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2016 Election

  1. West Virginia Republicans Lie About Each Other’s Imaginary Hillary TiesHillary Clinton’s value as a devil figure in the GOP is so powerful that two WV Senate candidates are just making up stuff about each other and HRC.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. Trump Can Win in 2020. But History Tells Us It Won’t Be Easy.Yes, incumbents usually have an advantage. They usually are more popular than Donald J. Trump though.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. Missouri’s Attorney General Recommends More Charges for Governor GreitensThe Missouri governor’s already on trial for felony violation of privacy. Now the state’s attorney general is recommending campaign-finance charges.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. Why Conservatives Care More About Keeping the Senate Than the HouseThe power to confirm federal judges is the GOP’s most valuable resource.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the national interest
    The White House Just Admitted James Comey Swung the Election to TrumpKellyanne Conway was probably not supposed to say that part out loud.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. politics
    Comey Confirms That Hillary Clinton’s Inevitability Was Her UndoingLike many others, Comey bought into the overconfidence of a Clinton victory, but few had as much power to derail her campaign.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. the national interest
    Trump Attacks Comey for Handing Him the PresidencyThe crisis to the system Comey tried to avoid by placating Trump in 2016 is now upon us.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. Paul Ryan’s Long Fight to Destroy the Welfare State Ends in DefeatAfter failing to repeal Obamacare and “reform” Medicaid, Ryan looked forward to more years of futility and decided to pack it in.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Scott Versus Nelson in a Spendy Sunshine State Slugfest for a Senate SeatScott’s money and Trump’s popularity (or lack thereof) make this a race that’s hard to predict.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Trump Thinks He’s Wildly PopularIn Trump’s world, any adverse information about his standing is “fake,” and even positive polls don’t capture his tremendous standing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. The Most Boring Man in Minnesota Is Running for Governor AgainAfter repeatedly whiffing in national politics, Tim Pawlenty is running for governor again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. Mark Cuban Has Little Chance of Becoming a Third-Party PresidentTrump’s way — winning over one of the two major parties — is probably the only way to the White House for a rich celebrity “outsider.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Why Are Trump’s Approval Ratings on the Rise?He’s more popular now than he was in December — even if that’s not saying much.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. Trump Admin Finally Sanctions Russia for Election MeddlingThe government also cited other Russian misdeeds, including an attempt to penetrate the U.S. energy grid.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. Putin Says Jews Might Be to Blame for 2016 Election HackingWhen in doubt, you gotta play the conspiracy-theory hits.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. A New 2016 Election Voting Map Promotes … SubtletyA red-blue map we could almost agree on?
    By Eliza McCarthy
  17. Democratic Senate Looking Like a Reach — AgainProspects for a Democratic Senate after the midterms have waxed and waned, but it may be tough for Democrats to hang on in deep red states.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. BREAKING: Man Plans to Keep JobAny presidential critics under the illusion he would voluntarily hang it up after one term should wake up and smell the bitter coffee of Trump 2020.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. russia investigation
    Democrats Release Declassified Rebuttal to Nunes MemoThe new memo details the various ways the Nunes memo was misleading or outright wrong.
    By Chas Danner
  20. MO Governor Indicted for Allegedly Taking Nude Blackmail Photo of Illicit LoverEric Greitens is in legal trouble for how he dealt with his former lover. But he’s also in danger of being impeached by his fellow Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. russia investigation
    Trump Cites Facebook Ad Executive in Attempt to Downplay Russia’s MeddlingMore proof that the president is incapable of believing Russia tried to help him.
    By Chas Danner
  22. New California Poll Shows Feinstein Doing Well, Republicans Doing PoorlyCalifornia’s new voting system will be perilous for the GOP, which may have no general-election candidates for governor or senator.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. Democrats Are Changing Their Minds About RaceNew data suggests that Black Lives Matter and the Dreamers have made Democrats more progressive.
    By Sean McElwee and Alexander Agadjanian
  24. FBI Agent Accused of Fatal Anti-Trump Bias May Have Helped Him Win the ElectionDid Peter Strzok help tilt the election to Trump and then make up for it by inventing the Russia-collusion story? Probably not!
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. Trump’s Job Approval Is Underwater in 18 States He Carried in 2016A GOP president who can’t break 40 percent approval in Texas is in trouble.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. politics
    4 Women on How They Changed Their Lives After Trump“We joked about leaving. But I didn’t really think we’d do it.”
    By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  27. 2018 Democratic Wave Likely to Be a True Tsunami in CaliforniaThe Golden State has been trending Democratic of late. Everything that’s happened in 2018 could accelerate that trend.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. We Should Take Oprah 2020 Seriously, But Not LiterallyThe minute Oprah Winfrey becomes a politician, she’ll lose altitude, but she’d start from lofty heights.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. Voters Are Starting to See Trump As a Garden-Variety ConservativeIn 2016 he benefited from many voters perceiving him as moderate or even liberal. There aren’t so many anymore.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. politics
    Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Win — and Neither Did His CampaignOne year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration’s shocked first days.
    By Michael Wolff
  31. How to Maintain Your Sense of Proportion in the Trump EraThe closer we get to the 2018 and 2020 elections, the less sense it makes to treat Trump’s very presence as an intolerable, outrageous scandal.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. dave chappelle
    Dave Chappelle Teases His Next Netflix Special With a Timely Trump JokeLaugh through those tax-reform-induced fears.
    By Tolly Wright
  33. Incorrect CNN Report on Wikileaks Provides Fuel for Pro-Trump MediaIt has not been a great week for accuracy in mainstream media.
    By Benjamin Hart
  34. Poll: 71 Percent of Alabama Republicans Think Roy Moore Allegations Are Made UpThis sounds a little like a certain election that took place in 2016.
    By Benjamin Hart
  35. Michael Flynn to Plead Guilty to Making False Statements to the FBIHe admitted that Trump administration officials directed his contact with Russians.
    By Benjamin Hart
  36. DI Politics Chat: Was the 2016 Election Legitimate?Four Daily Intel writers on what we talk about when we talk about legitimate elections.
    By Jonathan Chait, Ed Kilgore, and Eric Levitz
  37. Formal Trump-Putin Meeting in Asia Not Happening After AllBut that doesn’t mean a friendly chat is off the table.
    By Benjamin Hart
  38. November 8, 2016: A Hard Day’s Night and Then a Year of Helter-SkelterI didn’t have time to freak out over Trump’s election. But it hits me now and then, without warning.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. President Trump Says He’ll Meet With Putin During Asia TripOh, to be a fly on the wall.
    By Benjamin Hart
  40. Brazile Says She Considered Replacing Hillary Clinton With Joe Biden in 2016“Considered” may be doing a lot of work here.
    By Benjamin Hart
  41. George H.W. Bush on Trump: ‘I Don’t Like Him’Tell us what you really think.
    By Benjamin Hart
  42. Elizabeth Warren Treating Bernie Sanders As the Leader of the Democratic PartyWarren’s comments about the 2016 primaries being “rigged” weren’t as provocative as her assertion that the party owes Sanders deference going forward.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. Trump and the GOP Are Running Against President Hillary ClintonNormally midterms are a referendum on the president. This president wants the focus to be on his vanquished 2016 opponent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. Who Is Rick Gates, the Other Person Indicted on Monday?The political survivor with close ties to Paul Manafort.
    By Benjamin Hart
  45. Lewandowski: Focus Should Be on ‘Clinton Administration’ LiesHis slipup is an insight into GOP thinking.
    By Benjamin Hart
  46. sexual harrassment
    HBO Drops Mark Halperin Project Amid Sexual-Harassment AllegationsShowtime has also released a statement on its involvement with the Game Change co-author.
    By Jackson McHenry
  47. Will the Obama Coalition Turn Out in 2018? Virginia Might Offer Some CluesNon-presidential election falloff in the base is a long-standing problem for Democrats that they haven’t clearly solved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. Report: Robert Mueller Investigating Democratic Lobbyist Over Ukraine TiesThe Russia probe is veering in some unexpected directions.
    By Benjamin Hart
  49. Sanders to Run in Vermont As an Independent (for the 16th Time)Some see another Sanders indie reelection run as a signal of his presidential intentions for 2020. Could just be inertia.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. Democrats Should Not Consider a Presidential Nominee Who’s Older Than TrumpOne way lightning could strike twice for Donald Trump would be a Democratic opponent whose age rouses fears of mortality and impairment.
    By Ed Kilgore
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