Joe Biden walks off of his campaign bus in 2020. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)The parties have contingencies before Election Day. But after that, it’s complicated.Continue reading What Happens if a Presidential Nominee Can’t Continue, Ex
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The Dispatch→ The Underdog
President Joe Biden. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images.)Biden’s reelection chances are worse than you think.Continue reading The Underdog »
The Dispatch→ Undebatable
Donald Trump debates Joe Biden on October 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Will Trump skip the Republican primary debates? Continue reading Undebatable »
The Dispatch→ Can Mike Pence Make Fusionism Cool Again?
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Spring Kick-Off on April 22, 2023, in Clive, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Plus: GOP operatives weigh in on how—or whether—GOP challengers can still take T
The Dispatch→ Biden’s In (the Race), Trump Is Out (of the Debates)
President Joe Biden speaks at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., April 25, 2023. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)The incumbent announces his reelection bid, while Trump says he isn’t going to debate his GOP opponents.Continue reading Bi
The Dispatch→ Pro-Life Leaders Are Turning Against Trump
Pro-life demonstrators listen to President Donald Trump at the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2020. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)An irresistible force meets an immovable object.Continue reading Pro-Lif
The Dispatch→ DeSantis Can’t Sell Trump Lite
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives remarks at the Heritage Foundation's 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit on April 21, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Supporters of the former president care less about elec
The Dispatch→ Poll: DeSantis Outperforming Trump in Michigan
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on March 5, 2023 in Simi Valley, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)New GOP research says the Florida governor matches up better against Joe Biden.Continue reading Poll: DeSantis Outperforming Trump in Michigan »
The Dispatch→ Mike Pence Plots His Presidential Bid
Former Vice President Mike Pence at a Heritage Foundation event in October 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)But some question what the former vice president’s electoral path to the White House looks like. Continue reading Mike P
The Dispatch→ It’s Not The Media’s Fault That DeSantis Isn’t Doing Well
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Well, mostly.Continue reading It’s Not The Media’s Fault That DeSantis Isn’t Doing Well »
The Dispatch→ No Regrets
People walk by the News Corporation headquarters in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Would Fox News do anything differently? Continue reading No Regrets »
The Dispatch→ Scenes From the Revolution
(Photograph of Donald Trump by Scott Olson/Getty Images; photograph of Ron DeSantis by Scott Eisen/Getty Images.)A tale of two ads.Continue reading Scenes From the Revolution »
The Dispatch→ The Unbearable Opportunity Cost of Trumpism
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a press conference after the passage of the Lower Energy Costs Act on Thursday March 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Matt McClain/Washington Post/Getty Images)What politicians sacrifice when they leap to defe
The Dispatch→ Poison Pill
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida’s 15-week abortion ban into law on April 13, 2022. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Will abortion politics swallow the Republican primary? Continue reading Poison Pill »
The Dispatch→ Trump 2028?
Former President Donald Trump on April 8, 2023. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)It won’t happen. I think.Continue reading Trump 2028? »
The Dispatch→ How Electable Is Ron DeSantis?
lorida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to Iowa voters on March 10, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)More than Trump?Continue reading How Electable Is Ron DeSantis? »
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Trump Got Arraigned
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits with his defense team in a Manhattan court during his arraignment on April 4, 2023. (Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images)Plus: the Wisconsin Supreme Court race and Republican shenanigans in Tennessee.Continue r
The Dispatch→ A Modest Case for the Case Against Trump
Former President Donald Trump arrives to his hearing in Manhattan on April 4, 2023. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)The indictment might not be strong, exactly, but neither is it as weak as many have argued.Continue reading A Modest Case for the Ca
The Dispatch→ The Ties That Blind
Former President Donald Trump arrives at an event at the Mar-a-Lago Club April 4, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)With no other frame of reference, young conservatives are starting to think it’s normal to be jerks.
The Dispatch→ Out of Sorts
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference following the arraignment of former President Donald Trump April 4, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)Our political homogeneity makes primaries more im
The Dispatch→ Pardon Me?
Former President Donald Trump sits with his attorneys inside the courtroom during his arraignment on April 4, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Timothy A. Clary/Getty Images)The politics of clemency for Donald J. Trump.Continue reading Pardon Me? »
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Image of Donald and Melania Trump With Stormy Daniels Has Been Altered
A digitally altered image is circulating online purporting to show Donald and Melania Trump alongside Stormy Daniels, who has alleged she had a sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006. The original photograph was taken of the Trumps at the 2005 Fas
Logically→ Congresswoman Lauren Boebert did not tweet, “If they charge President Trump for his crimes, they could charge any of us for our crimes”
The Dispatch→ Crime and Punishment
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits with his attorneys inside the courtroom for his arraignment proceeding on April 4, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images)Fantasy politics in Manhattan and Wisconsin. Continue reading Cr
The Dispatch→ ’Twas the Darkest and Stormiest Night
Former President Donald Trump arrives for an arraignment hearing on April 4, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)The dangers of Donald Trump’s magical thinking.Continue reading ’Twas the Darkest and Stormiest Night »
The Dispatch→ Is the GOP Just Waiting for a Fresh Start?
Former President Donald Trump appears at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023.(Photo by Andrew Kelly/AFP/Getty Images.)Whatever happens in Manhattan, weightier indictments might prompt Republicans to reject Donald Trump.Continue re
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump’s Other Legal Woes, Explained
Former President Donald Trump arrives for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Charges in New York may be the least of the former president’s legal worries. Continue reading
The Dispatch→ Mugshot Politics
Demonstrators gather outside of Manhattan Criminal Court on March 21, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)A new era.Continue reading Mugshot Politics »
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Indictment Confounds Challengers
Protesters gather in front of Trump Tower in New York City Friday after a grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)Plus: Club for Growth VP and former De
The Dispatch→ The Indictment and the Problem of Discretion
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg leaves his office in New York on March 30, 2023.. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)The question is fundamentally about trust, the great political lubricant of our society.Continue reading The Indictment and th
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week the Trump Indictment Came Down
A Secret Service agent stands outside of Mar-a-Lago, home of former President Donald Trump, in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 1, 2023. Trump is expected to surrender to authorities in New York to face charges over a hush-money payment to adult film star
The Dispatch→ Remember, You Asked For This
Supporters of former President Donald Trump protest near Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 31, 2023. (Photo by Giorgio Viera / AFP/Getty Images)Five ways to think about the Trump indictment.Continue reading Remember, You Ask
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Has Donald Trump Been Indicted?
Former President Donald Trump (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) After weeks of speculation—Donald Trump issued a statement on March 19 claiming he would be indicted on March 21—and disinformation—social media users shared AI-generated deepfake
The Dispatch→ A Lot of Hot Air
Former President Donald Trump at a rally in Waco, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Everyone is reacting predictably to Trump’s indictment even before we know the actual charges. Continue reading A Lot of Hot Air »
The Dispatch→ The Trump Indictment Danger
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference in January. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)The move may cut a meandering path through the law to punish an unpopular former president.Continue reading The Trump Indictmen
The Dispatch→ Congressional Republicans Rally Around Trump After Indictment
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)House GOP leaders reaffirm their pledge to investigate the Manhattan district attorney. Continue reading Congressional Republi
Logically→ George Soros did not give $1 million to the prosecutor behind Trump’s indictment
The Dispatch→ Did Ron Get Rolled?
(Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)He fights! But does he win?Continue reading Did Ron Get Rolled? »
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump, Nietzsche, and TikTok
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Waco Regional Airport on March 25, 2023, in Waco, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)A very bloggy G-File.Continue reading Donald Trump, Nietzsche, and TikTok »
The Dispatch→ Kamikaze Chris
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on November 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Would a Christie candidacy be good or bad for Trump?Continue reading Kamikaze Chris »