- PoliticsAndrew Romano
Kamala Harris goes on the veep shortlist — even Biden's
Most pundits made two observations after Kamala Harris dropped out of the Democratic primary this week. One, since she was the only candidate of color to crack the top tier in 2019, Harris’s departure would transform the visible ranks of what had once been the most diverse presidential primary field into an all-white affair. And two, she could be a really good running mate for whoever winds up winning the nomination.
- PoliticsJerry Adler
What happens if Trump loses in 2020 — and refuses to leave?
Speculating on what Trump might do on Jan. 20, 2021, if he’s not taking the oath of office, is a fraught exercise that depends heavily on armchair analysis of Trump’s personality.
- NewsAndrew Romano
'No Malarkey': Biden could shock the pundits and win
Biden doesn’t actually need to win Iowa or New Hampshire to accrue the 1,990 pledged delegates required to clinch the nomination. He simply needs to hold onto black voters in Southern states and urban areas.
- NewsAndrew Romano and Dylan Stableford
Your talking points for the 2020 race, in time for Thanksgiving dinner
Frequently asked questions — and some straightforward answers — about every candidate still in the race for the White House.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
Obama's candidate for 2020: None of the above
What Obama seems to be looking for, and failing to find, is someone like him: new but comforting; more consensus-minded than combative; inspirational but not ideological.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
How Bloomberg plans to buy the Democratic nomination — and the presidency
After years of unconsummated flirtations and weeks of high-profile preparations, multibillionaire former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced Sunday that he will be running for president in 2020, touting himself as a “new choice for Democrats.”
- NewsAndrew Romano
Booker and Harris warn Dems: Electability doesn't just mean appealing to white voters
Electability is the biggest buzzword of the 2020 cycle. It’s what Democrats say they prize above all else: a nominee who can defeat Donald Trump. But it's also a code word. It tends to mask a racialized assumption about which Americans a candidate needs to win over in order to qualify as “electable”: that is, white voters who don’t live in big coastal cities.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
What's behind the Buttigieg bounce?
In the life of a presidential campaign, there are polling blips, bumps and bounces. Only some of them signal a real shift in the race.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
Warren tries to escape shadow of Medicare for All as crucial debate looms
Is Elizabeth Warren past her peak? Reading all the hot takes online, you’d almost think so. And so with Wednesday’s Washington Post/MSNBC debate looming, and with the Iowa caucuses a mere two and a half months away, has the time come to downgrade Warren’s chances of winning the nomination? The short answer is not quite yet. Going forward, Warren’s fate depends on whether she can put behind her the thing that’s been weighing her down for weeks now: her own awkward handling of Medicare for All.
- NewsAndrew Romano and Christopher Wilson
The real danger of impeachment for Trump and Dem candidates: It's the calendar
The real problem for President Trump and his would-be 2020 rivals is the loss of something even more precious and irrevocable than polling percentage points: time.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
Deval Patrick wants the Buttigieg vote — and African-Americans too
Most voters have never heard of the latest entrant in the not-at-all-crowded Democratic primary: former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who threw his hat into the ring Thursday.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
Sorry, Hillary: Democrats don't need a savior
With the Iowa caucuses fast approaching, Hillary Clinton is just the latest in the colorful cast of characters who seem to have surveyed the sprawling Democratic field, sensed something lacking and decided that “something” might be them.
- NewsAndrew Romano
New poll shows Buttigieg in the lead in Iowa. Can he win it all?
The August poll found Pete Buttigieg at 8 percent — meaning he’s gained 14 points in Iowa over the last three months. And the new poll isn’t the only one showing a Buttigieg surge where it matters most.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
Will televised Trump impeachment hearings convince Americans that he should be removed from office?
After weeks of closed-door testimony, public impeachment proceedings against President Trump will begin Wednesday. But will they change public opinion?
- PoliticsDylan Stableford and Christopher Wilson
2020 Vision: As Bloomberg tests waters, rivals say come on in
If former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg really does run for president this time, his prospective rivals — from Biden to Trump — say they’re not worried.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
In the Warren-Biden battle, sexism could be her undoing
Elizabeth Warren has been stalling in the polls. Sexism may be part of the problem. And attacks from her Democratic rivals — namely Joe Biden — could make that problem even harder to overcome.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano and Christopher Wilson
Suburbs swing hard to Democrats in state contests
Takeaways from the off-year races in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Mississippi.
- NewsAndrew Romano
Look out below: Which Democratic candidate will drop out next?
At first there were 26. Now there are “only” 17. Who will be the next Democratic presidential candidate to drop out?
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
Buttigieg predicts a 'two-way' race against Warren as both compete to sound more like Obama
Pete Buttigieg made waves with a suggestion — which he later partially retracted — that the 2020 Democratic primary contest is “getting to be a two-way” race between him and Elizabeth Warren. But opponents said Buttigieg’s remarks were presumptuous.
- NewsAndrew Romano and Christopher Wilson
2020 Vision: If a single speech can shake up the Democratic race, it might happen in Iowa
Will any of this year’s candidates pull an Obama at the newly named Liberty and Justice Celebration?
- NewsAndrew Romano
Tulsi Gabbard is having a moment, and the party is getting nervous
Is Tulsi Gabbard planning to run a third-party presidential campaign? And if she does, will it help President Trump win reelection?
- NewsAndrew Romano
GOP wipeout feared as impeachment fever spills over into House and Senate races
Read more from Yahoo News: Turkey's President Erdogan bluffed Trump out of Syria. The problem for House Republicans isn’t lack of targets; Democrats are defending seats in roughly 30 districts that Trump won in 2016. Instead, the problem is Trump’s relative unpopularity.
- NewsAndrew Romano
Will killing al-Baghdadi boost Trump in 2020?
It’s a tale as old as time. Struggling in the polls, a president seizes on an overseas triumph to improve his political fortunes. Will it work for Trump?
- NewsDylan Stableford and Christopher Wilson
2020 Vision: Biden draws fire from Sanders for flip-flop on PAC donations
In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes," former Vice President Joe Biden was pressed about his campaign's last financial filing with the FEC, which showed it has less than $9 million in cash on hand — well behind what Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have in the bank.
- PoliticsAndrew Romano
Sanders is back, but the real beneficiary could be Biden
Sanders has actually gained ground in national polling averages since returning to the trail after his heart attack. But the math is fairly simple. The longer the left is divided between two strong candidates — Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — the less support Biden needs to remain in the lead.
