Two successive 2024 campaigns in a very strange election year
Now that Trump faces Harris, not Biden, he has failed to pivot his attack
Charles Lipson
Charles Lipson is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago, where he founded the programme on International Politics, Economics, and Security.
Monday
Monday
Kamala Harris and that new car smell
Can she define her candidacy for voters before Republicans do it for her?
Tuesday
What caused the glitchy interview between Trump and Musk?
From our UK edition
The lengthy interview between Donald Trump and Elon Musk on X last night began 40 minutes late, a technical glitch much of the media celebrated with unrestrained joy. They hate, hate, hate Elon Musk (despite his electric vehicles) – and they hate a media rival. They hate his transformation of Twitter, now X, into an open forum
Friday
How Trump and Kamala can have a good debate
Let’s hope they agree to more — and focus on their stark policy differences
Thursday
Joe Biden delivers his own eulogy
From our UK edition
Joe Biden delivered a eulogy for his presidency and his political career from the Oval Office Wednesday evening. It was a sad, sluggish ending to a life in politics, decades in the Senate, two terms as vice president, and finally a single term as president. President Biden needed to accomplish three things in the speech: explain
Sunday
Biden withdraws from the 2024 race
From our UK edition
After weeks of pressure from Democratic party insiders, Joe Biden has finally said he won’t seek re-election. ‘I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term,’ he said in a one-page letter, offering his ‘full support and endorsement for
Thursday
The logic of the J.D. Vance selection
Trump’s main goal is to build a MAGA coalition that dominates the party in 2028 and beyond
Joe Biden, naked emperor
Observers could finally see — and call out — what the Biden team and the mainstream press knew for months but refused to say
Monday
Washington Post imitates the Babylon Bee
Their follow-up a on the Clooney fundraiser tells the true story of what donors saw
The political impact of the Trump assassination attempt
How his response and the bureaucracy’s failure paved his path to November
Thursday
The Democrats caught between the dog and the hydrant
Given the vice president’s defects, why are leading Democrats and their media allies pushing so hard for Joe to leave?
Saturday
Joe Biden’s interview with George Stephanopoulos could have been worse
Much worse. Like it has been for the last week
Tuesday
Slowly, then suddenly: the sad story of Joe Biden’s decline
His apparent decision to stay in the race is a national tragedy and a palpable danger
Monday
If Joe stays in…
The hard choices facing Biden, his party and the country
Friday
After the debate, the deluge
Every sentient Democrat should be in full-scale panic
Presidential debate: Joe Biden was painful to watch
From our UK edition
These weren’t the Lincoln-Douglas debates. They weren’t Kennedy-Nixon. If those were graded ‘A’, then this was ‘C-minus’, at best. Both candidates filled the air with hyperbole. Trump led the way, as usual, calling everything he did ‘the best ever’, and everything Biden did ‘the worst’. He doesn’t favour shades of grey. The President looked dreadful
Thursday
Do Presidential debates decide elections?
From our UK edition
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Freddy Gray speaks to academic and Spectator writer Charles Lipson about what to expect from tonight’s Presidential debates and whether Trump or Biden’s performance could influence the election.
Monday
Turbulence after the Trump verdict
It’s not just a matter of one man or one trial. It is a split about the country’s direction
Tuesday
Could the Second Amendment and Supreme Court save Hunter on appeal?
His best shot at winning is, ironically, that he was convicted under an unconstitutional law restricting gun purchases
Tuesday
Biden acts on the border… sort of… maybe
The orders are meant to solve a serious problem at the ballot box
