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Michael Barone

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The Democratic Gerontocracy Forgets the Lessons of Its Youth and Maturity

Here’s another way to look at why Republicans swept the 2024 elections: It’s the fault, only partly, of course, of the gerontocracy of the...

15.11.2024 4

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

The Democratic gerontocracy forgets the lessons of its youth and maturity

14.11.2024 4

Washington Examiner

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Grant Ujifusa, rest in peace

08.11.2024 4

Washington Examiner

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What you didn’t hear about on election night: The other 43 states 

06.11.2024 7

Washington Examiner

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Who’ll Make the Last Mistake in This Flawed Campaign?

“The only garbage I see out there is his supporters,” said President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening, referencing a comedian’s comment at former...

02.11.2024 7

The Daily Signal

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Who will make the last mistake in this flawed campaign?

30.10.2024 5

Washington Examiner

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The Democratic Party’s Bad October

Was it just a coincidence that Vice President Kamala Harris showed up, 15 minutes late, to be interviewed by Fox News anchor Bret Baier a day before...

26.10.2024 8

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

The Democratic Party's Bad October

Was it just a coincidence that Vice President Kamala Harris showed up, 15 minutes late, to be interviewed by Fox News' Bret Baier a day before Nate...

25.10.2024 5

Townhall

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Are Minorities Voting More Like ‘Normies’? 

Not everything significant politically is happening just in the target states.  “Never seen anything like this in 30 years,” said California...

18.10.2024 10

The Daily Signal

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Are Minorities Voting Increasingly Like Normies?

Not everything significant politically is happening just in the target states. "Never seen anything like this in thirty years," said California...

18.10.2024 10

Townhall

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Harris’s jeremiad against Columbus is ragingly hypocritical

15.10.2024 6

Washington Examiner

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Are minorities voting increasingly like normies? 

15.10.2024 9

Washington Examiner

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What the Census Can Tell Us About Swing States

Jonathan Draeger, reporter for RealClearPolitics, wrote Tuesday that "the 2024 presidential contest couldn't be tighter." Unless, of course, it turns...

11.10.2024 4

Townhall

Michael Barone

The Vice Presidential Debate May Matter

Vice presidential debates don't matter, we have been assured over and over. No one votes for vice president or a presidential nominee for her or his...

04.10.2024 10

Townhall

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The vice presidential debate actually may matter

02.10.2024 5

Washington Examiner

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The Harris Campaign Might Need to Change Its Strategy

In my time as a political consultant, I observed that carrying out a campaign strategy was surprisingly simple. You settled on a basic strategy,...

27.09.2024 50

Townhall

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The Harris campaign might need to change its strategy

25.09.2024 10

Washington Examiner

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Voters Don’t Want Harris’ or Trump’s Campaign Policies

Neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday’s front page, has any...

20.09.2024 6

The Daily Signal

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The Federal Communications Commission’s public DEI shaming is unconstitutional

19.09.2024 10

Washington Examiner

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Teamsters poll highlights the Democrats’ working class problem

19.09.2024 70

Washington Examiner

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Voters don’t want Harris’s or Trump’s campaign policies

19.09.2024 10

Washington Examiner

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What If Trump Runs Ahead of His Poll Numbers -- Again?

As I try to understand public opinion in yet another presidential election year with former President Donald Trump as the Republican nominee, I see an...

06.09.2024 6

Townhall

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Harris makes Pittsburgh her home base for next five days

04.09.2024 6

Washington Examiner

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What if Trump runs ahead of his poll numbers — again?

04.09.2024 9

Washington Examiner

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Lots of Tumult and Little Bounce This Election Year

What if they held a tumultuous election, with an early one-sided debate, a candidate substitution and third-party withdrawal, and no voters changed...

30.08.2024 4

Townhall

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The College Graduates’ Presidential Candidate Doesn’t Know Economic History

Learning isn’t necessarily cumulative. Human experience over the centuries provides lessons, some clearer than others. But each generation has to...

23.08.2024 4

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

The White College Graduates' Party's Candidate Doesn't Know Economic History

Learning isn't necessarily cumulative. Human experience over the centuries provides lessons, some clearer than others. But each generation has to...

23.08.2024 8

Townhall

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Will the 49th Democratic National Convention matter?

19.08.2024 10

Washington Examiner

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Who’s for the First Amendment—and Who Isn’t

“There’s a lot of opposition to just hearing what President [Donald] Trump has to say,” Elon Musk said at the beginning of his two-hour...

17.08.2024 10

The Daily Signal

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Who's for the First Amendment—and Who's Against It

"There's a lot of opposition to just hearing what President Trump has to say," Elon Musk said at the beginning of his two-hour interview on X with the...

16.08.2024 20

Townhall

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The Symmetrical Vice Presidential Picks: Polarized Politics Continues

There is an uncanny symmetry in the two presidential candidates’ choice of vice presidential running mates. There are a few superficial...

09.08.2024 5

The Daily Signal

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The symmetrical vice presidential picks: Polarized politics continues

07.08.2024 8

Washington Examiner

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That ‘White Dudes for Harris’ Zoom Call Was … Weird

The “White Dudes for Harris” Zoom call last Monday night, with some 90,000 registered to participate, was surely a landmark in political history. ...

04.08.2024 6

The Daily Signal

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Facing the Consequences of Presidents Choosing Their Successors

The astonishing political events of the last four weeks make plain, once again, how much of America's history depends on what voters have come to...

26.07.2024 8

Townhall

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Facing the consequences of presidents choosing their successors

24.07.2024 10

Washington Examiner

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Echoes of History in This Year’s Campaign

For those of a certain age, or with more than a woke education, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump brings back echoes of...

20.07.2024 10

The Daily Signal

Michael Barone

Echoes of History in This Year's Campaign

For those of a certain age, or with more than a woke education, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump brings back echoes of...

19.07.2024 6

Townhall

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More echoes of history in Trump’s selection of Vance 

16.07.2024 3

Washington Examiner

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‘NBC should have been more rigorous’: $30 million defamation suit moves forward

14.07.2024 8

Washington Examiner

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Echoes of history in this year’s campaign

14.07.2024 9

Washington Examiner

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A tale of two debates

02.07.2024 4

Washington Examiner

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Pennsylvania voters will watch debate for information on inflation and border

26.06.2024 4

Washington Examiner

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COVID-19: Another fail-safe institution proves not so safe

26.06.2024 3

Washington Examiner

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The Numbers Show Voters Don't Want an Eight-Year Presidency

Four weeks after former President Donald Trump's conviction in a much-criticized Manhattan prosecution and a week before the first and earliest-ever...

21.06.2024 8

Townhall

Michael Barone

European 'Far Right' Issues a Stinging Rebuke to Elites

"The far right made big gains in European elections," reads the Associated Press headline on last week's European Parliament elections. Lest you...

14.06.2024 60

Townhall

Michael Barone

Corruption in Connecticut: The battle for fair elections

13.06.2024 6

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

Democrats want black people to think the country is rigged against them

13.06.2024 6

Washington Examiner

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Rep. Jamaal Bowman seems set to lose reelection, and that’s great news

13.06.2024 9

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

European ‘far right’ issues a stinging rebuke to elites

13.06.2024 4

Washington Examiner

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Using a 'Sham Case' to Undermine Democracy

"A sham case, and everyone knows it." So writes the iconoclastic Matt Taibbi, once counted as a left-wing writer, and he's not the only one from...

07.06.2024 8

Townhall

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