‘This Was a Grift’: Bloomberg Staffers Explain His Campaign’s Demise ‘This Was a Grift’: Bloomberg Staffers Explain His Campaign’s Demise
When Elizabeth Warren embarrassed Bloomberg on the debate stage, his lackluster campaign was effectively over.
Mar 6, 2020 / Editorial / Ken Klippenstein
Elizabeth Warren Teaches Democrats How to Talk About Public Education Elizabeth Warren Teaches Democrats How to Talk About Public Education
That should count for something in the race for the party’s presidential nomination—but so close to Super Tuesday, is this coming too late?
Feb 26, 2020 / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders Took Swings From All His Opponents Last Night—and Stayed Standing Bernie Sanders Took Swings From All His Opponents Last Night—and Stayed Standing
Sanders won the debate, and not only because he didn’t lose.
Feb 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh
A Debate With No Winners, Only Survivors A Debate With No Winners, Only Survivors
A messy and badly organized forum only helped the two front-runners, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
Feb 25, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Live Chat: Watch the 10th Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’ Live Chat: Watch the 10th Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’
Our debate commentators are back again, analyzing and riffing on tonight’s primary debate.
Feb 25, 2020 / Live Chat / The Nation
Bernie Sanders Hits the Jackpot Bernie Sanders Hits the Jackpot
After Nevada, he can and must parlay newfound political capital into a sophisticated argument for why an antiestablishment message is electable.
Feb 23, 2020 / John Nichols
If Progressives Want to Win, They’ll Have to Talk About White Supremacy If Progressives Want to Win, They’ll Have to Talk About White Supremacy
Racial resentment gives Trump his power. It’s time for Sanders and Warren to call it out.
Feb 21, 2020 / Steve Phillips
Democrats Must Reject Not Just a Billionaire but the Billionaire Class Democrats Must Reject Not Just a Billionaire but the Billionaire Class
Sanders is right that the party cannot surrender to “a corrupt political system bought by billionaires like Mr. Bloomberg.”
Feb 20, 2020 / John Nichols
Bloomberg Is Too Rich for His Own Good Bloomberg Is Too Rich for His Own Good
It turns out that almost a half-billion dollars of campaign spending can’t make you warm, smart, or likable on the debate stage. What happens now?
Feb 20, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Elizabeth Warren Is Back and She’s Ready for a Fight Elizabeth Warren Is Back and She’s Ready for a Fight
The Nevada debate allowed Warren the wonk to reboot as Warren the warrior.
Feb 20, 2020 / Jeet Heer