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Mort Kondracke

Morton Kondracke is a retired Washington, DC, journalist (Chicago Sun-Times, The New Republic, McLaughlin Group, FoxNews Special Report, Roll Call, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal) now living on Bainbridge Island. He continues to write regularly for (besides PostAlley) RealClearpolitics.com, mainly to advance the cause of political reform.
Politics

How to Defeat Trump: Enlist Those Who Served Him

My suggestion is that the Democratic Party should try to enlist Kelly and other former Trump officials to repeat the reasons for their defections.
Trump-Biden Debate

Time to Talk Tough with Joe

Polls showed that an unnamed Democrat could beat Trump, but they also consistently show that people don’t approve of Biden’s performance and think he’s too old to be President and is a weak leader. He had one chance Thursday to demonstrate all that was mistaken—and he utterly failed to do it.
Politics

How Third Party Efforts Could Get Trump Elected

The bottom line: third party candidates pose a deep threat to Biden and, if Trump wins, to democracy.
Politics

Biden and Age: A Backup Plan for Dems?

Even though Democrats are (and ought to be) nervous about the 2024 race, no leader has even hinted that Biden should step aside. Democrats and Biden deserve a few months to turn things around.
Politics

How Joe Biden Can Get his Campaign Rolling

Democrats need to mount a massive drive to reverse low enthusiasm among their voters, especially compared to Republicans. Biden has the correct formula for doing that— “don’t compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative.”
Politics

Trump: Senility or Fascist-in-Waiting? (Both?)

In my view, the only way Biden could eke out a victory in 2024 is to make this a “choice” election (as opposed to a referendum on Biden's first term), emphasizing Trump’s craziness and plans for a second presidency.
Politics

Jim Jordan’s Rise: What it Says About Today’s GOP

Jordan was the House member most involved in helping Donald Trump in his attempted overthrow of the 2020 presidential election results, which is to say to overthrow one of the bedrocks of American democracy.
Politics

Immigration Reform: Some Ideas…

There are good suggestions making the rounds for improving the situation—far more effective and politically popular than Republicans’ punitive, all-enforcement approach—but Biden needs to advance them forcefully, visibly, and soon.
Politics

The Misunderestimations of Wednesday’s Presidential Debate: Winners and Losers Edition

Which candidate was the most severely misjudged in post-debate punditry: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. 
Politics

A Third-Party Candidate Would Likely Re-Elect Trump

No Labels is relying on an utterly false justification for considering a centrist challenge to likely major party candidates Trump and Joe Biden -- the assertion that both parties are dominated by extremists. Only the GOP is.
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