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  1. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders Surges Into Lead in New CNN PollSanders is now tied with Biden among nonwhite voters, the survey suggests.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. 2016 presidential election
    Hillary Clinton Won’t Commit to Endorsing Sanders If He Wins Nomination“Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done,” Clinton said of her 2016 rival.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. new york times
    All the Problems With the New York Times’ Televised Endorsement SpecialThe reality TV show no one needed resulted in an unsatisfying double endorsement.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  4. vision 2020
    How the Impeachment Trial Affects Sanders, Warren, and Klobuchar in IowaThe four senators still running for president will lose valuable face time and local media coverage during a crucial stretch of the campaign.
    By Ben Jacobs
  5. vision 2020
    One of the Iowa Contenders Could Beat Trump, Right?Two weeks out from the caucus, it’s an unprecedented four-way deadlock. Ready, set, go!
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  6. vision 2020
    Joe Biden’s Agreeable, Terrific, Very Good, Not at All Bad WeekOver the past seven days, Biden’s top rivals turned on each other, polls turned his way — and Barack Obama did his campaign a big favor.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. labor
    Fight for 15 Sets Its Sights on the White HouseActivists are teaming up with SEIU for a new get-out-the-vote effort.
    By Sarah Jones
  8. politics
    We Deserve a Better Debate Over Medicare For AllThe case for the policy is a moral one.
    By Sarah Jones
  9. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders’s Foreign Policy Is Too Evidence-Based for the Beltway’s TasteThe senator’s vision is less ideologically blinkered and radically ambitious than the bipartisan consensus it aims to displace.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. democratic debates
    Pete Buttigieg’s White Supporters Have More to Explain Than His Black SkepticsTuesday’s primary debate in Iowa confronted familiar questions about Buttigieg’s failure to garner black support.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  11. democratic debates
    People Finally Want to Hear From Tom Steyer, But He’s Not TalkingThe billionaire was in the middle of the Sanders-Warren post-debate exchange but is saying little about it.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  12. vision 2020
    For the Love of God, Ask the Candidates About UnionsModerators keep missing opportunities to ask candidates about one of the day’s most vital issues.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. democratic debates
    5 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate in IowaAmong them: Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren aren’t great at “deescalating,” and Iowans’ fetishization of politeness is a huge gift to Biden.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. democratic debates
    The Sanders–Warren Face-off Begins Cordially, Gets WeirdAfter Sanders denied the report that he told Warren he didn’t think a woman could win in 2020, Warren “disagreed.” It got strange from there.
    By Matt Stieb
  15. vision 2020
    Bernie Boneheads and Liz Losers Unite!Or at least, fight with kid gloves on. You have nothing to win without each other.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. democratic debates
    A Warren-Sanders Face-off? And 6 More Things to Watch for in Tonight’s DebateIn the last contest before the Iowa caucuses, expect more foreign-policy talk, and a lot more conflict between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
    By Matt Stieb
  17. vision 2020
    Warren Says Sanders ‘Disagreed’ With Her That a Woman Could Win in 2020After Sanders denied a report that he privately told Warren a female candidate couldn’t beat Trump, Warren said that the exchange happened.
    By Matt Stieb
  18. vision 2020
    Bloomberg and Steyer Reveal That Billionaires Are Underinvesting In PoliticsBillionaires can afford to spend far more on politics than they have been. Bloomberg and Steyer are showing them that democracy is a bargain.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. democratic primaries
    Does Amy Klobuchar Have a Shot?Intelligencer staffers discuss whether the Minnesota senator, who has a strong case on “electability,” could surprise in Iowa and beyond.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore
  20. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders Is Building a Youth FirewallThe democratic socialist has a clear edge with young voters.
    By Sarah Jones
  21. vision 2020
    How Democrats Can Stay United in 2020At the other end of the tough primary battle, Democrats must rally around their nominee if they hope to beat Trump. Here’s how they can do it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. democratic primaries
    Bernie Sanders: Joe Biden Can’t Inspire the ‘Energy’ Needed to Beat TrumpWith the Iowa caucuses a month away, Sanders is taking on the idea that Biden is the most electable candidate in the race.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  23. democratic primaries
    Julián Castro Endorses Elizabeth WarrenDays after ending his own campaign, Castro is getting behind Warren’s.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  24. politics
    Is the Democratic Primary About Foreign Policy Now?Trump’s decision to assassinate Qassem Soleimani refocuses the primary, at least for now.
    By Sarah Jones
  25. vision 2020
    The Secret to Joe Biden’s (Hypothetical) ElectabilityThanks to his idiosyncratic career arc, Biden boasts strong support from black voters and whites who resent the political power of black voters.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. vision 2020
    Julián Castro’s Campaign Was Not for the FearfulThe anxieties of the Trump era have left Democrats with too little nerve to risk on a racial justice candidacy.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  27. vision 2020
    What’s So Hard to Understand About the Young Left?Young leftists don’t think they own the future. They fear losing it.
    By Sarah Jones
  28. ufos
    Amy Klobuchar Hints at Declassifying UFO Info If ElectedAmy for Area 51.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  29. democratic primaries
    Julián Castro Drops Out of 2020 RaceCiting the “circumstances of this campaign season,” Castro said Thursday that he is ending his bid.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders’s Doctors Say He Is in ‘Good Health’ After October Heart AttackIt’s unlikely to stifle concern from Sanders’s critics, or anyone worried that four of the top five Democrats, and the incumbent, are in their 70s.
    By Matt Stieb
  31. vision 2020
    The Public Option Is Politically Superior to M4A — But Only As a Sound Bite“Medicare for All Who Want It” plays well on the stump. But in Congress, it would face about as many political obstacles as single-payer.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. politics
    Mayor Pete’s Wine-Cave ProblemVoters are going to wonder whether Buttigieg is listening to them, or to the rich.
    By Sarah Jones
  33. vision 2020
    Welcome to the Electability PrimaryA look at the major candidates’ various ways of assuring voters they’ve got what it takes to win.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. vision 2020
    Bernie and Biden Are Back Where They Started in National Primary PollsThe top contenders are in a remarkably similar position than they were a year ago.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  35. democratic debates
    Democrats Asked for a Mostly White Debate StageDebaters lamented the absence of candidates of color onstage. But it was the voters’ will.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  36. politics
    Andrew Yang Promises a Hologram Doctor for Every HouseholdThe long-shot candidate backs away from Medicare for All and toward technocracy.
    By Sarah Jones
  37. democratic primaries
    A Labor Dispute Almost Disrupted Thursday’s Democratic DebateA labor dispute at the event venue had the party tied in knots. This probably won’t be the last time.
    By Sarah Jones
  38. vision 2020
    Will Elizabeth Warren’s Comeback Strategy Work?She has dipped in the polls amid muddled health-care messaging and concerns over “electability.” But there’s still plenty of time to rebound.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
  39. vision 2020
    White Democrats Are Leading the Primary Because Nonwhite Voters Support ThemNonwhite Democrats aren’t struggling because the primary process has silenced nonwhite voters, but because it has listened to them.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. vision 2020
    If Biden Is Too Old to Serve Two Terms, He Shouldn’t Serve OneBiden is telling aides he won’t run for reelection in 2024. If that’s true, nominating him would be the opposite of pragmatic.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. impeachment
    How Republicans Can Use an Impeachment Trial to Mess With the Democratic PrimaryPutting Joe and Hunter Biden in the spotlight and imprisoning senators in a trial could interfere with the nominating process.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. vision 2020
    Is Candidate Bloomberg Actually Good for Biden?What changes for donors with a (second) billionaire in the race.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  43. democratic primaries
    Biden Calls Iowa Man a ‘Damn Liar’ After Challenging Him on UkraineThe former VP also challenged the man, who said Biden’s too old to be president, to a push up contest.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  44. democratic primaries
    Julián Castro Might Be a BelieverHis floundering campaign seems committed to advancing moral — but unpopular — issues. What’s the long game?
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  45. democratic primaries
    Maybe the ‘Obama Coalition’ Was Just That: Obama’sEvery Democratic candidate once seen as a potential heir apparent to Obama’s base is either floundering or out of the race.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  46. vision 2020
    Kamala Harris, Vice-Presidential Pick?Intelligencer staffers discuss the California Senator’s campaign mistakes and political future.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice, Benjamin Hart, and Sarah Jones
  47. vision 2020
    Kamala Harris Dropped Out Because the Party Doesn’t DecideDemocratic donors and congressional leaders were higher on Harris than Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, or Warren. It didn’t matter.
    By Eric Levitz
  48. underdogs
    In Underdog Story, Single-Digit Billionaire Buys Way Into December DebateSteyer’s net worth is only 3 percent of Bloomberg’s. But the humble hedge-fund manager pulled himself up by his bootstraps and onto the debate stage.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. democratic primaries
    Biden Accuses Buttigieg of Stealing His Plan, Questions Enthusiasm for WarrenThe gloves are off on the “No Malarkey” tour.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  50. michael bloomberg
    In Appeal to Hard Left, Bloomberg Praises Chinese CommunismBloomberg argues that Xi is “not a dictator” in an ostensible bid to occupy the “neo-Stalinist” lane of the Democratic primary.
    By Eric Levitz
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