- Opinion
They thought they were being politically clever. The result is that they're headed for defeat and at least 226,000 Americans are dead.
The Plum Line
Opinions from Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman
- Opinion
It might be a vain hope, but the alternative is worse.
- Opinion
Trump is falling well behind his 2016 margins among White voters nationally.
- Opinion
If they win this election, they need to act like it and ignore Republican objections.
- Opinion
Mitch McConnell has shown them the way. They can do it, and they must do it.
- Opinion
A Wisconsin decision is cause for worry. But Trump's corruption will likely get thwarted yet again.
- Opinion
The district-level polling is telling a grim story for Trump.
- Opinion
Republicans fear marginalization; democrats fear for democracy itself.
- Opinion
Even if he loses, Americans will continue to die because he politicized the pandemic.
- Opinion
How the election's outcome could prove a lot smoother than anyone expects.
- Opinion
Little by little, the good news continues to mount.
- Opinion
Forget the "gotcha" games on the oil industry and fracking.
- Opinion
He may have been less shouty in the final debate, but he reminded us of the nightmare he's dragged us through for four years.
- Opinion
Steve Bannon's famous "flooding the zone" strategy is dragging Trump under.
- Opinion
Voters will understand that this comes from a dark and ugly place in Trump.
- Opinion
We're preoccupied with Trump's attack on Obamacare, but Biden's plan could produce the most intense fight of his presidency.
- Opinion
Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation is what the GOP has been working for, and Democrats can't waver on court reform.
- Opinion
Trump's own director of national intelligence accidentally gives away the president's game.
- Opinion
To see the future, watch where the incentives and interests — particularly Mitch McConnell's — lie.
- Opinion
If it loses in November, the party of President Trump will only double down on divisiveness.
