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Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: The silence of The Donald

Since the debate he has shown the unusual discipline to not step on Joe Biden’s self-destruction story. He has followed the old political truism that, when your opponent is digging himself a hole, don’t take away his shovel.

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Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Forget identity, just win

Let’s just say for the sake of argument (and my sanity) that Joe Biden does the right thing, or is forced to do the right thing, and steps aside. Who replaces him? If it’s Kamala Harris or Gavin Newsom we might as well stick with Joe.

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Michael Barone: A tale of two debates

Going into the 2012 debate, Ryan at age 42 looked to me like the future of Republican politics. … But the bombast and ridicule Biden inflicted on Ryan in the 2012 debate was a foretaste of the bombast and ridicule former President Donald Trump inflicted on multiple rivals in presidential primary debates in 2016 — and which he inflicted on the (to many voters) surprisingly inert Biden last week.

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Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: The silence of The Donald

Since the debate he has shown the unusual discipline to not step on Joe Biden’s self-destruction story. He has followed the old political truism that, when your opponent is digging himself a hole, don’t take away his shovel.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Forget identity, just win

Let’s just say for the sake of argument (and my sanity) that Joe Biden does the right thing, or is forced to do the right thing, and steps aside. Who replaces him? If it’s Kamala Harris or Gavin Newsom we might as well stick with Joe.

Read More »

Michael Barone: A tale of two debates

Going into the 2012 debate, Ryan at age 42 looked to me like the future of Republican politics. … But the bombast and ridicule Biden inflicted on Ryan in the 2012 debate was a foretaste of the bombast and ridicule former President Donald Trump inflicted on multiple rivals in presidential primary debates in 2016 — and which he inflicted on the (to many voters) surprisingly inert Biden last week.

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