Morning Jolt: Democrats Are Finding the Road to 2020 to Be Much Bumpier Than Expected

Making the click-through worthwhile: Democrats brace themselves for a hard-fought primary that lasts all the way into the summer; the British Royal family embarrasses themselves on two continents; more violence in Hong Kong; and finding a silver lining in a frustrating autumn.

Democrats Are Caught in Impeachment Hearings, and without a Good Candidate

Some days politics can be dreadfully boring, and other days it has all the sensory overload of crowd-surfing during a rave in a minefield under a fireworks display.

First, Democrats realized that they arranged for the likely Senate impeachment trial to begin in January — right before the pivotal weeks of the Iowa caucuses Feb. 3 — and that it could run anywhere from five to eight weeks. (All for the predictable outcome of a vote to convict that falls well short of the two-thirds required.) Bad news for senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker, and Michael Bennet. Some of them will probably drop out of the race before then, but you have to wonder if any would be sufficiently consumed by ...

November 18 2019

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Democrats Are Finding the Road to 2020 to Be Much Bumpier Than Expected Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: Democrats brace themselves for a hard-fought primary that lasts all the way into the summer; the British Royal family embarrasses themselves on two continents; more violence in Hong Kong; and finding a silver lining in a frustrating autumn. Democrats Are Caught in Impeachment Hearings, and without a Good Candidate Some days politics can be dreadfully boring, and other days it has all the sensory overload of crowd-surfing during a rave in a minefield under a fireworks display. First, Democrats realized that they arranged for the likely Senate impeachment trial to begin in January — right before the pivotal weeks of the Iowa caucuses Feb. 3 — and that it could run anywhere from five to eight weeks. (All for the predictable outcome of a vote to convict that falls well short of the two-thirds required.) Bad news for senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker, and Michael Bennet. Some of them will probably drop out of the race before then, but you have to wonder if any would be sufficiently consumed by ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories A Congressman, a Homeless Man, and a President's Daughter Kathryn Jean Lopez We need to be more sensitive to people who are living their love of their families in trying, sacrificial ways. Bloomberg, Once a Tough Talker, Becomes a Pander Bear John Fund The Michael Bloomberg who defies received wisdom is probably gone for the duration of his campaign, as he veers left. Trump Says He Will 'Strongly Consider' Testifying in House Impeachment Inquiry Tobias Hoonhout President Trump tweeted Monday that he would "strongly consider" testifying in front of the House Intelligence Committee over impeachment allegations. ADVERTISEMENT Brief Adventures in Sensory Deprivation Michael Brendan Dougherty As soon as Joe Rogan described the idea of flotation, I had an intuition that I would probably enjoy being a Gerald Ford–era salted hippy doing consciousness experiments. At least for 90 minutes. Nearly 80,000 DACA Recipients Have Prior Arrest Records, according to Government Data Zachary Evans The report by USCIS shows that 79,398 approved DACA recipients, or about ten percent of total DACA recipients, had been arrested since arriving in the U.S. ADVERTISEMENT What NR Is Reading Ghost: My Thirty Years as an FBI Undercover Agent Michael R. McGowan & Ralph Pezzullo “An excellent look into the murky world of Undercover. McGowan proves to be one of the top UCAs in the FBI. A must read.” — Joseph Pistone, aka Donnie Brasco LEARN MORE Photo Essays Venice Flooding Top Shots ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.