next check.
Nancy Pelosi
Tara Palmeri • November 14, 2022
Is There Life After Pelosi?
New reporting on the talk of the town: Pelosi’s succession drama, Biden’s age, and a White House wedding.
Congresswomen Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Omar, And Pressley Hold News Conference After President Trump Attacks Them On Twitter
Tara Palmeri • October 20, 2022
Post-Squad Goals
The Squad levitated to power in D.C. with unprecedented juice, aplomb, power, and media savvy. But what’s their purpose, or message, in a post-Trump, pre-possible-mini-red-wave world? And will they add new members?