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Carpetboegger

County chairs on political violence

On Substack's Nazi problem

The three main issues in Trump’s disqualification

"Romney: A Reckoning" by McKay Coppins

Neither bandwagoning nor coordination

The DeSantis surge that hasn't quite happened

Understanding Biden's unpopularity

No, "the working class" didn't leave the Democratic Party

One last attempt to move an immovable needle

Nevada: The messy nomination contest you're not watching

There was almost a substantive debate on Fox News

The DeSantis/Newsom live-chat

A party without godfathers

Have a Koch and a smile

How is congressional dysfunction playing in Davenport?

Winning the narrative after the election

Jumpin' off the deck, shovin' into overdrive

Candidates got them feeling emotions

Iowa just got a lot more competitive

Why isn’t Donald Trump doing better?

New collaboration with Iowa State University

County chairs coming off the fence... for Trump

Third Republican Debate - Azari-Masket Live Blog!

About that NYT poll...

What Republicans want in a running mate

Jamelle Bouie on U.S. democracy

Who the debates helped and hurt

No party for institutionalists

Democrats' over-learned loss

What it means to be a Democrat or a Republican

The architect of polarization

The minority party speaker

When score-settling is policy

Whom is RFK helping?

A somewhat less organized version of a thing that doesn't matter all that much

Trump takes a page from Nixon's labor playbook

Proportional representation and more parties

August chairs survey: Not much change, but movement for Haley, Ramaswamy

Of course the election is a referendum on Trump

Seth's favorite restaurants, Des Moines edition

The perversity of obsessing over Biden's electability

Electability and human nature across party lines

Presidents and heroes, across parties

A spirited and kind of substantive debate in Trump's absence

The Tusk Republican debate live-blog chat!

Who is going to have a "moment" in the debate?

What the DeSantis memo reveals

There will not be a pivot

This is where the fun begins

What does this election look like?

Is it still the economy, stupid?

Field Notes - July in New Hampshire

How candidate evaluations are changing

Did the Federal Indictments Cause Republicans to Rally for Trump?

Trump Rising, DeSantis Flat, Scott Hopeful?

DeSantis is in the worst lane, with the exception of every other lane

How Trumpists View Their Party and Their Heroes

Tusk on Sykes!

Covering Trump

You Don't Fix Parties by Platforming Cranks

Begging one's pardon

Between two factions

Sununu's smart departure

What to expect from a rematch

There's no ideal number of candidates

DeSantis' extremely on-line announcement

Figuring out the game

It Ain't Over

Who runs the party?

Trump backers and other Republicans on the indictments

Trump making gains with local party leaders

Trump and Faith

You can do everything right and still lose

Field notes: The 2023 Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Spring Kickoff

Why Trump is feared and revered among GOP politicians

Pompeo was running; he just lost

Explaining the Trump Surge

The Siren Song of the Bipartisan Unity Ticket

Asa's In

Indictable Boy

"Why We Lost"

Does Trump's Call for Mass Resistance Increase His Chances of Winning?

Why DeSantis is the Trump Alternative... For Now

What distinguishes Trump supporters from other Republicans

County GOP chairs interested in DeSantis, less so Trump

Three Weird Things about the Republican Nomination Contest

Who's Running?

Democrats, Republicans, and Electability

Talking About Not Talking About Race

The RNC Debate Rule Doesn't Hurt Trump, it Helps Him

What Haley's Announcement Means

A Tale of Two Presidential Aspirants

The Azari/Masket Biden-as-Party-Leader One-Off Podcast Special

The Invisible Primary as of February 2023

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