- Andrew Romano and Christopher Wilson
The real danger of impeachment for Trump and Dem candidates: It's the calendar
The real problem for President Trump and his would-be 2020 rivals is the loss of something even more precious and irrevocable than polling percentage points: time.
- Andrew Romano
Deval Patrick wants the Buttigieg vote — and African-Americans too
Most voters have never heard of the latest entrant in the not-at-all-crowded Democratic primary: former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who threw his hat into the ring Thursday.
- Andrew Romano
Sorry, Hillary: Democrats don't need a savior
With the Iowa caucuses fast approaching, Hillary Clinton is just the latest in the colorful cast of characters who seem to have surveyed the sprawling Democratic field, sensed something lacking and decided that “something” might be them.
- Andrew Romano
New poll shows Buttigieg in the lead in Iowa. Can he win it all?
The August poll found Pete Buttigieg at 8 percent — meaning he’s gained 14 points in Iowa over the last three months. And the new poll isn’t the only one showing a Buttigieg surge where it matters most.
- Andrew Romano
Will televised Trump impeachment hearings convince Americans that he should be removed from office?
After weeks of closed-door testimony, public impeachment proceedings against President Trump will begin Wednesday. But will they change public opinion?
- Dylan Stableford and Christopher Wilson
2020 Vision: As Bloomberg tests waters, rivals say come on in
If former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg really does run for president this time, his prospective rivals — from Biden to Trump — say they’re not worried.
- Andrew Romano
In the Warren-Biden battle, sexism could be her undoing
Elizabeth Warren has been stalling in the polls. Sexism may be part of the problem. And attacks from her Democratic rivals — namely Joe Biden — could make that problem even harder to overcome.
- Andrew Romano and Christopher Wilson
Suburbs swing hard to Democrats in state contests
Takeaways from the off-year races in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Mississippi.
- Andrew Romano
Look out below: Which Democratic candidate will drop out next?
At first there were 26. Now there are “only” 17. Who will be the next Democratic presidential candidate to drop out?
- Andrew Romano
Buttigieg predicts a 'two-way' race against Warren as both compete to sound more like Obama
Pete Buttigieg made waves with a suggestion — which he later partially retracted — that the 2020 Democratic primary contest is “getting to be a two-way” race between him and Elizabeth Warren. But opponents said Buttigieg’s remarks were presumptuous.
- Andrew Romano and Christopher Wilson
2020 Vision: If a single speech can shake up the Democratic race, it might happen in Iowa
Will any of this year’s candidates pull an Obama at the newly named Liberty and Justice Celebration?
- Andrew Romano
Tulsi Gabbard is having a moment, and the party is getting nervous
Is Tulsi Gabbard planning to run a third-party presidential campaign? And if she does, will it help President Trump win reelection?
- Andrew Romano
GOP wipeout feared as impeachment fever spills over into House and Senate races
Read more from Yahoo News: Turkey's President Erdogan bluffed Trump out of Syria. The problem for House Republicans isn’t lack of targets; Democrats are defending seats in roughly 30 districts that Trump won in 2016. Instead, the problem is Trump’s relative unpopularity.
- Andrew Romano
Will killing al-Baghdadi boost Trump in 2020?
It’s a tale as old as time. Struggling in the polls, a president seizes on an overseas triumph to improve his political fortunes. Will it work for Trump?
- Dylan Stableford and Christopher Wilson
2020 Vision: Biden draws fire from Sanders for flip-flop on PAC donations
In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes," former Vice President Joe Biden was pressed about his campaign's last financial filing with the FEC, which showed it has less than $9 million in cash on hand — well behind what Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have in the bank.
- Andrew Romano
Sanders is back, but the real beneficiary could be Biden
Sanders has actually gained ground in national polling averages since returning to the trail after his heart attack. But the math is fairly simple. The longer the left is divided between two strong candidates — Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — the less support Biden needs to remain in the lead.
- Christopher Wilson
Uneasy Democrats still hope for a white knight to save them from Biden, Warren or Sanders
With questions about the former VP's fundraising and the general election viability of the two New England senators, the Democratic establishment is looking for a new option in the primary race.
- Christopher Wilson
Spoiler alert: Could a third-party candidate help Trump win in 2020?
Hillary Clinton suggested the Hawaii congresswoman could help throw the race to Trump, but there are other potential third-party challengers lurking.
- Andrew Romano
Buttigieg, surging in Iowa, has a plan to win it all. Here it is.
Reminder: There are 105 days until the Iowa caucuses and 379 days until the 2020 election. It happened to Kamala Harris during the summer. Now it’s starting to happen to South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who was widely proclaimed one of the “winners” of last week’s Democratic primary debate in Westerville, Ohio.
- Dylan Stableford and Christopher Wilson
2020 Vision: Hillary Clinton thinks Russia will back Tulsi Gabbard to help Trump stay in power
“This is not some outlandish claim,” Clinton said in an interview this week. “This is reality.”
- Andrew Romano
Polls show Americans have come to support Trump's impeachment much faster than Nixon's or Clinton’s
President Trump hasn’t just crossed the 50 percent threshold on impeachment, peaking at 50.3 percent earlier this week. He’s gotten there faster than Richard Nixon — and, for that matter, Bill Clinton, who never got there at all.
- Andrew Romano
After the debate, who's up, who's down in the Democratic primary?
It would be hard to say if many minds were changed by the Democratic primary debate Tuesday. But it did bring some differences among the candidates into sharper focus, setting the stage for the next phase of the primary process.
- Andrew Romano
What's at stake for each of the 12 Democrats in Tuesday's debate
A plurality of Americans now say they believe Trump's accusations are hurting Biden's prospects of becoming the Democratic nominee. Biden’s job Tuesday night is to prove them wrong. For Pete Buttigieg, it’s all about Iowa. For Bernie Sanders, his campaign hopes the debate will mark his triumphant return to the trail.
- Andrew Romano
2020 Vision Monday: Polls show a 17-point swing toward impeaching Trump, which could drag down his reelection bid
A rapid 17-point shift means a majority of Americans may soon support impeachment, or, taking margin of error into account, might already. And that’s terrible news for Trump.
- Dylan Stableford and Christopher Wilson
2020 Vision: Here are the dates and locations of next year's presidential debates
The Commission on Presidential Debates on Friday announced the sites and dates for three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate during the 2020 general election.
“It’s impossible to patch the gaping security holes in U.S. election security by Election Day.”
“No hacker in Moscow can reach across the World Wide Web and alter what your ballot says.”
“Hackers rely on automated processes that make it easy to hack the machines used for tallying votes.”
“There is a solution to this problem, and it’s maddeningly simple...go back to the paper ballot.”
“Most elections truly are local and it would be nearly impossible for a foreign adversary to touch them all with a single effort.”
