Michael Barone is Senior Political Analyst for the Washington Examiner. Emeritus status, AEI. Author: Mental Maps of the Founders (November 2023)
Joined January 2011
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Today is publication day for my new book Mental Maps of the Founders: How Geographic Imagination Guided America's Revolutionary Leaders. amazon.com/Mental-Maps-Found… I'll be discussing it with Robert Doar at AEI's Hintz Book Forum this afternoon. aei.org/events/mental-maps-o…
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I also suggest we're overdue for a political realignment like the early 1990s when Boomers Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich picked the lock Republicans had on the presidency and Democrats had on the House. Who'll do it? Link: washingtonexaminer.com/opini…
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Less than two weeks out from Election Day, my Washington Examiner column looks at what happens if the polls are right and if they're wrong. I also think we're about overdue for a political realignment, like . . . .
Interesting that Philip Howard, long an advocate for sensible government procedures, is launching a new book subtitled How Public Employee Unions Make Governing Unmanageable. He's going much farther than the Abundance advocates . . . .
who, like most Democrats, regard public employee unions and untouchable allies. Philip Howard goes where others fear to tread in Burning Money. Link: barnesandnoble.com/w/burning…
Less than two weeks out from Election Day, my Washington Examiner column looks at what happens if the polls are right and if they're wrong. I also think we're about overdue for a political realignment, like . . . .
I also suggest we're overdue for a political realignment like the early 1990s when Boomers Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich picked the lock Republicans had on the presidency and Democrats had on the House. Who'll do it? Link: washingtonexaminer.com/opini…
"Kamala is for they/them, President Trump is for you." That 2024 promise got emphasis from Trump's 10-20-24 stint at McDonald's. Trump's self-indulgence on tariffs, Iran, DC monuments breaks the McDonald's promise. That's why . . . .
Trump's self-indulgence is why Republicans are in trouble this fall. That's the thesis of my latest Washington Examiner column. washingtonexaminer.com/opini…
Interesting that Tompkins County NY, home of Cornell University and its current controversy, was named for Daniel D. Tompkins, a noted alcholic, Gov of NY 1807-17, VP of US 1817-1825. He died aged 50 in Staten Island.
How populist politics succeeds and fails--succeeds in many foreign (European, South American) countries while faltering in the offyear elections here in the US. That's the subject of my latest Washington Examiner column. Link: . . . .
Link to my latest Washington Examiner column, on how populist politics is thriving in Europe and South America but faltering in Donald Trump's America. washingtonexaminer.com/opini…
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so far this century it's the private sector--techies, frackers, Elon Musk--who have done more than government to keep America ahead of the pack. My latest Washington Examiner column: washingtonexaminer.com/opini…
We're near the campaign's final stretch and Democrats lead in polls. I look ahead to gauge what Democratic victory may mean. Do they know what they want? Do the voters want it? And so far in this 21st century, I note, . . . .
so far this century it's the private sector--techies, frackers, Elon Musk--who have done more than government to keep America ahead of the pack. My latest Washington Examiner column: washingtonexaminer.com/opini…
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My Washington Examiner column washingtonexaminer.com/opini… tracks a trend highlighted by Nate Silver: Demos making gains in Northern Repub states, less so in Southern/Demo states. natesilver.net/p/the-blue-wa…
My Washington Examiner column washingtonexaminer.com/opini… tracks a trend highlighted by Nate Silver: Demos making gains in Northern Repub states, less so in Southern/Demo states. natesilver.net/p/the-blue-wa…
Are we headed to a post-Trump politics? If so, which party gets there first? I explore those questions in my latest Washington Examiner column. Link in reply:
Link to my latest Washington Examiner column, contemplating post-Trump politics. washingtonexaminer.com/opini…
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Link to Barone column on how both parties seem to be trying to lose the 2026 elections. washingtonexaminer.com/opini…
