by Carl P. Leubsdorf As the Democrats prepare to meet next week in Chicago, I thought back to their tumultuous 1968 convention, the third of the 27 I covered. That’s where I cost the Democrats the presidency. At least that’s what the press secretary for that year’s defeated ...
by LZ Granderson Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign plans to shift its economic message from breadth to depth, articulating some of the policies we could expect from a Harris administration. We’ve had a preview already: Stops in Philadelphia and Detroit not only introduced Gov. ...
by Robin Abcarian As soon as I heard Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance smearing the military service of his opponent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, all I could think was: Seriously? Are we really doing this again? Are we really going to allow Republicans — who are ...
The 2024 presidential election, we are told, will be decided in a handful of battleground states. The race is so tight that a single Electoral College vote could determine the outcome. And that explains the great focus on Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district, which often votes Democrat but ...
Bring back Jay Leno! The former host of the “Tonight Show” had a segment called “Jaywalking” during which he would ask people on the street easy questions they often couldn’t answer. Leno: “If someone says they are going to Great Britain what language do they speak when they ...
by Jackie Calmes Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s new book about major events of her two decades as House speaker or Democratic leader is titled “The Art of Power” — an unintended, she insisted to me, echo of Donald Trump’s “The Art of the Deal.” She writes of the actual, ...