When the United States elects a new president, or reelects one, it goes without saying that it is an enormous news story all over the world. If even it’s sometimes hard for Americans to fathom just how important what happens in the U.S. is to the rest of the world…
Trump was right when he said that he’s “not a typical politician” in the final presidential debate last night. He has a talent for setting a low bar, so, compared to the last migraine-inducing debate, its easy to applaud his relatively subdued behavior in this one. But it’s worth noting…
After the hyper-macho testosterone-charged presidential debate last week, the debate between the vice-presidential candidates, Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris, was expected to be more like a traditional, more policy-centered candidate debate. It delivered. …
At the end of August, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “I don’t think there should be any debates.” She went on to explain why, pointing out that Trump will “probably act in a way that is beneath the dignity of the presidency. He does that every day.” She was right.
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Now that both the Democrats and the Republicans have held their conventions and Labor Day weekend has passed, the US campaign for president is officially in full swing. This is exciting news for those of us who love to follow the polling, because now it actually means something.
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Losing the icon of women’s rights is painful. Losing her amid so much death and economic loss from the pandemic; violence, protests, fires and hurricanes; and a deeply divisive presidential campaign is just beyond the limits of grief a country should have to bear. But it gets worse, U.S. …
Would it surprise you if I said that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have some common qualities? Maybe, maybe not, but here it is anyway: they both sell themselves as fighters for the working class and they both are politicians that make decisions with their guts. …
“I know a predator when I see one,” Kamala Harris assured viewers during her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention this week. This thinly veiled reference to Trump gained even more relevance when Steve Bannon was arrested on Thursday. You know, the architect of Trump’s 2016 campaign, especially the…
I was in the middle of a roaring mass of 50,000 Democratic leaders, donors, activists, political junkies and journalists sardined into a Philadelphia stadium, jumping up and down, waving signs, crying and yelling “I’m with her! I’M WITH HER!” …
One of the more striking lines of inquiry in Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s highly anticipated VP choice was whether these women being considered were too ambitious. An odd question to ask when discussing politicians, who are by nature, deeply ambitious. …
Alana Moceri
International relations analyst, writer and professor at the IE School of Global & Public Affairs. www.alanamoceri.com / @alanamoceri.
