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stuck in the mittle
Oct. 25, 2023
The Juiciest Revelations From Mitt Romney’s Tell-All Biography In the forthcoming book Romney: A Reckoning , the senator shares gossip about Oprah and Melania Trump, and disses various Republican colleagues.
By Margaret Hartmann
stuck in the mittle
Oct. 19, 2023
Mitt Romney Mulled Running With ‘Scary’ Ted Cruz to Stop Trump in 2016 In Romney: A Reckoning , the senator describes his many attempts to save America from the Trump presidency. Too bad none of them worked.
By Margaret Hartmann
stuck in the mittle
Oct. 18, 2023
Mitt Romney Shares Surprisingly Catty Melania Trump Gossip Don’t worry, Romney: A Reckoning contains both searing indictments of Republican hypocrisy and pointless, bitchy dirt about the Trumps.
By Margaret Hartmann
conservatism
Sept. 21, 2023
By Eric Levitz
tremendous content
Sept. 15, 2023
Mitt Romney’s Most Delightfully Awkward Moments A salute to the retiring Utah senator, who was never afraid to share his passion for hot dogs, ironing himself, and trees that are the “right height.”
By Margaret Hartmann
the national interest
Sept. 13, 2023
By Jonathan Chait
early and often
Sept. 13, 2023
Mitt Romney Is Retiring, Says Fellow Old Folks Biden and Trump Should Too The GOP senator and hot-dog enthusiast said he would be in his mid-80s at the end of a second term and it’s “time for a new generation of leaders.”
By Matt Stieb
Who’s Afraid of Julie Su? Biden’s nominee for secretary of Labor has powerful enemies.
By Sarah Jones
the talented mr. santos
Feb. 10, 2023
Sinema Says George Santos Lied About Her Comforting Him After Romney Spat The congressman said Kyrsten Sinema consoled him following Mitt Romney’s failed attempt to shame him. Her spokesperson says that’s “a lie.”
By Margaret Hartmann
stuck in the mittle
Feb. 9, 2023
Mitt Romney’s Tell-All Is Prince Harry’s Spare But for U.S. Politics A forthcoming biography will reveal Romney’s “devastating” firsthand view of major political figures. Or maybe it will just be boring.
By Margaret Hartmann
early and often
Oct. 13, 2022
Trump Ally Mike Lee Begs for Mitt Romney’s Endorsement on TV “Please get onboard,” the Republican asked Romney in an appeal on Fox News after the race for Utah senator got tighter than expected.
By Matt Stieb
the national interest
Sept. 1, 2022
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
June 27, 2022
By Jonathan Chait
ketanji brown jackson
Apr. 4, 2022
Jackson Gets Two More Republican Backers As Senate Votes Near Lisa Murkowski’s support was no great surprise, but Mitt Romney’s was good news for the future justice.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Jan. 13, 2022
By Jonathan Chait
that happened
Dec. 7, 2021
The Time Trump Held a White House Cabinet Casting Call During Trump’s wild search for staff five years ago, the right look was key, loyalty was optional, and there were wild cards (Ari Emanuel?) galore.
By Margaret Hartmann
the national interest
Nov. 1, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
Is Halloween Over Yet? Mitt Romney and Kyrsten Sinema came up with another haunting collaboration.
By Claire Lampen
the national interest
Oct. 6, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
voter suppression
July 26, 2021
J.D. Vance: How About We Give Parents Extra Votes? The Senate candidate’s trollish proposal is just the flip side of Republicans’ usual thinking on voter suppression.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump’s GOP Enemies Try 3 Strategies for Survival Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, and Brian Kemp exhibit different ways Republican politicians are dealing with the Boss’s disdain.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Apr. 21, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
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.
By Ed Kilgore
the republican party
Mar. 3, 2021
The GOP’s Establishment Is More Populist Than Its Trumpists House Republicans are more staunchly pro-Trump — and anti-minimum-wage hikes – than Mitch McConnell is.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
Mar. 2, 2021
Mitt Romney’s Former Aide Thinks He’s Gone Soft on the Poor We handle problems all the time without dealing with their root causes.
By Jonathan Chait
republicans
Feb. 17, 2021
Republican Impeachment Supporters Catch Hell Back Home Going against Donald Trump remains a deeply risky maneuver.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment trial
Feb. 13, 2021
Senate Acquits Trump; 7 Republicans Joined All 50 Democrats in ‘Guilty’ Vote Mitch McConnell spoke after the verdict to denounce Trump’s conduct while insisting his trial was unconstitutional.
By Ed Kilgore
conservatism
Feb. 9, 2021
5 Flaws in the Conservative Case Against Biden’s Child Allowance The American Enterprise Institute warns that if we rescue millions of kids from poverty, single moms will work one less hour a week.
By Eric Levitz
coronavirus stimulus
Feb. 7, 2021
The $3,000-Per-Child Benefit Is Gaining Momentum GOP Senator Mitt Romney and House Democrats have each proposed giving American parents and caretakers a previously impossible amount of direct aid.
By Matt Stieb
Mitt Romney Wants to Give Your Baby $62,600 The Utah senator’s proposal marks the end of the anti-welfare era in American politics.
By Eric Levitz
McConnell and Most Republican Senators Vote to Dismiss Trump’s Impeachment It’s a sure sign there’s not remotely enough support to convict the ex-president.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 14, 2021
Are There Enough Senate Republican Votes to Convict Trump? With the MAGA base still strong and plenty of excuses for Republicans to say no, conviction faces steep odds.
By Ed Kilgore
supreme court
Sept. 22, 2020
Game Over: Romney Says He’s Fine With Supreme Court Vote This Year The confirmation of President Trump’s pick appears to be a foregone conclusion.
By Benjamin Hart
poll position
Sept. 14, 2020
50 Days Out, Biden Doing Better in Polls Than Clinton, Obama, or Kerry The only candidate to overcome as big a disadvantage as Trump faces now is Obama in 2008, and all hell broke loose that fall.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 6, 2020
Does Labor Day Mark the Beginning of the Real Presidential Race? Legend aside, most presidential races are largely decided before Labor Day, with partisan polarization and early voting contributing to that reality.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Aug. 6, 2020
Trump’s Candidate Bill Hagerty Wins Wild Tennessee Senate Primary A primary in which both candidates kept trying to outflank each other on the right was won by the original front-runner and Trump endorsee.
By Ed Kilgore
RIP Herman Cain, Pizza Magnate and Proto-Trump Cain was a viable 2012 presidential candidate until sexual-misconduct allegations brought him down fast.
By Ed Kilgore
There’s Only One Way the ‘Enthusiasm Gap’ Matters “Enthusiasm” for a presidential general election candidate is usually exaggerated and often unimportant.
By Ed Kilgore
Team Trump Goes Negative on Biden Early and Heavily Trump needs to make this a “contrast” election rather than a referendum on his presidency, fast.
By Ed Kilgore
The State of the Presidential Race, Six Months Before Election Day Recent presidential elections show the eventual winner ahead at this point, except for Trump himself in 2016.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Apr. 16, 2020
Trump Creates ‘Everybody But Mitt Romney’ Coronavirus Committee Trump still mad Mitt Romney thinks he abused his power for political ends. That’ll show him!
By Jonathan Chait
No, Utopian Centrism Will Not Save Us From the Coronavirus New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman thinks America craves token bipartisanship and ideological incoherence. That ain’t right.
By Ed Kilgore
Mitt Romney Thinks ‘Hot Dog’ Is a Food Group The senator has a questionable understanding of the food pyramid.
By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
coronavirus
Mar. 16, 2020
Mitt Romney: Give Every American Adult a Check for $1,000 The Utah senator wants to “help ensure families and workers can meet their short-term obligations and increase spending in the economy.”
By Adam K. Raymond
the national interest
Feb. 13, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
Trump World’s Backlash Toward Mitt Romney Has Begun, and It Will Never End Romney’s standing as the first senator to convict a president of his own party will follow him for the rest of his career, for better or worse.
By Matt Stieb
impeachment season
Feb. 5, 2020
Mitt Stands Alone The view from the Hill as the senator from Utah and former presidential candidate casts the lone GOP vote in a failed bid to convict Donald Trump.
By Ben Jacobs
Senate Acquits Trump of Impeachment Charges, 52–48 Mitt Romney’s “guilty” vote on the abuse of power article interrupted the party-line conclusion.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Feb. 5, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
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