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Mike Littwin

   

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden addresses a crowd at a town hall event at Clinton College on August 29, 2019 in Rock Hill, S.C. (Photo credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Littwin: Now it’s time to talk about Uncle Joe, and just maybe about Warren,...

Last week, before Joe Biden’s surprisingly big win in South Carolina, we had a chat about Bernie and whether it was fair to worry...

Littwin: As Super Tuesday approaches, it’s time we had a talk about Bernie

It’s time we had a chat. I’ve been out sick (not with the Coronavirus, fortunately), but it’s time we talked about Bernie. If you haven’t...
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 19: Democratic presidential candidates former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speak during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Paris Las Vegas on February 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six candidates qualified for the third Democratic presidential primary debate of 2020, which comes just days before the Nevada caucuses on February 22. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Littwin: Bloomberg was eviscerated, and Warren deftly wielded the knife

If life were fair — and in case you’re somehow still left wondering, it isn’t — Mike Bloomberg would now be a dead mega-billionaire...

Littwin: Two states down in Dem race, and the road to Milwaukee looks as...

“Whether you knew it or not, we were having a great time together" — Michael Bennet speaking to way-too-few New Hampshire voters Tuesday night...
(L-R) Democratic presidential candidates former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and former Vice President Joe Biden, arrive on stage for the start of a Democratic presidential primary debate in the Sullivan Arena at St. Anselm College on February 07, 2020 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Seven candidates qualified for the second Democratic presidential primary debate of 2020 which comes just days before the New Hampshire primary on February 11. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Littwin: New Hampshire is next, and Dems still have no idea who is best...

After watching the Democratic debate Friday night, I came away with the same mostly depressing thought I have after watching every Dem debate.  Why wasn’t...
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 04: House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rips up pages of the State of the Union speech after U.S. President Donald Trump finishes his State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump delivers his third State of the Union to the nation the night before the U.S. Senate is set to vote in his impeachment trial. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Littwin: The Trump acquittal (and a few words on the State of the Union)

On the night before the momentous Senate vote on whether to remove Donald Trump from office, Trump smugly — and I think that’s a...
MASON CITY, IOWA - NOVEMBER 04: Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (R) takes a tour of the Golden Grain Energy ethanol plant as he continues a campaign bus tour across Northern Iowa on November 04, 2019 in Mason City, Iowa. The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses will take place on February 3, 2020, making it the first nominating contest for the Democratic Party in choosing their presidential candidate to face Donald Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Littwin: The Iowa caucuses may have been a disaster for Dems, but don’t tell...

If you’re not Pete Buttigieg, and most of us are not, the Iowa caucuses were pretty much a disaster for Democrats, although you’d have...
In 2016, the first comprehensive restoration of the Capitol Dome in more than half a century was completed. (Photo credit: Architect of the Capitol. www.aoc.gov)

Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trail, Day 11

As Democrats waited in vain Monday night to get results from the Iowa caucuses, the Trump impeachment trial — which is now in its...

Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trial, Day 10

The best argument against removing Donald Trump from office has always been that everyone knew what they were getting when they elected him.  Some of...
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is trailed by reporters as she at the U.S. Capitol before the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill on January 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Collins has stated she wants to hear from witnesses in the trial. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Littwin: The Trump Senate impeachment trial, Day Nine

(Update January 31, 11:20 a.m. Lisa Murkowski announces she will vote against witnesses.) In what may be his last significant vote in a long political...