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Barack Obama
the body politic
Dec. 2, 2021
The Betrayal of Roe Decades of neglect and cowardice have brought this country to the precipice.
past is prologue
Nov. 25, 2021
Cheer Up, Democrats! You’ve Had It Worse Than This. The Democratic Party has a lot of problems, but it’s faced similarly sticky situations before and survived.
Neoliberalism Died of COVID. Long Live Neoliberalism! How the predominant ideology of our time survived the pandemic.
centrist democrats
Oct. 8, 2021
Most Centrist Democrats Aren’t Like Kyrsten Sinema Party unity is less of a problem for congressional Dems than their very thin margin for error.
past is prologue
Sept. 29, 2021
Biden May Bounce Back Like Other Presidents Have History shows that presidents usually get reelected unless they are unlucky, or, like Donald Trump, they work hard at alienating voters.
Partisanship Put Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. Now She’s Against It. The justice bemoaned perceptions of the Supreme Court following an introduction by Mitch McConnell, who made the confirmation process hyperpartisan.
9/11: 20 years later
Sept. 6, 2021
What 9/11 Did to the Democratic Party To this day, Democrats struggle with the fear of looking weak.
The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Investment in the Republican Party Is Paying Off Donald Trump was the first president to keep his promises to them, and now the big moment of rolling back abortion rights may be near.
Biden’s Approval Rating Goes Underwater Biden’s stretch of unobtrusive popularity is over for now, but he is in very good company as a president with net-negative approval ratings.
The Shocking New Book That Exposes U.S. Lies About Afghanistan At least $19 billion from American taxpayers fell into Taliban hands, and that’s just one of the bombshells in Craig Whitlock’s Afghanistan Papers .
If Democrats Don’t Exploit This Trifecta, Another Could Be Far Away Democrats will probably lose their governing trifecta in 2022, and it won’t get easier in 2024 or 2026. Historically, they don’t come along often.
past is prologue
Aug. 23, 2021
Clinton and Biden Bookend the Era of the Swing Voter Differences in how the two men approached campaigning and governing, despite their similar ideologies, reflect a massive shift in the U.S. electorate.
2022 midterms
Aug. 20, 2021
Democrats Should (Privately) Write Off 2022 and Just Govern When the deal goes down on Biden’s agenda in Congress, vulnerable Democrats should not be given bragging rights for thwarting their own party.
kamala harris
Aug. 3, 2021
Is Kamala Harris’s Popularity Level a Problem for Democrats? Much of the claim that Harris is deeply and increasingly unpopular doesn’t bear scrutiny, particularly coming from fans of less popular Republicans.
2022 midterms
July 27, 2021
Why 2022 Won’t Be Another 1994 Republican Tidal Wave Lindsey Graham’s prediction of an impending red wave ignores several key factors behind the GOP’s historic gains in Bill Clinton’s first midterm.
trailer mix
July 22, 2021
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen Are Turning Their Libcast Into Liblit The news arrived alongside a trailer showing Obama test-driving one of Springsteen’s convertibles.
The Drone Leaker “Second Snowden” Daniel Hale exposed the machinery of America’s clandestine warfare. Why did no one seem to care?
Democrats Can’t Win the Culture War With Silence Changing the subject to poll-tested economic policy issues has never dispelled Republican cultural smears in the past. It won’t now, either.
songs of the summer
July 11, 2021
2022 midterms
June 22, 2021
Will Young and Minority Voters Save Democrats in 2022? With or without some help from Donald Trump, Democrats need to keep the voters who surged to the polls in 2018 and 2020 engaged.
supreme court
June 14, 2021
McConnell All But Admits He Would Never Confirm a Biden Supreme Court Pick With McConnell pledging obstruction, Democrats need to make the Supreme Court a major campaign issue for the midterms.
The Obama Family’s First Dog, Bo, Has Died The Obamas’ beloved Portuguese water dog, who became a White House celebrity in his own right, was 12.
Republicans Can’t Decide Which ‘Uncle Joe’ to Attack Is the president a senile puppet? Or a ruthless leftist? While Republicans try to decide, Biden is eating their lunch.
vision 2020
Apr. 15, 2021
Yes, Geographical Polarization Was a Big Deal in 2016 and 2020 New data shows that the suburban swings to the left and rural swings to the right are consistent with the intuitive trends in the last two elections.
covid-19 stimulus
Mar. 23, 2021
Stimulus Spurs New Push for Red-State Medicaid Expansion With Medicaid expansion really becoming a fiscal no-brainer, even states like Alabama and Wyoming are considering it.
What Joe Biden and George W. Bush Have in Common Comparing the early performances of our most-recent presidents.
last night on late night
Mar. 17, 2021
Michelle Obama Roasts Kimmel Over His Obsession With Her and Barack’s Sex Life “You’re still that little boy in your bedroom under the cover with the flashlight going, I hope nobody sees me. ”
Biden Builds Popularity by Focusing on COVID Relief Plan The COVID-19 stimulus is more popular than Biden himself. That is the key to his stable job-approval rating so far.
The Obama-Springsteen Libcast Is One Long Dialogue That Can Only Say So Much Barack and Bruce speak candidly about America’s problems — and stop short of suggesting that America itself is the problem.
covid-19 stimulus
Mar. 6, 2021
The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Can Help Biden Transform Politics Some white working-class voters just want to see that government works for them, too. The relief bill could bring them back to the Democratic Party.
Give Biden a Break The left and the media have lost perspective. He’s soon going to sign an enormous, progressive stimulus bill and get his Cabinet confirmed.
biden cabinet
Feb. 23, 2021
Bernie Sanders Casts First Democratic Vote Against a Biden Cabinet Nominee Tom Vilsack was overwhelmingly confirmed anyway, and Democratic unity remains impressive.
bipartisanship
Feb. 22, 2021
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen Join Many Men Before Them, Launch a Podcast Renegades: Born in the U.S.A. is the second offering from the Obamas’ Higher Ground podcast studio.
the national interest
Feb. 8, 2021
The Obamas Are Developing a Whole Netflix Full of New Projects for the Streamer Movies, TV, docuseries, sci-fi, biopics: You name it, Barack and Michelle are producing it.
Why Big Mo Matters to Biden Past presidents — including Barack Obama — who got off to a slow or clumsy start often paid dearly for it. Biden wants to avoid that fate.
the body politic
Jan. 22, 2021
America Is Back, Indeed With Biden, we’ve restored our country’s favorite tradition: basic, middling, white patriarchy.
biden inauguration
Jan. 21, 2021
Biden’s Unity Plea Is About Strategy, Not Surrender Like other recent presidents, Joe Biden is attempting to divide or pressure the opposition. If the bid fails, he can easily turn to other strategies.
History Suggests Democratic Trifecta Could Be Short-Lived As Democrats officially take control of the Senate, they’d be wise to move fast: Republicans shattered their last two trifectas in just two years.
the national interest
Jan. 18, 2021
Trump Wanted to Erase Obama’s Legacy. He Failed. Almost every Obama achievement Trump tried to negate has remained.
republican party
Jan. 13, 2021
Can Republicans Bounce Back Like They Did After Nixon? The last GOP president to be impeached and disgraced shattered his party.
capitol riot
Jan. 8, 2021
Impeachment Could Ban Trump From Running in 2024 It’s too late for Congress to remove Trump before Inauguration Day. But a post-presidential impeachment and conviction could prevent a Trump comeback.
the biden presidency
Dec. 20, 2020
A Biden Style of Government Is Emerging: Lowest Drama Possible The president-elect’s organizing principle seems to be a Barack Obama–inspired insistence on minimizing potential conflict in his administration.
barry recommends
Dec. 19, 2020
Sasha Curated Barack Obama’s Favorite Music of 2020 In solidarity of his memoirist contemporary Cazzie David, there is not an Ariana Grande track to be found.
barry recommends
Dec. 18, 2020
vulture quiz
Dec. 16, 2020
in conversation
Dec. 9, 2020
In Conversation With Barack Obama The former president on his advice for Biden, his critics on the left, and what he has learned about the GOP.
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