Latest articles by David Faris
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Republicans are on the verge of a spectacular upside-down achievement
opinion It's been almost 130 years since a presidential candidate captured the office back from the other party, brought both houses of Congress with him, and then frittered it all away in four short years
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Trump loses on the merits
opinion His antics didn't overshadow his message, and his message is a bad one
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The clock is ticking on Republicans' Senate advantage
opinion Even without major reforms, they're facing a demographic tsunami
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Democrats need a better counter to 'originalism'
opinion If the Democratic Party can't articulate and sell a legal philosophy to their voters, the progressive project will fail
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President Trump can learn a lot from Mike Pence
opinion He may have lost the debate, but he didn't behave like a maniac
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Trump's illness is reinforcing his central political problem
opinion This is Trump at his worst
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4 plausible election scenarios after Trump's coronavirus diagnosis
opinion What happens next?
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Why Trump's alpha debate strategy will backfire
opinion Is he trying to make himself less popular?
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This is what an American coup looks like
opinion How Trump can (and cannot) steal the election
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Mitch McConnell's most savage move is to back off
opinion If the Senate's Machiavelli wants a long-term conservative majority on the Supreme Court, de-escalation is the smart play
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Why Democrats shouldn't panic about RBG's death
opinion Ginsburg's passing actually creates a trap for the GOP
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The staggering consequences of Trump's coronavirus lies
opinion It's so much worse than politics
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Trump's RNC role is a much bigger mistake than Republicans realize
opinion Letting Trump completely dominate the convention could have consequences for a party that's more popular than he is
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How the Electoral College made America's pandemic response worse
opinion The consequences of Trump's red state favoritism are deadly
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The Supreme Court prepares for the Biden presidency
opinion The chief justice is playing the long game
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This time is different for Trump
opinion The president has, at long last, screwed everything up so badly that he can't recover in time for the election
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Trump on tilt
opinion There's a poker term for how the president is reacting to coronavirus — and no, it's not "winning"
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How Trump lost his Electoral College edge to Biden
opinion Not only has Trump's Electoral College fortress crumbled like one of his mismanaged businesses, but Biden might just be building one of his own
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America's lurch toward 'competitive authoritarianism'
opinion Why Wisconsin Republicans were so desperate to hold an in-person election in the midst of a pandemic
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The political lessons of the 1918 pandemic
opinion Why the best way of thinking about 2020 may be the election of 1920
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Coronavirus' looming psychological crisis
The Explainer On the coming epidemic of despair
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How Bernie blew it
opinion His campaign must correct course if it wants any hope of taking the nomination
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The 3 most likely Super Tuesday outcomes
The Explainer Here's how it could all play out
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Biden has the debate he needed
opinion The former vice president made the most of his last, best chance to persuade voters
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