Daniel DePetris

Joe Biden should prepare for gridlock

6 November 2020 7:01 pm

The Democratic Party was anticipating a blue wave this fall, a victory of such magnitude that Republicans would be spending…

America gets the divided election result it deserves

4 November 2020 6:00 pm

The 2020 U.S. presidential race was an ugly, ferocious dogfight. So it only makes sense for the contest to end…

Lame-duck Trump has plenty of time to cause trouble

4 November 2020 2:55 am

Making political predictions can be about as foolhardy as walking into a Las Vegas casino and predicting success at the…

Obama's bid to make Trump a one-term president

28 October 2020 7:33 pm

With less than a week to go before Americans cast their ballots at polling places across the country, Donald Trump…

Joe Biden's one job in the presidential debate

23 October 2020 4:45 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden had one job in tonight’s final presidential debate: tread water. Don’t get rattled. If President…

Even Trump’s friends are turning against him

19 October 2020 3:46 am

If there is one word that best describes Senate Republicans in the age of Donald Trump, it’s “docile.” With the…

Trump won’t admit it, but he’s in trouble

16 October 2020 5:09 pm

President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden were supposed to debate in front of the American public last…

Donald Trump is running out of time

14 October 2020 11:29 pm

Donald Trump was bewildered, frustrated, and downright exasperated. Addressing a crowd of red-hatted, hard-core MAGA supporters last night in Johnstown,…

What was missing from the vice presidential debate

8 October 2020 5:41 pm

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris is a former prosecutor. Vice President Mike Pence is a career politician. The debate between…

The US election is Joe Biden’s to lose

7 October 2020 5:00 pm

Donald Trump is back at the White House after a scary three-day stay at the Walter Reed medical complex. For…

Biden can smell victory in his battle against Trump

5 October 2020 3:45 am

‘How is the president feeling?’ shouldn’t be a difficult question to answer. And yet over the last 24 hours, nobody…

Covid-19 is Trump's hardest fight yet

3 October 2020 4:47 pm

Donald Trump has confronted a long list of adversaries and weathered an even longer list of scandals in his nearly…

Trump's debate clash with Biden was a national embarrassment

30 September 2020 2:49 pm

Last night’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden started amicably enough. Both men strolled on stage, Trump wearing…

Trump's tax leak won't turn the election

29 September 2020 2:18 am

Donald Trump has a lot to worry about these days. The man who is deathly afraid of being ‘a loser’…

Has the EU finally found its spine when it comes to China?

30 July 2020 2:51 am

There is no point putting lipstick on a pig: the relationship between the United States and China, two powers holding…

Trump’s suburban nightmare

27 July 2020 6:55 pm

Public opinion polls haven’t been particularly positive for President Trump or his Republican allies on Capitol Hill. This past weekend…

Is Trump toning himself down for re-election?

23 July 2020 8:03 pm

The last time a U.S. President lost re-election, the year was 1992 and the victim was George H.W. Bush. President…

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The problem is a lot bigger than Trump

6 April 2020 10:20 pm

It’s incredibly easy to blame President Trump for the coronavirus hell we’re all living in. The president doesn’t help himself…

How coronavirus is changing America

17 March 2020 6:03 pm

The coronavirus is altering American life as we have never seen before. New York City’s restaurants and bars can now only…

It's Biden versus Trump

11 March 2020 7:53 pm

The great state of Michigan was oh-so-kind to Bernie Sanders four years ago, bringing him back from the dead against…

Michigan's primary could be Bernie Sanders' last stand

10 March 2020 6:36 pm

Ever since Super Tuesday, when Joe Biden pulled off upset wins in Texas, Massachusetts, and Minnesota on his way to…

Elizabeth Warren's rollercoaster presidential bid comes to an end

6 March 2020 4:54 am

It was a long and winding rollercoaster ride for Elizabeth Warren on the presidential campaign trail. And when that ride…

The Democratic primary is now a two-man race between Biden and Bernie

4 March 2020 4:48 pm

With the votes still being accumulated and the final counts in California and Texas still to be determined, it’s a…

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Joe Biden had to win in South Carolina

1 March 2020 1:23 pm

Joe Biden desperately needed a win in South Carolina. His poor performances in Iowa and New Hampshire, and sub-par showing…

The Iowa shambles is a delight for Trump

4 February 2020 7:35 pm

Voters in Iowa lined up in high-school gymnasiums across the state last night to prepare for a long few hours…