It would be one thing if Democrats were making it difficult for reasonable Republicans to take office. That’s not the case.
It would be one thing if Democrats were making it difficult for reasonable Republicans to take office. That’s not the case.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/24/democrats-moreno-ohio-senate-ads/
Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah.
Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/16/schumer-israel-gaza-netanyahu/
To win in November, the president needs to remain outside his comfort zone.
To win in November, the president needs to remain outside his comfort zone.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/10/biden-state-of-the-union-2024-warrior/
Neither party seems to understand its base of voters.
Neither party seems to understand its base of voters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/03/2024-election-working-class-paradox/
The House Democrat wants to engage Mike Johnson’s faith, not dismiss it.
The House Democrat wants to engage Mike Johnson’s faith, not dismiss it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/25/mike-johnson-religion-christianity-delauro/
Republicans have no good excuses to reject the bipartisan legislation.
Republicans have no good excuses to reject the bipartisan legislation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/18/child-tax-credit-bill-senate-crapo/
Perhaps Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein need to write a new edition of their book.
Perhaps Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein need to write a new edition of their book.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/11/republicans-trump-congress-lankford/
He disqualified himself.
He disqualified himself.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/04/trump-ballot-disqualified-14th-amendment/
Enough with the false equivalencies.
Enough with the false equivalencies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/28/trump-biden-false-equivalency-media/
The former president is not as strong as people might think.
The former president is not as strong as people might think.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/21/trump-gop-division-new-hampshire/
Donald Trump’s nomination is not inevitable.
Donald Trump’s nomination is not inevitable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/14/trump-republican-iowa-caucuses-haley/
The president is capable of using his predecessor’s strengths against him.
The president is capable of using his predecessor’s strengths against him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/07/biden-speech-jan-6-trump-democracy/
The economy keeps posting strong numbers. So why are right-wing extremists gaining so much ground?
The economy keeps posting strong numbers. So why are right-wing extremists gaining so much ground?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/31/politics-economy-vibecession-extremism/
Religious and secular people have much to teach each other.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/24/christmas-religion-secular-culture-wars/
Religious and secular people have much to teach each other.
There’s not much time left, and Haley is leaping ahead of the Florida governor.
There’s not much time left, and Haley is leaping ahead of the Florida governor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/21/desantis-iowa-gop-primary-trump-haley/
House Republicans are the ones to blame for this impasse.
House Republicans are the ones to blame for this impasse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/17/ukraine-aid-politics-republicans-johnson-trump/
Biden’s advisers are aware they need to shake things up.
Biden’s advisers are aware they need to shake things up.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/10/biden-economic-messaging-election-2024/
The resistance to sensible gun reforms is weakening.
The resistance to sensible gun reforms is weakening.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/03/gun-bill-king-heinrich-assault-weapons-ban/
Ignoring the ongoing assault to voting rights is a grave mistake.
Ignoring the ongoing assault to voting rights is a grave mistake.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/26/voting-rights-eighth-circuit-democracy-trump/
This is a campaign cycle where ideas go to die.
This is a campaign cycle where ideas go to die.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/19/republican-party-trump-haley-desantis-ideas/
There’s one big problem with the West Virginia senator’s potential plan to explore a presidential bid.
There’s one big problem with the West Virginia senator’s potential plan to explore a presidential bid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/12/joe-manchin-2024-west-virginia/
It’s rare for an off-off-year election to yield such an unambiguous outcome. This was a Democratic blowout in Virginia, Kentucky and beyond.
It’s rare for an off-off-year election to yield such an unambiguous outcome. This was a Democratic blowout in Virginia, Kentucky and beyond.
The high-stakes Nov. 7 governor’s race will either give Dems a new playbook or hand Republicans more power.
The high-stakes Nov. 7 governor’s race will either give Dems a new playbook or hand Republicans more power.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/05/kentucky-governor-beshear-cameron-democrats/
The legislative contests will set the stage for 2024.
The legislative contests will set the stage for 2024.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/29/virginia-elections-abortion-crime-2024/
Republicans who are serious about governing now understand they must accept Democratic help.
Republicans who are serious about governing now understand they must accept Democratic help.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/22/house-speaker-jordan-republicans-blessing/
The small minority on the left who in some cases justified Hamas’s attacks deserve to be rebuked.
The small minority on the left who in some cases justified Hamas’s attacks deserve to be rebuked.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/15/israel-palestine-hamas-terrorism-sympathy/
The meeting is an effort to manage simmering tension in the church.
The meeting is an effort to manage simmering tension in the church.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/08/pope-francis-synod-catholic-church/
Given Trump’s hold on Republican House members, it’s still unlikely that their cooperating with Democrats will become a habit.
Given Trump’s hold on Republican House members, it’s still unlikely that their cooperating with Democrats will become a habit.
Republican voters who were prepared to move on from Trump are concluding that he is about as electable as any of his less-than-stellar rivals.
Republican voters who were prepared to move on from Trump are concluding that he is about as electable as any of his less-than-stellar rivals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/24/trump-skip-debate-weak-rivals/
The recent surge in child poverty is Republicans’ fault. But Biden needs to convince voters that building back better is still a good idea.
The recent surge in child poverty is Republicans’ fault. But Biden needs to convince voters that building back better is still a good idea.
Both believers and unbelievers have a role to play.
Both believers and unbelievers have a role to play.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/10/religion-politics-loneliness-community/
This Labor Day, for the first time in a while, American workers are on top.
This Labor Day, for the first time in a while, American workers are on top.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/03/ej-dionne-labor-day-workers-celebrate/
GOP candidates are appealing to a sense of nostalgia. Who’s looking to the future?
GOP candidates are appealing to a sense of nostalgia. Who’s looking to the future?
Are we experiencing a “Biden revolution”?
Are we experiencing a “Biden revolution”?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/20/biden-economy-plan-australia/
Republicans' hypocrisy and opportunism proved too much for Ohio voters.
Republicans' hypocrisy and opportunism proved too much for Ohio voters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/08/ohio-referendum-abortion-republicans/
You might know Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro as the guy who got a collapsed part of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia fixed within 12 days.
You might know the Pennsylvania governor as the guy who got a collapsed part of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia fixed within 12 days.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/06/shapiro-pennsylvania-democrats-fixing-politics/
The Republicans' ideological warfare hurts the country and makes it difficult for the administration to sell its achievements.
The Republicans' ideological warfare hurts the country and makes it difficult for the administration to sell its achievements.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/30/biden-achievements-republican-extremism/
He will come out ahead even if his name doesn't appear on the ballot.
He will come out ahead even if his name doesn't appear on the ballot.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/23/biden-democratic-primary-new-hampshire-2024/
We can find common ground on issues that aren't yet immobilized by partisan gulfs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/16/political-polarization-solution-ej-dionne/
Cynics might look down on it, but it is essential to political success.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/09/politics-hope-carol-graham-michael-lamb/
Can Bidenomics become a template for the center-left as Reaganomics was for the center-right?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/28/bidenomics-joe-biden-economic-strategy/
They might consider a simple solution: Being conservatives again.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/25/republicans-trump-boebert-greene-conservatism/
He wants to sell good governance to voters. This is his chance.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/18/biden-presidential-campaign-house-republicans/
Accountability has overcome fear.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/09/indictment-trump-documents-tragic-necessary/
Democrats in the state are showing how to get a progressive agenda done.
The first Memorial Day is surprisingly instructive on our current political climate.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/28/memorial-day-debt-ceiling-work-requirements/
They have become pawns in this political battle. It is a stain on our country.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/21/debt-ceiling-negotiations-biden-mccarthy-poor/
Her faith-based wager on openness to different versions of being American has been a good bet.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/14/pelosi-san-francisco-lgbt-rights-faith/
The breakdown of normal has been a long time in gestation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/07/politics-republicans-war-on-normal/
Freedom has been largely a Republican battle cry, but the president is reclaiming it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/30/biden-freedom-democrats-republicans/
When it comes to negotiating federal spending, McCarthy is no John Boehner.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/23/mccarthy-debt-ceiling-plan-theater/
Republicans put their gun worshipping on full display at last week's NRA convention.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/16/nra-convention-republicans-guns-democracy/
In very different ways, elections in Wisconsin and Chicago sent a message: The Republican Party has become toxic for a significant swath of the electorate.
Cecilia Rouse, Biden's departing chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, explains why the economy doesn't function without the government.
There is a madness running through our nation’s public life. It's built into the structure of American politics and the belief system of Republican voters.
Maybe Joe Biden is just Joe Biden, and maybe it’s neither the 1930s nor the 1990s anymore.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/19/biden-fdr-clinton-center-triangulation/
The adjective “liberal,” Michael Walzer writes in '"The Struggle for a Decent Politics," “determines not who we are but how we are who we are.”
Are Black History Month and Women's History Month signs that history has been “politicized?” Only in the sense that political change affects how we see history.
The Russian dictator's recent speech fired some missiles into the U.S. culture wars.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/25/putin-ukraine-war-american-right/
What kind of country sits by while its young people get shot and killed? The answer lies in a breakdown of our system’s ability to reflect majority opinion.
Biden’s bet — and it’s a wager many successful Democratic governors made last year — is that Democrats can win back blue-collar voters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/12/biden-democrats-governors-blue-collar-workers/
Biden, lover of compromise, consensus-building and comity, is a revolutionary turning the nation away from the economic assumptions of the 1980s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/05/biden-sotu-preview-economic-argument/