Howard Schultz Puts Campaign in Sleep Mode
The unloved independent centrist is waiting to see if Joe Biden survives or is yanked too far leftward
The unloved independent centrist is waiting to see if Joe Biden survives or is yanked too far leftward
Biden, like Trump, understands the potential political appeal of "used to be," the warm nostalgia in the hearts and minds of older voters about what they imagine America was before its supposed decline.
He'll creak in the direction of the prevailing political winds eventually, for good and mostly ill. It's his greatest weakness, and main selling point.
He's a centrist compared to Sanders, but he's also a classic big-government liberal.
Plus: A young adult novelist changes her mind about capitulating to the sensitivity mob.
Here's six reasons why early 2020 polls are likely underestimating Trump's strengths and overestimating his opponents'
The former vice president has a long legacy of expanding federal power.
Also: Listen to Daniel Drezner talk World War III, and Nomiki Konst, Ben Dreyfuss, and Harry Enten discuss Joe Biden.
Reason editors discuss Russia, Biden, Moulton (?), and that television show with the dragons.
The one potential holdout? Joe "gateway drug" Biden.
If anything, he's understating how ridiculous they are.
Biden has arguably failed to live up to the affirmative consent standard he sounded so fond of.
It's too early to make predictions based on public opinion surveys.
This 1991 Senate floor speech shows Biden's central role in crafting disastrous crime policies.
In a new video, the former vice president defends his past touching of women.
Stephanie Carter says the image from 2015 is misleading.
A real American genius Joe is not.
Sanders: "16 years ago, the United States invaded Iraq. I opposed it at the time, warning of unintended consequences."
How will a former vice president with a lot of baggage fare in an increasingly progressive, intersectional Democratic primary?
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the former vice president acknowledges regrets about his role in the drug war and mass incarcerations.
If Democrats are trying to win with voters who supported Obama in 2012 but Trump in 2016, Joe Biden might be their best bet.
John Kasich, Mark Cuban, and an army of op-ed political strategists are wrong if they think you can just whip up an independent presidential candidacy or new third party from scratch.
You certainly didn't ask to see these three again on a presidential debate stage.
The question is whether the Democrats will lead their party on a giddy march to the left.
Occupational licensing laws are keeping returning servicemen and their families out of their chosen fields.
"Liberals have very short memories."
She thought about making it a campaign plank but backed down for fear of "cannibalizing" other programs.
Reason editors discuss Hurricane Harvey, the pardon of Joe Arpaio, Al Franken 2020, Antifa, and more.
The former vice president doesn't even know what the Department of Justice's definition of rape is.
If Acela is such a great business, why does the federal government need to loan it money?
Obama, Biden release summer playlists while Trump releases one for Hillary.
It's not the voters that Trump wants to fire; it's the politicians, bureaucrats, and coastal establishment elites.
The federal government has blurred the lines between harassment, unwanted touching, and rape.
Misleading documentary about campus rape goes down in flames
Luckily for Democrats intent on more of the same, the remaining presidential candidates are too.
On HuffPost Live, no holds are barred and no quarter is given. And I really let it rip regarding how lucky we are Biden isn't running.
The vice-president is an unrepentant drug warrior and has promised "no changes" to old-age entitlements that screw the young.
Who "won" the first Democratic debate?
In his 60 Minutes interview, the president stumped for his vice president, not his former secretary of state.
Joe Biden contradicts himself in the same sentence, Jesse Ventura calls team owners' logic "asinine," and more!
Joe Biden decision on seeking the Democratic presidential nomination could be less than a week away.
Has to declare by next Monday to make next Tuesday's debate, has to declare by end of October to meet November filing deadlines.
The vice president told Catholic magazine America that abortion is "always wrong" but he respects that not everyone believes the same.
Rape kit testing is important but the initiative threatens to set up yet another front in federal bureaucracy.
Even President Obama's number two is finding it comfortable running in part against the president's record, although he won't say as much.
The dream of a president who doesn't "worry about satisfying constituencies"