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It is a strange position when an incumbent president suddenly announces he’s the Great Outsider, Shapiro writes. Above, Joe Biden speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4.

The sad folly of Joe Biden’s defiance

By Walter Shapiro
Posted July 9, 2024 at 6:00am
Electoral models can’t account for the idiosyncratic factors that are shaping the current presidential race, Shapiro writes. Above, Donald Trump leaves a campaign rally at Sunset Park in Las Vegas on June 9.

Ten rules for understanding the 2024 elections

By Walter Shapiro
Posted June 11, 2024 at 6:00am
This is not a year when any rational voter should believe in ticket splitting, or that a Democratic Congress could contain a President Trump bent on vengeance, Shapiro writes. Above, the Capitol is seen at dusk in October.

Will the last ticket-splitting voter please turn out the light?

By Walter Shapiro
Posted May 14, 2024 at 6:00am
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie sound off on Speaker Mike Johnson in a May 1 news conference. They got the attention they wanted, Shapiro writes.

Republicans can’t stop threatening their speaker? Take away their TV!

By Walter Shapiro
Posted May 6, 2024 at 6:54pm
President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Jan. 27, 2010. He warned about the influence of big money in politics.

Is this the year that no one watches political spots?

By Walter Shapiro
Posted April 30, 2024 at 6:00am
Former President Donald Trump, center, sits with his attorneys Todd Blanche, left, and Emil Bove before jury selection in his trial on 34 felony counts in Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday.

Avoid hot takes on Trump’s supposed trial of the century

By Walter Shapiro
Posted April 16, 2024 at 6:00am
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas prepares to testify during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing last November.

Mayorkas impeachment is a portrait in partisan posturing

By Walter Shapiro
Posted April 9, 2024 at 6:00am
A forced sale of TikTok could, by some estimates, bring in as much as $150 billion.

The election-year dance over ByteDance and TikTok

By Walter Shapiro
Posted March 19, 2024 at 6:00am
Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt has been criticized and praised for her delivery of the Republican response to the State of the Union.

Katie Britt and the folly of fake fearmongering

By Walter Shapiro
Posted March 12, 2024 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 7, 2023, as Vice President Kamala Harris and then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., listen. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

President to deliver ‘State of Joe Biden’ address as he seeks reelection

By Walter Shapiro
Posted March 5, 2024 at 6:00am