The Debate Link

Tomorrow is election day. Voting isn't the only obligation of a democratic citizenry, but it is the most basic one. Voting isn't the...

Over at the bad place, Batya Ungar-Sargon is mainlining copium to explain Donald Trump's debate performance. My take on the debate is t...

  One of the things I'm enjoying most about the Harris/Walz campaign, and the current Democratic mood more broadly, is how joyful it is....

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has been selected as Kamala Harris' running mate. I thought all of the major names floating for VP would hav...

There's a job opening for the position of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, and a list of possibilities is beginning to emerge. Th...

To be honest, I didn't have strong feelings about whether Biden should or shouldn't drop out of the race. But his decision to step d...

One of the more dangerous players in contemporary discourse -- or at least one of the types that makes me the most nervous, anyway -- are pe...

California Senator Kamala Harris has been selected as Joe Biden's running mate . This is, I think, the chalk pick , and one I'm qu...

With Joe Biden's resounding victory in South Carolina , political observers can spend a few more days pretending like this primary field...

Ever since Kamala Harris prematurely ended her once-promising presidential bid , I've seen a host of progressive takes making roughly th...

The polls are in, and the big winners from the first Democratic debate(s) are Elizabeth Warren and especially Kamala Harris  (as I said -- d...

I watched the first debate , so I kind of felt obligated to watch the second as well. Fair is fair (though I did miss the first half hour). ...

I'm in the aforementioned gap day between my friends' wedding (it was great!) and my honeymoon (leave tomorrow!). But I've be...

I've staked out a rather unique position in the last few contested Democratic primaries, in that -- while having a preferred candidate -...