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Ed Kilgore

Columnist, Intelligencer

Ed Kilgore is a longtime political observer who has been a columnist for Intelligencer since 2015.

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    Donald Trump And J.D. Vance Hold Campaign Rally In Atlanta
    Trump Tantrum Helps Kamala Harris Put Georgia Into PlayEven as polls showed Harris closing the gap in the state, Trump chose to nourish his bizarre grudge against powerful Republican governor Brian Kemp.
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    Harris vs. Trump Polls: Kamala’s Gains Are Now a Trend, Not Just a BounceThe polls are showing steady gains across the board for the new Democratic nominee, though it remains a very close race.
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    2024 Republican National Convention: Day 3
    Republicans Will Regret Calling for Mass DeportationsThe required police-state conditions would come at considerable financial cost and might alarm Latino voters.
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    Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Atlanta
    Kamala Can Take the High Road to VictoryBiden tried to scare voters into liking him over Trump. Harris has an upbeat message focused on the future.
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    How Trump Could Actually Distance Himself From Project 2025The unpopular manual for a second Trump administration is hurting the former president’s campaign.
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    Political Figures Speak At Bitcoin Conference In Nashville
    What Ever Happened to RFK Jr.?The demise of the Biden-Trump rematch may have spelled the end of Kennedy’s campaign as a promising enterprise.
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    America Fest, an event organised by Turning Point USA, in Phoenix
    Peter Thiel Protégés J.D. Vance and Blake Masters Are Having a Tough WeekVance is struggling, but his weird Arizona friend Blake Masters is down and maybe out.
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    Harris vs. Trump Polls: It’s a New RaceKamala Harris is making gains over Joe Biden’s performance and may have put some Sun Belt states back into play.
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    Jerome Powell Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee
    Kamala Harris Gives Senate Democrats a Ray of Hope for 2024Until Biden withdrew, Democrats had all but given up on keeping the Senate in their hands. Now, it’s still an uphill climb but a real possibility.
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    Republicans Are Going for Jeremiah Wright 2.0 Against HarrisDemonizing Obama’s preacher didn’t stop him in 2008. It’s unlikely to stop Harris, either.
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    U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Could Harris Flip a Swing State With Her VP Pick?The evidence for a running-mate mattering in any state is weak. Harris should pick someone qualified to serve who reinforces her message.
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    Would Trump Really Dump J.D. Vance?While Vance has become a drag on the Republican ticket and there’s a way to replace him, here are four reasons why that’s not very likely.
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    Biden Is Opening the Door to Supreme Court ReformThe radicalism of the Court’s conservative bloc has made it increasingly unpopular — and reforms like term limits much more feasible.
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    Donald Trump And JD Vance Hold Campaign Rally In Michigan
    What’s the Trump Strategy to Beat Kamala Harris?The Harris-for-Biden switch has wrong-footed Republicans. They may respond by going way over the top with attacks that squander their advantage.
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    US Vice President Kamala Harris visits San Francisco
    How Kamala Harris Can Fight the ‘Too Liberal’ LabelThe veep should learn from John Kerry and not put too much emphasis on her reputation as a tough prosecutor.
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    U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Fayetteville
    Is Kamala Harris the Nominee? How the DNC Will Work.Answers to all your questions about what’s next for Democrats now that Joe Biden has withdrawn his candidacy and endorsed Kamala Harris.
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    What the Polls Say About Trump vs. Kamala HarrisShe’s basically as popular as the president but is likely to get a polling surge in the days just ahead.
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    Trump supporters storm Capitol building in Washington
    No, the Biden-Harris Switch Is Not a ‘Coup’Republicans’ claims that Harris’s nomination is a threat to democracy are a projection of their own refusal to accept any Trump defeat.
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    U.S. President Joe Biden hosts event on Affordable Care Act and Medicaid at the White House in Washington
    Harris May Follow Obama’s Path to the White House After AllHarris tried to emulate Obama’s coalition in 2020 and failed. She may have a better shot at reaching young, Black, and Latino voters this time around.
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    Vice President Kamala Harris Attends Get Out The Vote HBCU Event In South Carolina
    How Republicans Plan to Attack Kamala HarrisTrump’s allies are already trying out nasty smears, from referencing Harris’s dating history to calling her the “DEI vice-president.”
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    Can Harris Beat Trump? VPs Tend to Have Good Odds.While Kamala Harris’s candidacy is unprecedented in many ways, quite a few vice-presidents have gone on to win the White House.
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    Kamala Harris Needs to Move Fast for the Nomination, But Not Too FastShe should avoid a coronation and instead consolidate Democratic support and build some momentum.
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    A DNC walkthrough in Chicago
    Biden Drops Out, and the DNC Will Be an ‘Open’ ConventionThe existing rules already contain an open process for selecting a presidential nominee.
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    President Biden Campaigns In Detroit
    Biden Can Drop Out With Dignity — If He Just Tells the TruthThe best way for the president to stabilize his party and protect his legacy is to withdraw his candidacy right now and designate his successor.
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    President Biden Delivers Remarks On The Middle East From The White House
    How Can Biden Be Replaced? A Guide to Democrats’ Next Steps.Answers to all your questions about how the Democratic Party might go about changing candidates as President Biden faces pressure to step aside.
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    The 2024 Republican National Convention
    The Old Ranting, Rambling Trump Was Back at the Republican ConventionSo much for “national unity.” He couldn’t even keep a pledge to avoid attacking Biden by name.
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    2024 Republican National Convention: Day 3
    Who Is J.D. Vance? His Muddled RNC Speech Didn’t Tell Us.Trump’s running mate didn’t resolve the many contradictions in his record and right-wing populist ideology in his introduction to voters.
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    Joe Biden Accepts Presidential Nomination At Democratic National Convention
    The DNC’s Plan to Nominate Biden Early Is a Bad IdeaIf the president has indeed quelled a revolt against his candidacy, making it official can wait a few weeks.
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    Former President Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial Continues In New York
    J.D. Vance As VP Means Trump Picks MAGA Over ‘Unity’In the Orbán-loving young Ohio senator, Trump has designated a successor to lead an extremist MAGA movement.
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    Biden's New York Support Crumbles As Election Anxiety Mounts
    History Shows Democrats Can’t Lose the Presidency and Win the HouseIt’s never happened before, and plan B won’t make it happen now.
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    Donald Trump Holds A Campaign Rally In Butler, Pennsylvania
    Will the Shooting Clinch the Election for Trump?The timing of this nightmarish event was fortuitous for Republicans and creates new dilemmas for Democrats already divided over Biden’s candidacy.
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    Biden v. Trump Polls: Joe’s Support Is Slipping, But Not CrashingTrump’s post-debate polling gains are relatively small. But many Democrats are still panicking, as they believe Biden can’t afford to lose any ground.
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    If New York Is a Battleground State, Biden and Democrats Are DoomedNew York Democrats say they need more resources. But if that’s really the case, Trump has already won.
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    Biden Can Still Win — But Not If Democrats Keep PanickingEfforts to make Biden step aside seem to be fizzling. It’s not too late for Democrats to regroup and defeat Trump in November.
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    Republicans Replace Party Platform With MAGA ScreedThe RNC adopted a 16-page collection of Trump campaign talking points, with heavy and eccentric capitalization, as its 2024 platform.
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    Biden and Harris Poll About the Same Against TrumpRecent polling also shows the vice-president performing slightly better than other potential Biden replacements.
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    President Biden Spends Fourth Of July At The White House
    ‘Challenge Me’: Biden Bets No One Will Take His Convention DareA challenge to Biden’s nomination is technically possible. But he knows it’s unlikely because of timing and politics.
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    Was Biden’s Debate Worse Than Access Hollywood?Republicans abandoned Trump in droves after the Access Hollywood tape emerged. Yet he won anyway with some help from distractions.
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    First Post-Debate Polls Are Bad for Biden — But Not FatalWhile the debate didn’t cause a pro-Trump landslide, the most recent and influential polls show big problems for Biden that could quickly get worse.
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    Will the Trickle of Biden Defections Turn Into a Flood?One Democratic lawmaker called on Biden to step aside, and others are going public with their frustrations.
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    The Window for Replacing Biden Is Rapidly ClosingWe may not see quality post-debate polling for some time, and the Democratic Party could formally nominate Biden as early as July 21.
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    Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference Held In Washington, D.C.
    Supreme Court Gives Trump Permission to Stand Above LawIn another landmark decision, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority guts Trump’s federal trial and green-lights the imperial presidency.
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    President Biden Holds Campaign Rally In Philadelphia
    There’s No Clean Way to Replace Biden and HarrisThere’s no mechanism for forcing out the incumbents and no consensus on who should replace them. A landslide of opinion columns can’t fix that.
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    The Biggest Decision of Joe Biden’s LifeDemocrats aren’t going to dump Biden from the 2024 ticket against his will. But he can choose to pass the torch to his vice-president.
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    President Biden Delivers Remarks Honoring Late Senator John McCain In Arizona
    Can Democrats Still Replace Joe Biden in the 2024 Election?While replacing Biden may be politically difficult even after his disastrous debate performance, technically it is possible right up to Election Day.
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    President Biden Launches Black Voters for Biden-Harris Initiative During Campaign Rally
    If Biden Isn’t the Democrats’ 2024 Candidate, Harris Will BePolls show Democrats broadly like Harris, think she’s electable, and prefer her to other rising stars in the party.
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    Donald Trump And Joe Biden Participate In First Presidential Debate
    The Reason Biden Failed in the Debate Against TrumpFrom the beginning, Biden made himself the focus of the debate with a voice and appearance that alarmed his fans and reinforced fears about his age.
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    CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN BOEBERT
    One Good Primary Night Doesn’t Signal a Moderate ComebackDespite losses by Squad member Jamaal Bowman and several Trump endorsees, polarization is as strong as ever.
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    What to Watch for in Biden and Trump’s First 2024 DebateTrump needs to exceed low expectations. Biden must highlight his opponent’s failures. And a few wild cards could derail both candidates’ strategies.
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    Robert F Kennedy, Jr in Yorba Linda, CA.
    What the Polls Miss About RFK Jr. and Third-Party CandidatesRight now, national and battleground-state polls assume every candidate is running everywhere. That’s actually not the case.
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