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Tulsi Gabbard
early and often
Feb. 22, 2024
Could Tulsi Gabbard Become Trump’s Very Weird VP Choice? She left the Democratic Party in 2022 and quickly moved from far left to far right. A woman of color and a veteran, Gabbard checks lots of boxes.
sex scandals
Dec. 9, 2020
The China Sex Spy Scandal Is a Reminder: Don’t Govern While Horny A Chinese spy got to know some prominent American politicians — including former presidential candidate Eric Swalwell.
By Eve Peyser
vision 2020
Mar. 19, 2020
Gabbard Suspends Campaign and Endorses Biden The gadfly congresswoman from Hawaii makes a timely party-unity gesture.
By Ed Kilgore
so you want to be president
Mar. 2, 2020
A Reminder: Tulsi Gabbard Is Still in the Race And you thought there was just one woman left in the Democratic presidential primary race.
By Bridget Read
letter from nh
Feb. 8, 2020
Watching the Debate With Andrew Yang Fans in New Hampshire When I entered Chunky’s, the bar in the antechamber of a movie theater in an empty strip mall, I wasn’t sure I was in the right place.
By Olivia Nuzzi
vision 2020
Jan. 22, 2020
Tulsi Gabbard Unlikely to Win Her Defamation Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton It’s tough to win this kind of case against a public official, but Gabbard probably cares more about the publicity.
By Ed Kilgore
Why Nobody Can Prevent the All-White Debate Stage There’s no formula for adding nonwhite candidates to debates that won’t add more white candidates as well, reversing the winnowing of the nonviable.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Dec. 23, 2019
Gabbard Wins Coveted Endorsement From Dennis ‘Kingmaker’ Kucinich America’s most influential former mayor of Cleveland says Gabbard is the antiwar candidate. He is wrong.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
Dec. 23, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard and the Return of the Anti-Anti-Trump Left The small cadre of leftists who see the Democrats as the main enemy oppose impeachment and might help Trump win reelection.
By Jonathan Chait
vision 2020
Dec. 20, 2019
January Debate Criteria May Winnow Democratic Field Some More The DNC rejects demands for a relaxation of qualifying criteria and for more podiums on the stage.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Dec. 11, 2019
Polling Drought Helps Winnow Democratic Debate Field After Thanksgiving, debate-qualifying polls dried up.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Dec. 10, 2019
Yang Qualifies, Busts Up All-White Debate Stage New polls show seven candidates set for the Los Angeles debate stage. It’s unlikely anyone else will make it.
By Ed Kilgore
so you want to be president?
Dec. 9, 2019
Why Do People Really Dislike the Women Running for President? Does “likability” actually mean anything to voters? We conducted a poll to find out.
By Amanda Arnold
Poll: Democrats Can Reduce Third-Party Voting in 2020 by Getting High on Weed A new survey suggests that a Democrat who supports marijuana legalization would lose far fewer votes to third parties in 2020 than one who doesn’t.
By Eric Levitz
democratic debates
Dec. 3, 2019
Does Harris’s Withdrawal Mean the Next Debate Will Be All White? Two nonwhite candidates have a good chance to make the stage, and the preferences of nonwhite voters are certainly being felt.
By Ed Kilgore
Kamala Harris Drops Out of Presidential Race The timing, though not necessarily the withdrawal, came as a surprise.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 election
Nov. 26, 2019
Who Is the Buffest Candidate? Democratic candidates show us how they stay fit.
By Hannah Gold
vision 2020
Nov. 25, 2019
Buttigieg-Gabbard 2020? Give Me a Break. A columnist takes license from Trump’s improbable 2016 election to pull an insanely unlikely Buttigieg-Gabbard ticket out of his … imagination.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 20, 2019
The Expected Pete Buttigieg Pile-On Never Happened in the Atlanta Debate Mayor Pete has been surging in Iowa and New Hampshire polls — but his rivals pretty much left him alone.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 19, 2019
10 Candidates Qualify for the November Democratic Debate Julián Castro failed to make the November cut. Six candidates have made the December debate, and Cory Booker is in the greatest danger of missing out.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 18, 2019
Is Pete Buttigieg Peaking Too Early in Iowa? Things are looking sunny for Mayor Pete, though there’s time for others to catch up in Iowa, and he still needs to woo more nonwhite voters.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 13, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard’s Eclectic Base She has a pocket of support on the left and another one among Trump fans. Nearly all her backers are male. What does that add up to?
By Ed Kilgore
democratic debates
Nov. 7, 2019
Next Debate May Be Do-or-Die for Four Candidates Throwing an elbow — or a bomb — in Atlanta is one way to make the stage in Los Angeles.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Oct. 30, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard Drops a Big Hint About Running a Spoiler Campaign for Trump “Whether Mrs. Clinton’s name is on the ballot or not, her foreign policy will be.”
By Jonathan Chait
vision 2020
Oct. 25, 2019
Gabbard Isn’t Running for Reelection — or for President on a Third-Party Ticket Despite a lot of confusion and fear about Gabbard launching a third-party bid, it seems she’s focused on remaining a national Democratic gadfly.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 25, 2019
December Democratic Debate May Winnow Some More Candidates The polling threshold for making the stage will rise again, endangering several well-known candidates.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 21, 2019
How Many Candidates Can Survive a Bad Showing in Iowa? There are traditionally “three tickets out of Iowa,” but there may be four this time around.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 18, 2019
Gabbard Demands Clinton Enter 2020 Race, Calls Her ‘Queen of Warmongers’ The bizarre tweets follow the 2016 nominee’s implication that the current candidate is an agent of Russia.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 18, 2019
Late-Entry Third-Party Threats Haunt Democrats The sudden talk about centrist billionaires and “Russian assets” entering the 2020 sweepstakes reflects Democratic nightmares and rivalries.
By Ed Kilgore
democratic debates
Oct. 15, 2019
The Age Issue Finally Came Up in a Democratic Debate It’s been a sub-rosa issue throughout the earliest phases of the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination competition. That changed Tuesday.
By Ed Kilgore
democratic debates
Oct. 14, 2019
Why Impeachment Is a Difficult Debate Topic for Democrats Democrats are usually eager to discuss Trump’s troubles, but as Biden’s rivals and potential Senate trial jurors, the candidates are in a tricky spot.
By Ed Kilgore
12 Candidates to Appear on Single Debate Stage in October It will be crowded, but many will cheer the single-night format.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 24, 2019
A Fresh Batch of Polls Has Good News for Tulsi, Bad News for Bernie Gabbard’s now on the debate stage for October, guaranteeing two events, and polls show Warren pulling well ahead of Sanders in early states.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 23, 2019
DNC Again Toughens Debate Qualifications for November The new thresholds are only marginally higher, but they’ll probably be tight enough to ensure a one-night debate.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 14, 2019
Why Didn’t Reproductive Rights Come Up in the Latest Democratic Debate? Candidates shouldn’t depend on debate moderators to display their sense of urgency about reproductive rights.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 9, 2019
October Debates Could Go Back to Two Nights As Steyer Qualifies Eleven candidates have qualified for the October round of Democratic presidential debates in Ohio. That’s one more than any stage can hold.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Aug. 28, 2019
September Democratic Primary Debates: Who’s in, Who’s Out The good news is that there will probably be only one debate in September. The bad news is that there might be two in October.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Aug. 20, 2019
September Democratic Debates Should Feature Less Crowded Stages Looks like at least 11 will qualify for the third round of Democratic debates. That probably means two events with fewer participants than before.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Aug. 13, 2019
Democratic 2020 Field May Be Sliced in Half by Debate Cut Just enough candidates may qualify for the third round in Houston to force two nights of debates, but soon the field should seriously be winnowed.
By Ed Kilgore
Gravel ’20 Is Done It was an improbable social-media based effort run by teenagers bristling with hostility to the “American empire,” but they made a mark.
By Ed Kilgore
reading the signs
July 3, 2019
Le Streak, C’est Chic The high-contrast drama of Tulsi Gabbard’s signature hairstyle.
By Rhonda Garelick
2020 democratic debates
June 26, 2019
By Amanda Arnold
vision 2020
June 11, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood Which may just help explain why she’s so totally out of place in today’s Democratic Party. And her long-shot race for the presidency.
By Kerry Howley
The Asian-American Electorate Is Becoming a Force Democrats won 77 percent of the Asian-American vote in 2018 after losing it in the last midterms.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Jan. 14, 2019
The 2020 Presidential Race Is Starting to Get Real Pretty soon some of the pretenders to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination are going to be exposed — or ignored into oblivion.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 presidential election
Jan. 13, 2019
What ‘Lanes’ Will the 2020 Democratic Candidates Run In? In a field this large and complicated, it will be tempting to imagine sub-primaries to winnow the numbers. But it may not work out that way.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Dec. 27, 2018
6 Reasons Bernie Sanders Has Lost His 2016 Mojo Sanders isn’t as unique as he was in 2016, but he is four years older and can’t get away with any mistakes.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 election
Oct. 18, 2018
What Is Tulsi Gabbard Fighting For? The war veteran and Democratic congresswoman is a rising star for progressives. But her views on foreign policy illustrate a dilemma on the left.
By Eoin Higgins
scary things
Aug. 29, 2013
By Margaret Hartmann
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